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The NSM group was established in 2003 when Sergiy Minko was appointed as Egon Matijevic Chaired Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Division of Chemistry and Physics, Clarkson University and relocated from the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Germany (IPF) to the USA.

Nanostructured materials group is an interdisciplinary research team focused on the study and fabrication of synthetic "smart" materials and biomaterials on a nanoscale and the scale of single molecules. Stimuli-responsive materials for biomedical applications, sensors, molecular electronics, microactuators, microfluidic devices, lipid bilayers, membranes, textiles, super-hydrophobic coatings, and responsive dispersions are of group's special interest.

Current Research Topics

Featured Publication

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Royter, H.; Minko, I.; Nykypanchuk, D.; Tokarev, I.; Minko, S. Mechanism of nanoparticle actuation by responsive polymer brushes: from reconfigurable composite surfaces to plasmonic effects. Nanoscale, 2012, Advance Article, First published on the web 14 Nov 2011. Details

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06/11/2012 | The article Tokarev, I.; Minko, S. Tunable plasmonic nanostructures from noble metal nanoparticles and stimuli-responsive polymers Soft Matter, 2012,8 (22), 5980-5987 was amongst the top ten accessed articles from the online version of Soft Matter in April 2012.

The results of the NSF project “Collaborative Research: Locking Nanoparticles” CBET 0756461 have been highlighted by Research.gov NSF website

Current Projects

Completed Projects

Featured Piece of Our Equipment

Multiskop Ellipsometer (Optrel, Kleinmachnow, Germany)

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