3 papers
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022
ATRP enhances structural correlations in polymerization-induced phase separation
Alba Sicher, Richard Whitfield, Jan Ilavsky +3
Synthetic methods to control the structure of materials at sub-micron scales are typically based on the self-assembly of structural building blocks with precise size and morphology…
cond-mat.soft2021
Structural Color from Solid-State Polymerization-Induced Phase Separation
Alba Sicher, Rabea Ganz, Andreas Menzel +8
Structural colors are produced by wavelength-dependent scattering of light from nanostructures. While living organisms often exploit phase separation to directly assemble structura…
physics.app-ph2018
Metasurfaces Leveraging Solar Energy for Icephobicity
Efstratios Mitridis, Thomas M. Schutzius, Alba Sicher +3
Inhibiting ice accumulation on surfaces is an energy-intensive task and is of significant importance in nature and technology where it has found applications in windshields, automo…