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Chemical & Engineering News
by Britt E. Erickson
January 21, 2013
A leader in supramolecular self-assembly, Samuel I. Stupp is being honored for his work on developing bioactive materials that could revolutionize therapies in regenerative medicine. Stupp is well-known for creating an extensive platform of self-assembling molecules, especially those based on peptide amphiphiles that form nanofibers, resulting in broadly bioactive synthetic materials......more
New Geometries: Researchers Create New Shapes of Artificial Microcompartments
Northwestern University, McCormick News
by Sarah Ostman
December 11, 2012
In nature, biological functions are often carried out in tiny protective shells known as microcompartments, structures that provide home to enzymes that convert carbon dioxide into energy in plant cells and to viruses that replicate once they enter the cell.......more
New Computer Memory Material Goes Easy on the Juice
Science Magazine, News
by Robert F. Service
August 24, 2012
Multitasking has a price: Your computer is sucking up a lot of electricity keeping track of work you haven't yet saved to the hard drive. Americans spend $6 billion a year on electricity to keep that data stored in a computer's memory during operation. But that figure could drop sharply, scientists report this week, thanks to a new type of material than can permanently store such data—without needing a continuous trickle of electricity to do it.......more
Toward Better Ferroelectrics
Chemical & Engineering News,Science & Technology
by Lauren K. Wolf
August 23, 2012
New organic ferroelectric materials that operate at room temperature made their debut at the American Chemical Society national meeting in Philadelphia this week. Scientists have in the past synthesized ferroelectrics of this type—mixed stacks of electron-donating and electron-accepting small molecules. But the materials had only been able to function at cryogenic temperatures, which are impractical for real-world use.
Ferroelectrics, found in ultrasound imaging equipment and computer memory, are prized for their ability to flip polarization when exposed to an external electric field. Because the materials are currently made of inorganic compounds such as barium titanate, researchers have been seeking alternatives that are cheaper, lighter, and easier to fabricate.......more |
“Room-Temperature Ferroelectricity in Supramolecular Networks of Charge-Transfer Complexes”

Nature 488(7412), (2012) 485-489.
A. S. Tayi
A. K. Shveyd
C-H. Sue
J. M. Szarko
B. S. Rolczynski
D. Cao
T. J. Kennedy
A. A. Sarjeant
C. L. Stern
W. F. Paxton
W.
Wu
S. K. Dey
A. C. Fahrenbach
J. R. Guest
H. Mohseni
L. X. Chen
K. L. Wang
J. F. Stoddart
S. I. Stupp
“Functional Supramolecular Polymers”

Science 335(6070), (2012) 813-817.
T. Aida
E. W. Meijer
S. I.
Stupp
“Supramolecular Nanostructures that Mimic VEGF as a strategy for Ischemic Tissue Repair”

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 108(33), (2011) 13438-13443.
M. J. Webber
J. Tongers
C. J. Newcomb
K-T. Marquardt
J. Bauersachs
D. W. Losordo
S. I. Stupp
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Group Meetings
6/22/13 Saturday @ 11:00am - Cook 2058 - Mark McClendon and Andrew Koltonow
7/1/13 Monday @ 4:00pm - IBNAM/Searle - Julia Ortony and Helen Zha
7/12/13 Friday @ 4:00pm - Cook 2058 - Selected Individuals
8/6/13 Tuesday @ 4:00pm - IBNAM/Searle - Undergrads, Summer Students
8/22/13 Thursday @ 4:00pm - Cook 2058 - Martin Conda-Sheridan and Faifan Tantakitti
8/29/13 Thursday @ 4:00pm - IBNAM/Searle - Amanda Worthy and Daniel Fairfield
9/19/13 Thursday @ 4:00pm - Cook 2058 - Charles Rubert and Ashwin Narayanan
The Stupp Group 2013

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