Soft Materials Research Laboratory (SMRL)
The Soft Materials Research Laboratory (SMRL) directed by Prof. Pei in the UCLA Department of Materials Science and Engineering performs R&D on synthetic polymers and composites for advanced electronic, mechanical, and photonic devices. Current major research subjects include: Stretchable Electronics that develops transparent composite conductors, flexible and stretchable polymer electronic devices; Artificial Muscles that investigates dielectric elastomers and bistable electroactive polymers exhibiting electrically-induced strains greater than 50%; Nanocomposites combining high-Z nanoparticles with conjugated luminescent polymers for radiation scintillation; and Dielectric Materials with high thermal conductivity or for flexible electrocaloric cooling. SMRL occupies 2500 sq. ft. laboratory space divided into three separate rooms for organic/polymer synthesis, materials characterization and electronic device fabrication, and materials processing and electromechanical device fabrication, respectively.
News & Announcements
Automatically Modulated Thermoresponsive Film Based on a Phase-Changing Copolymer
Liu, Y., Fan, J., Plamthottam, R., Gao, M., Peng, Z., Meng, Y., … & Pei, Q. (2021). Automatically Modulated Thermoresponsive Film Based on a Phase-Changing Copolymer. Chemistry of Materials. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c01389...
Jinsung won the 2021 Blackstone LaunchPad & Techstars Award
https://www.blackstonelaunchpad.org/blog/largest-cohort-of-student-entrepreneurs-chosen-for-summer-2021-launchpad-fellowship/
Jinsung won the 2021 UCLA Graduate Research Pitch Competition Top 10 Award
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