CBES Investigators

Materials with Bio-Inspired Functions

Areas of investigation: Artificial Muscles, Artificial Organelles, Adaptive Materials

Monica Olvera de la Cruz, Leader
Chad Mirkin, Co-Leader

Anna Balazs
Paul Chaikin
Sharon Glotzer
George Schatz
Samuel Stupp
Igal Szleifer

Colloidal Machines

Areas of investigation: Colloidal Motors, Collective Behavior in Ensembles of Colloidal Motors, Artificial (Colloidal) Cells

Sharon Glotzer, Leader
Kyle Bishop, Co-Leader

Anna Balazs
Paul Chaikin
Chad Mirkin
Monica Olvera de la Cruz
Samuel Stupp
Emily Weiss
George Whitesides

Bio-Inspired Transport of Energy and Charge

Areas of investigation: Electronic Ratchets, Ion Pumps

George Schatz, Leader
Emily Weiss, Co-Leader

Mark Ratner
Samuel Stupp
Igal Szleifer
George Whitesides

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Contact CBES | SQI | Office for Research | Northwestern University

Center for Bio-Inspired Energy Science
303 East Superior Street, Lurie 11-131, Chicago, Illinois 60611
(312) 503-3180 | cbes@northwestern.edu

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