Research Interests
Structure-function relationships; toughening mechanisms in segmented copolymers; spatial confinement of self-assembled materials, including biomaterials; hierarchical microstructures.
Overview of Research
Our research group focuses on the development of self-assembled materials with specific function (mechanical, chemical, and biological), particularly on multiple length scales, using nanoscale processing techniques and strategic design parameters. We seek to understand the fundamental structure-function relationship in these materials and harness this knowledge in the development of novel systems for drug delivery, tissue engineering, high performance materials, etc.
Current Activity
- Interphase-modified vertical multi-layered films
- Spatial confinement in unique spaces
- Hierarchical soft domains in segmented copolymers
Recent Publications
Korley, L.T.J; Liff, S.M.; Kumar, N.; McKinley, G.H.; Hammond, P.T.; Preferential Association of Segment Blocks in Polyurethane Nanocomposites; Macromolecules 2006, 39, 7030-7036.
Korley, L.T.J.; Pate, B.D.; Thomas, E.L.; Hammond, P.T.; Effect of the Degree of Soft and Hard Segment Ordering on the Morphology and Mechanical Behavior of Semicrystalline Segmented Polyurethanes; Polymer 2006, 47, 3073-3082.
James-Korley, L.T.; Hammond, P.T.; Synthesis and Characterization of Silk-like Polyurethanes; Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering 2003, 88, 150-151.
James-Korley, L.T.; Pollock, G.S.; Kojic, N.; Ko, M.S.; McKinley, G.H.; Hammond, P.T.; Synthesis, Characterization, and Resin spinning of Silk-like Thermoplastic Polyurethanes and Polyesters; Polymer Preprints (American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry) 2002, 43, 474-475.
Jensen, R.E.; O’Brien, E.; Wang, J.; Bryant, J.; Ward, T.C.; James, L.T.; Lewis, D.A.; Characterization of Epoxy-Surfactant Interactions; Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Physics Edition 1998, 36, 2781-2792.
Awards
2005 Cornell University Provost’s Academic Diversity Post-doctoral Fellowship
2004 Georgia Tech FOCUS Fellow
2005 Gordon Research Conference Carl Storm Fellowship
2003 MIT Ford Motor Company Fellowship
2002 Georgia Tech FOCUS Fellow
1999 Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies Cooperative Research Fellowship
1999 ONR Graduate Research Fellowship, Declined
1999 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Declined
1995 American Chemical Society Scholarship Award |
