The research of Dr. Jodie L. Lutkenhaus, assistant professor and the William and Ruth Neely Faculty Fellow in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, has received a "Hot" classification by the Royal Society of Chemistry's journal Soft Matter.
The article, “Thermal Transitions in Hydrated Layer-by-Layer Assemblies Observed Using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy” is available for free thru Sept. 5, 2014.
"For the first time, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy has been used to observe thermal transitions in thin polymer films called 'layer-by-layer assemblies," Lutkenhaus said. "This technique allows us to understand in great detail the temperature response of films as thin as 10's of nanometers (1/10000th of a human hair)."