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Matthew
Liberatore
Assistant Professor
B.S.
University of Illinois, Chicago
M.S., Ph.D. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Post-Doctoral study at University of Delaware
Rheology of Complex Fluids
Liberatore
Research Group Page
Publications
Mines
Polymer and Complex Fluids (MPAC)
Contact Information
Research
Description
Complex fluids are present in everyday life from the food and drinks
we consume to the soaps and shampoo we use. Understanding the flow of
complex fluids leads to the engineering of new materials and products
to improve life. Rheological and spectroscopic characterization tools
provide information on nanoscale domains, microstructure and macroscopic
properties, which enables constructing structure-property relationships.
Forming such relationships in complex fluids has wide ranging benefits
to current and emerging technologies from oil recovery to tissue engineering.
In addition, these tools provide opportunities to form collaborations
with other engineers, material scientists and chemists who are developing
novel materials or innovative processes for making new materials. Finally,
this work connects with studies of biophysics and biochemistry involving lipids,
peptides and other biological molecules. Specifically, my work will focus
on the characterization of nanofibers, entangled polymer solutions
and surfactant-polymer mixtures.
Contact
Information
Matthew Liberatore
435 Alderson Hall
Chemical Engineering Dept.
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO 80401
Office:
(303) 273-3531
FAX: (303) 273-3730
mliberat@mines.edu
