News archive
May 2024: Check out our recent article on improved mechanical strength polymer electrolytes!
March 2024: Check out our recent article on the chiral assembly of peptoid nanoflowers!
March 2024: Congrats to Rahul on a great talk at the ACS PMSE Centennial session!
March 2024: Check out our recent article on ion and water dynamics in the dry-to-wet transition!
February 2024: Check out our recent article on non-Gaussian chain conformations of sequence-defined polymers!
January 2024: Check out our recent article on nanoscale water diffusion in PEO!
December 2023: Check out our recent article on diffusely charged marine antifouling coatings!
December 2023: Congrats to Dr. Phong Nguyen on successfully defending this thesis!
October 2023: Congrats to James on his advancement to Candidacy!
October 2023: Congrats to Dr. Thomas Webber on his successful thesis defense!
October 2023: Check out our recent article on the effect of charge sequence on polypeptoid conformation!
October 2023: Mini Segalman group alumni reunion at UT Austin!
October 2023: Check out our recent article on polypeptoid photoresists for EUV lithography!
September 2023: Check out our recent article on mixed conducting polymer complexes as battery binders!
August 2023: Check out our recent article on soft, elastic, conductive polymers using ionic compatibilization!
August 2023: Congrats to Cameron on his advancement to candidacy!
August 2023: Congrats to Jon Bingaman on his advancement to candidacy!
August 2023: Congratulations to Dr. Audra Destefano on successfully defending her thesis!
August 2023: Congratulations to Dr. Gordon Pace on a successful thesis defense!
July 2023: Check out our recent article on tuning transport in cationic conjugated polyelectrolytes!
June 2023: Check out our new article on water and ion diffusion in hydrogel membranes!
June 2023: Check out our new article on mixed-conducting polymer coacervate battery binders!
May 2023: Check out our new article on the photophysical and transport properties of semiconducting charged polymer complexes!
May 2023: Check out our new article on ionic compatibilization of polymer blends!
May 2023: Congrats to Dani on her advancement to candidacy!
May 2023: Congrats to Jerrick on his advancement to candidacy!
March 2023: Check out our recent article on post-functionalized high-stiffness networks!
March 2023: Congratulations to Isa on her advancement to candidacy!
February 2023: Check out our new article on biomolecular electron transport at conductive polymer interfaces!
January 2023: Happy standard and Lunar New Year/goodbye Amy and best of luck with your new position!
November 2022: Congratulations to Rachel on being selected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers!
September 2022: Check out our recent perspective article on decoupling ion transport from matrix dynamics in solid polymer electrolytes!
September 2022: Check out our recent article on the effect of electrostatic interactions on mixed conducting polymer blend nanostructures!
August 2022: Congratulations to Shawn on his advancement to candidacy!
July 2022: Check out our recent article on ionic compatibilization of polymers!
July 2022: Two awards in two weeks! Check out the UCSB Current’s articles on Prof. Segalman’s reception of the 2021 E.O. Lawrence and Andy Acrivos Professional Progress Awards!
June 2022: Check out our recent article on cyano-functionalized polysiloxane polymer electrolytes!
June 2022: Congrats to Dr. Seamus Jones on successfully defending his thesis!
May 2022: Congrats to Audra on winning the Kramer Prize for her poster at MROP this year!
May 2022: Check out our new article on the impact of side chain chemistry on lithium transport in mixed-conducting polymers!
April 2022: Check out our new article on ionic tunability in conjugated polyelectrolyte solutions!
March 2022: Great job to all of our presenters at APS and a special congrats to Amy on winning second place in the DPOLY poster competition!
March 2022: Check out our recent article on polymer sequence effects on water dynamics!
March 2022: Check out our recent article on enhancing ionic conductivity in battery binders!
February 2022: Check out our recent article on the Rg of PIL melts!
February 2022: Check out our recent article on the effects of amphiphilic polypeptoids on polymer surface chemistry!
January 2022: Check out our recent article on the role of electron-deficient imidazoles in solid-state polymer electrolytes!
January 2022: Check out our recent article on proton hopping in ion-conducting block copolymers!
January 2022: Check out our recent article on chain stiffness of conjugated polymers!
January 2022: Check out our recent article on polymeric zwitterionic solid electrolytes with superionic lithium transport!
