Art

Image description: A collage of stylized images depicting systems or phenomena relevant to material science research. 

Top left: surfactant molecule (ref), Top center: Fermi surface of RTe2 (ref), Top right: host-guest assembly in block copolymer blend (ref, originally in ref),  Mid left: TEM image of the double gyroid phase of the self-assembled polystyrene-block-polydimethylsiloxane (ref),  Mid center: power spectrum from cryo-Em micrograph (ref),  Mid right: Kagome lattice (ref),  Bottom left: dodecagonal quasicrystal (ref), Bottom center: Fermi surface of PrTe3 (ref),  Bottom right: Inverted gyroids phase of Miktoarm star copolymer  (ref)

Image description: Active fluid-filled vesicles forming the word 'IRG2'. The number 2 is filled with rod-like active nematics. One can see an unbound pair of positive and negative half defects. Active nematics are one of the focus areas of the Brandeis Material Research Science and Engineering Center.

Image description: Abstracted image of the two main research focii of Brandeis bioinspired MRSEC. On the left is a virus undergoing self-assembly, and on the right is a kinesin motor protein delivering cargo. The motor protein is walking on a microtubule, which forms a figure of eight to symbolize the interrelationship of the two and to signify the infinite possibilities that open up with understanding these processes.

Made in collaboration with Saaransh Singhal.