Rafael Verduzco
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rice University
United States of America
Biography
Rafael Verduzco studied at Rice University as an undergraduate, receiving a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering in 2001. He earned a master’s degree in 2003 and doctorate in chemical engineering in 2007 from the California Institute of Technology studying liquid crystal polymer gels. Rafael then went on to a postdoctoral position in the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, where he studied bent-core liquid crystals, water-soluble dendrimers for drug delivery, and conjugated polymeric materials for organic electronics.
Research Interest
polymers, Applicants
Publications
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White, Verduzco R (2017) Liquid crystal elastomers: emerging trends and applications. Soft Matter 13: 4320.
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Verduzco R (2017) Segregation of amphiphilic polymer-coated nanoparticles to bicontinuous oil/water microemulsion phases. Energ Fuels.