December 2021: Congrats to Jon on winning this year’s Gingerbread Wars! Click here for more.
October 2021: Check out our recent article on optimum ligand density in polymer electrolytes!
September 2021: Congratulations to group member My Linh Le on her advancement to candidacy!
September 2021: Check out our recent article on dopamine-mediated polymer coatings for atomic layer deposition!
August 2021: Congratulations to group member Mikayla Barry for successfully defending her thesis!
August 2021: Check out our recent perspectives article on sequence-defined polymers for materials science applications!
August 2021: Check out our recent article on ion pair uptake in mixed ionic-electronic conductors!
August 2021: Check out this news about our group member Mikayla Barry presenting her work to Energy Secretary Granholm and Congresswoman Lee during a tour of the Advanced Light Source at Berkeley National Lab!
August 2021: Check out our recent article on interfacial nanostructure of polymeric ionic liquids!
August 2021: Congratulations to group member Gordon Pace on his advancement to candidacy!
August 2021: Check out our recent article on ionic liquid-functionalized conjugated polymers!
August 2021: Congratulations to group member Phong Nguyen on his advancement to candidacy!
July 2021: Check out our recent article on aqueous semiconducting polyelectrolyte coacervates!
July 2021: Check out our recent article on trends in Flory-Huggins interaction parameters for polyether-based polymers!
July 2021: Congratulations to group member Manny Zayas for successfully defending his thesis!
July 2021: Congratulations to group member Rubayn Goh for successfully defending his thesis!
July 2021: Congratulations to group member Dakota Rawlings for successfully defending his thesis!
June 2021: Check out our recent article on nitroxide-bearing marine anti-fouling coatings!
June 2021: Check out our recent article on tuning the double gyroid phase window!
June 2021: Best of luck to Eleni in her new position at BioPACIFIC MIP!
June 2021: Check out our recent article on the postdeposition processing effects on conductive polymers!
May 2021: Check out our recent article on quantifying peptoid conformations in integrated experiment and simulation!
April 2021: Congratulations to group member Phong on his NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!
March 2021: Check out our review article on electronic, ionic, and mixed conduction in polymeric systems!
February 2021: Congratulations to Professor Rachel Segalman, on her election to the National Academy of Engineering,
"For contributions to semiconducting block polymers, polymeric ionic
liquids, and hybrid thermoelectric materials.”
January 2021: Congratulations to group member Beihang Yu for successfully defending her Ph.D.!
January 2021: Check out our article on low Tg and redox-active polymeric ionic liquids!
January 2021: Check out our article on a versatile synthetic platform for membrane libraries!
January 2021: Check out our article on new light-switchable and self-healable polymer electrolytes!
January 2021: Check out our recent article on the effects of the glass transition temperature and ion binding on polymer electrolyte conductivity!
December 2020: Even though the virus meant we couldn’t have our winter party in person this year, the Segalman Lab (and recent alumni) held a Gingerbread house decorating contest! More info can be found here.
November 2020: Check out our recent article on the role of ion interaction strength on solvent-free polymer electrolytes!
November 2020: Check out our recent article relating experimental and theoretical end-to-end distributions of PEO in solution!
November 2020: Check out our recent article exploring the effects of counter-ion size on doped semiconducting polymer properties!
October 2020: Check out our recent article on a dual ionic and electronic conductive cathode binder for lithium-ion batteries!
September 2020: Check out our recent article on directly probing polymer chemistry and counterion effects on water sorption!
August 2020: Congrats to group member Thomas Webber on reaching candidacy!
August 2020: Congrats to group member Audra DeStefano on her advancement to candidacy!
July 2020: Congrats to group member Nicole Schauser for successfully defending her Ph.D.!
June 2020: Check out our recent article on the role of architecture in PEO-based copolymers!
June 2020: Congratulations to group member Sam McCuskey for successfully defending her Ph.D.!
May 2020: Check out our recent article investigating sterically-defined helical chain conformation!
May 2020: Congrats to group member Amanda for graduating with her M.S. in Materials and accepting a position with Dexcom!
April 2020: Check out our recent article on monomer sequence effects on self-assembled diblock copolymer mixing!
April 2020: Congratulations to group member Audra for receiving the NDSEG graduate fellowship!
