Soft matter refers to organic materials having complex structural ... and biomaterials as well as for graduate research programs such as materials science, bioengineering, chemical engineering, ...

A new type of soft robot can crawl like a worm, climb cables, and suddenly snap into a completely different shape to move in a new direction—all controlled by a single air input. This breakthrough, ...

Soft materials and polymers are ubiquitous in our lives and ... The Olvera de la Cruz group develops models to study the self-assembly and structure of amphiphiles, copolymers, and synthetic and ...