Budhlall Polymer Colloids & Soft Matter Group: Research Overview
Our polymer research group focuses on supracolloidal polymer science and engineering. Design of supracolloidal structures through liquid-liquid interface driven assembly of colloidal building blocks. Heterogeneous polymerization strategies are used to fabricate a variety of structures. Current projects include:
- Core-shell microcapsules for targeted, controlled drug delivery and release
- Janus / anisotropic colloids
- Bioconjugated nanoparticle probes for molecular and cellular imaging
- L-b-L mediated assembly of phospholipid/polymer nanoparticles
- Biodegradable shape memory polymers
- DNA-driven assembly of nanoparticles
- Polymer thin films for biomedical and chemical sensor