April 2020: Check out our recent article on the effects of polymer backbone polarity on ion conduction and aggregation!
March 2020: Congratulations to group member Gordon on his recent NSF graduate fellowship award!
December 2019: Congrats to group member Elayne Thomas for successfully defending her thesis!
November 2019: Congrats to group member Alex Zhang for successfully defending his thesis!
October 2019: Congrats to Amanda for passing her preliminary exam!
August 2019: Congrats to Mikayla for being awarded the ALS Doctoral Fellowship!
August 2019: Check out our recent article on conjugated polyelectrolytes with improved flexibility
July 2019: Congratulations to Seamus for passing his candidacy exam!
June 2019: Congratulations to Mikayla for passing her qualifying exam!
April 2019: Congratulations to former group member Gabo Sanoja on accepting a faculty position at the University of Texas!
March 2019: Congratulations to Rachel for being elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences!
March 2019: Congratulations to Anastasia for successfully defending her Ph.D.!
February 2019: Check out our recent perspective article on multivalent ion conduction in solid polymer systems
January 2019: Congratulations to Nicole for winning the Kramer Award at MROP for best poster!
January 2019: Check out our recent publication on the role of hydrogen bonding in antifouling coatings
January 2019: Check out our recent publication on the role of comonomer sequence in self-assembly
January 2019: The Segalman group participates in the UCSB MROP poster session
January 2019: Check out our recent publication on using the coacervation of a conjugated polyelectrolyte for the fabrication of printable electronics.
December 2018: Congratulations to Scott for successfully defending his Ph.D.!
December 2018: Check out our recent publication on side chain effects of doping in conjugated polymers.
December 2018: The Segalman Group and friends gathered for the annual holiday party
November 2018: Congratulations to Scott for being awarded the 2018–2019 Schlinger Fellowship for Excellence in Chemical Engineering Research!
October 2018: Congratulations to Josue for winning a 2018 SACNAS Student Presentation Award for his exemplary poster presentation!
October 2018: Check out our recent publication on side chain design to affect conjugated polymer electronic properties
October 2018: Congratulations to Scott for winning the award for best oral presentation at the 11th annual Clorox–Amgen Graduate Student Symposium!
October 2018: Alex, Beihang, Dakota, & Sam presented posters at the 11th annual Clorox–Amgen Graduate Student Symposium.
September 2018: Check out our recent publication on using in operando X-ray scattering to reveal ion-induced microstructural changes during electrochemical doping of P3HT.
August 2018: Congratulations to all of our undergraduate interns for their successful summer research!
August 2018: Check out our recent publication on decoupling nano- and mesoscale effects on charge transport in semiconducting polymers
August 2018: Check out our recent publication on decoupling polymer mechanics and ionic conductivity using mono- and multi-valent cations
August 2018: Congratulations to Beihang, Manny, and Dakota for passing their qualifying exams!
July 2018: Check out our recent publication on photocrosslinking PILs to form mechanically robust, ion-conducting materials
July 2018: Check out our recent publication on stabilizing ultrathin polymer films for applications in spin-on doping
July 2018: Best of luck to Reika in her faculty position at UMass Amherst!
July 2018: Congratulations to Mikayla for placing 2nd in the student poster competition at ICMCF!
July 2018: Check out our recent publication on controlling the thermoelectric properties of PEDOT:PSS using ionic liquid additives
May 2018: Check out our recent publication on using thermoreversible hydrogels for 3D stem cell culture
April 2018: Check out our recent publication on how doping in semiconducting polymers induces disorder and changes thermoelectric properties
March 2018: Check out our recent publication on the effect of a helical chain shape on block copolymer assembly
February 2018: Check out our recent publication on ion transport in dynamic polymer networks based on metal−ligand
coordination
February 2018: Check out our recent publication on the electrostatically driven network formation of a conjugated polyelectrolyte for mixed conductive soft solids
February 2018: The Segalman group and friends gathered for the annual group party
January 2018: Check out our recent publication on persistence lengths effects on aligning interactions in liquid crystalline conjugated polymers
December 2017: Check out our recent publication on using multivalent ions to decouple the mechanical and conductive properties of polymeric ionic liquids
November 2017: Congratulations to Elayne for passing her qualifying exam!
