Microgel Suspensions

I. SYNTHESISSynthesis of Microgel Particles - Linking Chemistry and PhysicsPolymerization Kinetics of Microgel ParticlesFunctional Microgel ParticlesII. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MICROGEL PARTICLESSwelling ThermodynamicsInternal Structure of Microgel ParticlesIII. PHASE BEHAVIOR AND DYNAMICSStatistical Mechanics of Soft ParticlesPacking Soft ObjectsCrystallization of Microgel ParticlesWeakly Attractive Microgel-based Colloidal GelsMicrogel Suspensions as Model Glass Formers - The Role of SoftnessUse of Microgel Particles as Models to Study Crystallization and MeltingIV. MECHANICAL PROPERTIESFlow, Slip and Rheology of Microgel SuspensionsLocal and Macroscopic Mechanics of Hydrogel SuspensionsRheology of Industrially Relevant MicrogelsV. APPLICATIONSMicrogels for Lenses, Photonic Crystals and SensorsMicrogels for Drug DeliveryMicrogels for Oil RecoveryMicrogels for CosmeticsThe role of Microgels in Toothpaste

Alberto Fernandez-Nieves is Assistant Professor of Physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Granada (Spain) and came to the US to work with David Weitz as a Post-Doctoral Researcher in 2001. Before joining GeorgiaTech, he was Professor of Physics at the University of Almeria (Spain). He studies the physics of soft materials with a focus on the connection between microscopic order and macroscopic properties.

Hans Wyss is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, working in the group of David Weitz. He received his B.S. in Physics and his PhD in Materials Science from ETH Zurich (Switzerland). His research interests are focused on the structure, dynamics, and rheology of soft materials.

Johan Mattsson is an Assistant Professor of physics at Chalmers University of Technology in Göteborg, Sweden. He received his MSc in Eng. Physics from Lund University (Sweden) and his PhD in Materials Science from Chalmers. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher in David Weitz's research group at Harvard University, 2003-2006. His research is directed towards soft matter in general, with a particular focus on structure and dynamics of disordered materials.

David Weitz is the Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics at Harvard University. He received his B.S. in Physics from the University of Waterloo, and A.M. and Ph.D. in Physics from Harvard University. His research group studies the physics of soft condensed matter. Before coming to Harvard, David Weitz was a Professor of Physics at the University of Pennsylvania and a Physicist with Exxon Research and Engineering Co.

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