P. Ashby, D. Li, Y. Chai, L. Long, J. Chen, C. Ajo-Franklin, T. Russell, P. Naulleau
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
United States
Keywords: engineered living materials, structured liquids, Pickering emulsions, EUV lithography, EUV resists
Summary:
My group at the Molecular Foundry focuses on the characterization of functional properties that arise from nanoscale composition and structure. I will present a bacterial elastomer, an Engineered Living Material, built by crosslinking the fresh water bacterium, C. Crescentus, together. The bacterial elastomer is regenerable and responsive to external stimuli. I will also present our characterization of the formation of all liquid structures with persistent shape. Nanoparticles densely assemble at the liquid-liquid interface leading to jamming which solidifies the interface allowing for the formation of far-from-equilibrium liquid shapes which can be used to make rewritable microfluidics. Lastly, I will present our efforts to characterize the factors that compromise patterning of EUV resists during development.