Welcome to the home page of the Paul Braun Research Group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Our group members perform research in the fields of materials chemistry, polymers, biomaterials, organic and inorganic self-assembly, electronic materials and photonics.
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
Autonomous Materials Systems
University of Illinois
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E.C. Nelson, N. Dias, K. Bassett, S. Dunham, V. |
Podcast with Materials Today - click to listen! Paul Braun is interviewed by the BBC - click to listen! Paul Braun is interviewed by German Radio
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H. Zhang, X. Yu and P.V. Braun: Three-dimensional bicontinuous ultrafast-charge and -discharge bulk battery electrodes, Nature Nanotechnology (2011). |
![]() UI Press Release: Batteries charge very quickly and retain capacity, thanks to new structure Photo Credit: L. Brian Stauffer |
L.C.H. Moh, M.D. Losego and P.V. Braun: Solvent Quality Effects on Scaling Behavior of Poly(methyl methacrylate) Brushes in the Moderate- and High-Density Regimes, Langmuir (2011). |
The research on Mechanochemically Active Polymers (Mechanophores) by Nancy Sottos, Paul Braun, Jeff Moore and Scott White was featured in the Popular Science list of "10 Tech Concepts You Need to Know for 2011" |
N. Yonet-Tanyeri, R.C. Evans, H. Tu and P.V. Braun: Molecular Transport Directed via Patterned Functionalized Surfaces, Advanced Materials (2011). |
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