Bartosz A. Grzybowski
Kenneth Burgess Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Director of Non-Equilibrium Energy Research Center (NERC)
Research Interests
Organization and evolution in systems having many degrees of freedom and operating away from thermodynamic equilibrium ("complex dissipative systems," CDS) is of fundamental interest for its relevance to life and for potential technological applications. My research is devoted to rational design of dissipative self-assembling systems on scales from molecular to macroscopic, and to the development of "synthetic" strategies that would allow building "systems of systems" of increasing complexities. This experimental effort is multidisciplinary, and encompasses fields of chemistry, physics and biophysics. Engineering of CDS is accompanied by basic research in the molecular aspects of the phenomena (e.g., contact electrification and photochromism) these systems use. Theoretical analysis using both analytical and numerical techniques provides understanding of the general principles that govern non-equilibrium self-organization.
Selected Publications
- J. Kim and B. A. Grzybowski, “Controlling Reversible Dielectric Breakdown in Metal/Polymer Nanocomposites”, Advanced Materials, (2012)
- Grzybowski, B. A.; Patashinski, A. Z.; Soh, S.; Kandere-Grzybowska, K.; Mahmud, G., “Tomography and Static-Mechanical Properties of Adherent Cells”, Advanced Materials, (2012)
- Grzybowski, B. A.; Gothard, C. M.; Gothard, N. A.; Fuller, P. E.; Weckiewicz, A., “Chemical Network Algorithms for the Risk Assessment and Management of Chemical Threats”, Angewandte Chemie, (2012)
- Baytekin, H. T.; Baytekin, B.; Grzybowski, B. A., “Mechanoradicals Created in Polymeric Sponges Drive Reactions in Aqueous Media”, Angewandte Chemie, (2012)
- Wei, Y.; Baytekin, B.; Grzybowski, B. A.; Soh, S.; Kowalczyk, B., “Rewiring Chemistry: Algorithmic Discovery and Experimental Validation of One-Pot Reactions in the Network of Organic Chemistry”, Angewandte Chemie, (2012)
- Y. Wei, S. Han, D. A. Walker, P. E. Fuller and B. A. Grzybowski, “Nanoparticle Core/Shell Architectures within MOF Crystals Synthesized by Reaction Diffusion”, Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), (2012)
- H. T. Baytekin, B. Baytekin and B. A. Grzybowski, “echanoradicals Created in "Polymeric Sponges" Drive Reactions in Aqueous Medi”, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, (2012)
- H. T. Baytekin, B. Baytekin, J. T. Incorvati and B. A. Grzybowski, “Material Transfer and Polarity Reversal in Contact Charging”, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, (2012)
