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Welcome

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

Recent Publications

Recent News

E.C. Nelson, N. Dias, K. Bassett, S. Dunham, V.
Verma, M. Miyake, P. Wiltzius, J. Rogers, J. Coleman, X. Li and P.V. Braun: Epitaxial growth of three-
dimensionally architectured optoelectronic devices
,
Nature Materials
(2011).

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

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).



Prof. Paul Braun • Phone: +1.217.244.7293 • Fax: +1.217.333.2736 • Email: pbraun@illinois.edu
Department of Materials Science and Engineering • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign