CAREER: Fabrication, Phase Behavior, and Directed Assembly of Lithographically Designed Colloidal Particles in Solution

在这个由化学系实验物理化学项目和材料研究系凝聚态物理项目共同资助的CAREER奖中，托马斯G。加州大学洛杉矶分校的梅森和他的研究生及本科生研究生，利用平版印刷方法，制造出宏观数量的具有特定几何形状的微观胶体颗粒。 这些粒子组装的行为将被研究，使用各种技术，着眼于回答有关相行为，非平衡玻璃态行为和相互作用的非球形粒子系统组装的重要突出问题。除了他的研究活动，梅森教授将开发一个新的，跨学科的，在胶体动力学本科实验室课程。 本实验室课程将使用埃克森美孚研究与工程公司捐赠的大量仪器。 梅森教授还将参加由加州大学洛杉矶分校X中心赞助的项目，为洛杉矶地区的弱势K-12学生提供外展服务，其中许多学生来自传统上在科学领域代表性不足的群体。

In this CAREER award, co-funded by the Experimental Physical Chemistry Program of the Chemistry Division and the Condensed Matter Physics Program of the Division of Materials Research, Prof. Thomas G. Mason of the University of California, Los Angeles and his graduate and undergraduate research students produce macroscopic quantities of microscopic, colloidal particles of defined geometry, using lithographic methods. The behavior of these assemblies of particles will be studied, using a variety of techniques, with an eye towards answering important outstanding questions about the phase behavior, non-equilibrium glassy behavior, and assembly of systems of interacting nonspherical particles.In addition to his research activities, Prof. Mason will develop a new, interdisciplinary, undergraduate laboratory course in colloidal dynamics. This laboratory course will use a significant number of instruments donated by ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company. Prof. Mason will also participate in programs sponsored by UCLA's Center X to do outreach to disadvantaged K-12 students in the Los Angeles area, many of these students coming from groups traditionally underrepresented in the sciences.