MEDIA GALLERY

Arrays of microstructures of varying shape, size, and orientation were fabricated with greyscale lithography. The color effects are a result of total internal reflection interference within the microstructures. Advanced Materials 2023.

Janus droplets composed of iododecane and ethoxynonfluorobutane in 0.5 wt% Triton X-100 "look" and orient towards the scanning focus of a near-IR laser. Matter 2022.

Janus droplets composed of iododecane and ethoxynonafluorobutane in 0.5 wt% Triton X-100 assemble into spinning clusters. Matter 2022.

Janus droplets composed of iododecane and ethoxynonafluorobutane self-propel in 0.5 wt% Triton X-100 surfactant. Matter, 2022.

Small, self-propelled bromooctane droplets chase ethyl nonafluorobutyl ether droplets in Triton X-100 solution. Non-equilibrium self organization gives rise to clusters exhibiting different behaviors. Nature Chemistry 2020.

Bromooctane droplets chase ethyl nonafluorobutyl ether droplets in Triton X-100 surfactant solution. Nature Chemistry, 2020

Structural color is created when a clear high refractive index liquid is placed into low refractive index microwells. ACS Materials Letters 2020, 2, 754–763.

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Water condensing on the lid of a Petri dish displays iridescent color. Nature, 2019