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Recent Publications
- Why The Dish Makes A Difference: Quantitative Comparison of Polystyrene Culture Surfaces
- Chemo-responsive, self-oscillating gels that undergo biomimetic communication
- Congrats Alex Long!
- Thermodynamics of Water Confined in Porous Calcium-Silicate-Hydrates
- Congratulations Dr. Kalcioglu!!
- Directional cell migration in an extracellular pH gradient
- Mechanical Environment Modulates Biological Properties of Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cells
- Macromolecular crowding directs extracellular matrix organization and mesenchymal stem cell behavior
The Laboratory for Material Chemomechanics in the MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering develops experimental and computational approaches toward the understanding of a key phenomenon in active materials: coupling between the mechanical and structural/functional states. By exploring coupling at the fundamental force and length scales of atoms and molecules, we seek to find commonalities among material systems ranging from metallic crystals to living biological cells that we can exploit for human advantage in sensing, actuating, and transduction applications. As a result, we develop in parallel several enabling nanomechanical frameworks such as nano/picoindentation, atomic force microscopy and functional force imaging.
Latest News
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Why The Dish Makes A Difference: Quantitative Comparison of Polystyrene Culture Surfaces
Adam S. Zeiger, Benjamin Hinton, Krystyn J. Van Vliet, Why the dish makes a difference: Quantitative comparison of polystyrene culture surfaces, Acta Biomaterialia, Available online 27 February 2013, ISSN 1742-7061,... -
Chemo-responsive, self-oscillating gels that undergo biomimetic communication
Kuksenok, O., Dayal, P., Bhattacharya, A., Yashin, V.V., Deb, D., Chen, I.C., Van Vliet, K.J., and Balazs, A.C., “Chemo-responsive, self-oscillating gels that undergo biomimetic communication,” Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, DOI:... -
Congrats Alex Long!
Congrats to formerVan Vliet lab REU student Alex Long for tying for first place for the McKnight Prize in Biophysics/Computational Biology from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center on... -
Thermodynamics of Water Confined in Porous Calcium-Silicate-Hydrates
P. A. Bonnaud; Q. Ji; B. Coasne; R. J.-M. Pellenq; K. J. Van Vliet, “Thermodynamics of Water Confined in Porous Calcium-Silicate-Hydrates”, Langmuir, 2012, 28, 11422-11432. Full Text PDF -
Congratulations Dr. Kalcioglu!!
Congrats to our newest PhD, Dr. Ilke Kalcioglu! -
Directional cell migration in an extracellular pH gradient
Paradise, R.K., Whitfield, M.J., Lauffenburger, D.A., and Van Vliet, K.J., “Directional cell migration in an extracellular pH gradient: A model study with an engineered cell line and primary microvascular endothelial... -
Mechanical Environment Modulates Biological Properties of Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cells
A. Jagielska, A. Norman, G. Whyte, R. M. F. Franklin, J. Guck, K.J. Van Vliet, “Mechanical environment modulates biological properties of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells.”, 2012, Stem Cells and Development, doi... -
Macromolecular crowding directs extracellular matrix organization and mesenchymal stem cell behavior
MIT NEWS Zeiger AS, Loe FC, Li R, Raghunath M, Van Vliet KJ (2012) Macromolecular Crowding Directs Extracellular Matrix Organization and Mesenchymal Stem Cell Behavior. PLoS ONE 7(5): e37904. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037904....