At the Rowland, the objective of the Dogic Lab was to understand and control the self-assembly of matter on a colloidal length scale. The basic building blocks used were colloids of chemical or biological origin with well controlled spherical or rod-like...
At the Rowland, the over-arching goal of the Wong Lab was to investigate how biological systems work at the nanoscale, and the physical laws that govern their behavior. They developed and applied novel methods for biophysics research, with a focus on non...
Plants are able to regenerate whole body parts like roots and shoots with relative ease because they demonstrate amazing cellular plasticity. Masters of dedifferentiation, plants not only retain pools of stem cells throughout their lives, but also create...
At the Rowland, the Fischer Lab had broad interests in the interaction of optical, electric, and magnetic fields with matter. Their particular focus is symmetry breaking & chirality, ranging from the molecular to the nano/micro-scale. Their research was...
At the molecular level, physical and chemical properties of materials are tightly coupled to the mechanical properties. The potential of mechanics for interacting with matter at the nanoscale has been largely unexplored due to lack of instruments capable...
At the Rowland, Dr. Lewis investigated parasitic angiosperms; they are unusual among parasitic organisms in that they and their hosts are in the same order and are very similar physiologically. The comparable physiology of parasite and host enables the...
The electrical conductance of many nanoscale materials is strongly affected by a local electrostatic and electrochemical environment. This unique property can be utilized to build a nanosensor whose spatial resolution is comparable to the size of the...
The boundaries between traditional scientific disciplines are disappearing. Physics and engineering are merging with unlike academic areas such as biology and biochemistry in an effort to answer fundamental questions in life sciences and to advance...
At the Rowland, the Speck Lab studied the response of systems to ultrafast electromagnetic pulses. These pulses have a temporal width of approximately 1 ps and a peak field of over 1 kV/cm when focussed. Due to their extremely short pulse width, most...