Electrostatic Effects in Polymers and Soft Matter
We use theory and computer simulation to study a variety of charged polymer and soft matter systems, with a particular focus on the role of electrostatic correlations.
We use theory and computer simulation to study a variety of charged polymer and soft matter systems, with a particular focus on the role of electrostatic correlations.
We develop novel density functional theories and self-consistent-field theories that can accurately describe the inhomogeneous structures to study the nucleation/barrier crossing in a number of soft-matter and polymer systems
We are studying how polymers diffuse in physically crosslinked gel network. We are also investigating how the networks break and reform under large/rapid deformation and how this structural rearrangement in turn affects their rheological behavior.
Our offices are located in the first floor of the Eudora Hull Spalding Laboratory of Engineering.
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Zhen-Gang Wang Group
Chemical Engineering MC 210-41
California Institute of Technology
1200 E. California Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91125