Hard science and soft science are colloquial terms used to compare scientific fields on the basis of perceived methodological rigor, exactitude, and objectivity. Roughly speaking, the natural sciences ...

The Soft Materials Group, directed by Professor Christopher Li, studies materials having complex structural and dynamic properties between those of solid crystals and fluids. Materials belonging to ...

This interdisciplinary track is designed to prepare students for careers in soft materials related industries such as polymers, cosmetics, liquid crystal devices and displays, and biomaterials as well ...

A course on the mechanical properties of soft materials, designed for first year graduate students in Materials Science and related disciplines. Not recommended for students who have already taken ...

The study was recently published in the journal Science. The polymer is so adaptable ... as Liquid Crystalline Elastomer (LCE), which is a soft substance that resembles rubber and can be ...