I grew up in small town Iowa and completed a bachelor’s of science with a major in chemistry and a minor in business administration from Briar Cliff University in May 2014. I started at UNL in the Morin group in July of 2014.
The project here in the Morin group that I am currently working is exploring how to pattern / adhere micron scale objects onto various substrates. We have tuned this ability to pattern a surface by controlling the interfacial surface chemistries of the objects and substrates (with the idea of creating a varying degree of favorable or unfavorable interactions), ambient environment where the stress occurs, geometry of an object relative to the patterning area, changing the substrate stiffness (which effects contact area of objects), or a combination of factors. Knowledge of how a crystal/elastomer interface interactions will allow us to then effect crystal growth by rationally influencing crystal proximity.
Email: mark.rose43(at)huskers.unl.edu
Publications:
- Rose, M.A.; Taylor, J.M.; Morin, S.A.* Adhesion of Morphologically Distinct Crystals to and Selective Release from Elastomeric Surfaces. Mater., 2016, 28, 8513-8522.
- Bowen, J.J.; Rose, M.A.; Konda, A.; Morin, S.A.* Surface Molding of Microscale Hydrogels with Microactuation Functionality. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 1236-1240
- Rose, M.A.†; Vinod, T.P.†; Morin, S.A.* Microscale screen printing of large-area arrays of microparticles for the fabrication of photonic structures and for optical sorting. Mater. Chem. C, 2018, Advanced Article.
