• Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Michael Dimitriyev

Educational Background

  • Ph.D, Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology - 2017
  • M.S., Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology - 2013
  • B.A., Physics and Mathematics, Boston University - 2011

Research Interests

    • Soft matter theory and computation; focus on geometry-based models
    • Polymer physics and nanoscale self-assembly
    • Statistical mechanics and phase transitions of shape-morphing materials; nonlinear elasticity and buckling
    • Mechanical metamaterials and soft composites; architected materials; fiber networks and textiles

Industry Experience

    • Soft matter theory and computation; focus on geometry-based models
    • Polymer physics and nanoscale self-assembly
    • Statistical mechanics and phase transitions of shape-morphing materials; nonlinear elasticity and buckling
    • Mechanical metamaterials and soft composites; architected materials; fiber networks and textiles

Selected Publications

  • Michael S. Dimitriyev, Abhiram Reddy, and Gregory M. Grason. "Medial packing, frustration and competing network phases in strongly-segregated block copolymers" (in press, Macromolecules 2023)
  • Xueyan Feng, Michael S. Dimitriyev, Edwin L. Thomas. "Soft, malleable double diamond twin" PNAS 120 4 (2023)
  • Abhiram Reddy, Michael S. Dimitriyev, Gregory M. Grason. "Medial packing and elastic asymmetry stabilize the double-gyroid in block copolymers" Nature Communications. 13, 2629 - (2022)
  • Michael S. Dimitriyev, Gregory M. Grason. "End-exclusion zones in strongly stretched, molten polymer brushes of arbitrary shape" J. Chem. Phys. 155, 224901 (2021)
  • Michael S. Dimitriyev, Ya-Wen Chang, Paul M. Goldbart, Alberto Fernández-Nieves. "Swelling thermodynamics and phase transitions of polymer gels" Nano Futures 3 042001 (2019)
  • Ya-Wen Chang, Michael S. Dimitriyev, Anton Souslov, Svetoslav V. Nikolov, Samantha M. Marquez, Alexander Alexeev, Paul M. Goldbart, Alberto Fernández-Nieves. "Extreme thermodynamics with polymer gel tori: Harnessing thermodynamic instabilities to induce large-scale deformations" Phys. Rev. E Rapid Communications 98 020501(R) (2018)