October 2017: Congratulations to alumnus Brad Olsen for winning the 2018 Dillon Medal in the APS Division of Polymer Physics
October 2017: Check out our recent publication on the thermal control of confined crystallization of P3EHT
September 2017: Beihang and Dakota participate in the ChE First Year Symposium
September 2017: Welcome to our newest graduate student, Mikayla Barry!
August 2017: Congratulations to Alex and Sam for passing their candidacy exams!
August 2017: Check out our recent publication on crystallization of P3EHT in cylindrical confinement
May 2017: Check out our recent publication on molecular design for aligned liquid crystalline semiconducting polymers
May 2017: Congratulations to Emily on her graduation and hooding ceremony at UC Berkeley
March 2017: Congratulations to the Chemical Engineering Department on its 50th anniversary
March 2017: Congratulations to Sam and Elayne for their recent NSF graduate fellowship awards!
March 2017: Congratulations to Emily for winning the 2nd place Journal of Polymer Science poster prize at the APS March Meeting!
March 2017: The Segalman group attends the APS March Meeting in New Orleans (click to enlarge)
February 2017: Welcome to our new post doc Amir, co-advised with Prof. Michael Chabinyc
February 2017: Emily, Scott, and Anastasia participate in the Materials Research Outreach Program Symposium poster session
December 2016: Segalman group holiday party (click for larger image)
December 2016: Welcome to our new grad students Dakota, Beihang, and Manny
November 2016: Congratulations to Elayne for passing her preliminary exam, and Anastasia for passing her qualifying exam!
September 2016: Congratulations to Emily for winning a best talk award at the 9th Annual Clorox–Amgen Graduate Student Symposium
September 2016: The UCSB Current covers Profs. Segalman's and Chabinyc's recent DOE grant award to study next-generation thermoelectrics
September 2016: Check out photos of our annual group retreat here. This year's topic: electrochemistry.
September 2016: Good luck to Bhooshan in your new position at Dow Chemical!
August 2016: Welcome to our new graduate student Nicole Michenfelder-Schauser!
July 2016: Congratulations to Scott for advancing to candidacy!
July 2016: Welcome to our new post-doc Shubhaditya Majumdar!
June 2016: Good luck to Chris (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and George (Interface Biologics, Inc.) in your new positions!
May 2016: Congratulations to our newest faculty alumni—Adrianne Rosales (Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at UT Austin), Ayash Sahu (Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at NYU), Chris Evans (Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), and Miguel Modestino (Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at NYU)
March 2016: Congratulations to Anastasia for winning the 3rd place poster prize in the Division of Polymer Physics at the APS March Meeting
March 2016: Congratulations Haiyu on your position at Micron Technology, Inc. — all the best for the future!
January 2016: Congratulations to two poster award winners: Elayne Thomas for the Ed Kramer Poster Award at the MROP Symposium, and Anastasia Patterson for the J. Poly. Sci. Poster Award at the Ed Kramer Memorial Symposium
December 2015: Congratulations to many of our lab members for publications in Chemical Science, Macromolecules, and ACS Macro Letters
December 2015: Congratulations to Dr. William Chang on your PhD — good luck at Lam Research Co.!
November 2015: Welcome to new students Alex Zhang and Samantha McCuskey!
October 2015: Congratulations to Anastasia for passing her preliminary exam!
October 2015: Congratulations to Rachel on being elected Fellow of the American Physical Society!
September 2015: Welcome to new students Elayne Thomas and Rubayn Goh and our new post-docs Josh Bartels and Colin Bridges!
March 2015: Congratulations to Rachel on being selected to receive the 2015 Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award
March 2015: The UCSB College of engineering produced two short videos highlighting Professor Segalman's work at UCSB! Watch them here (~1 minute) and here (~2.5 minutes).
January 2015: Welcome to our new post-doc Haiyu Fang!
In Memoriam: Ed Kramer. Ed was a mentor and inspiration to many members of the Segalman group, and will be dearly missed.
December 2014: Welcome to our new graduate student from ChemE, Scott Danielsen!
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Group Retreat 2016 — Big Bear Lake, CA
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Tahoe — Summer 2011
Farewell Barbecue — Spring 2013
Tahoe — Winter 2010