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Professor Michael R. Bockstaller
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Diploma, Technical University of Karlsruhe 1997
PhD, Johannes Gutenberg University (Mainz, Germany) 2000

Carnegie Mellon University
4307 Wean Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890

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Phone: (412) 268-2709

Research Interests

Polymer morphology, polymer-based nanostructures; polymer-based nanoparticle assemblies; phase behavior and structure-property relations (optical/magnetic) of organic-inorganic heterogeneous materials; phase behavior of water-soluble polymers (synthetic and biological) under in-vivo conditions; field-responsive nanoparticles for drug delivery; X-ray and neutron scattering; Electron microscopy

Biography

Professor Bockstaller received his diploma in Chemistry from the Technical University of Karlsruhe (Germany) and his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the Johannes Gutenberg University (Mainz, Germany). He was scientific assistant at the Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research (Mainz, Germany) and postdoctoral associate at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He came to Carnegie Mellon from the Technical University of Aachen (Germany) where he held a Habilitation position. He is a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt foundation and Emmy Noether grant recipient of the German Science Foundation.

Recent Publications

I. F. Hakem, J. Lal and M. R. Bockstaller: "Binding of Monovalent Ions to PEO in Solution - Relevant Parameters and Structural Transitions", Macromolecules, 2004, 37, 8431-8440.

M. R. Bockstaller and E. L. Thomas: "Proximity Effects in Binary Block Copolymer/Particle Blends", Phys. Rev. Lett., 2004, 93(16), 166106, 1-4.

M. R. Bockstaller, Y. Yonit, S. Margel and E. L. Thomas: "Size-Selective Organization of Enthalpic Compatibilized Nanocrystals in Ternary Block Copolymer/Particle Mixtures", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 5276-5277.

M. R. Bockstaller and E. L. Thomas: "Optical Properties of Mesoscopically Ordered, Polymer-Based Photonic Nanocomposite Materials", J. Phys. Chem. B, 2003, 176, 10017-10024.