Thomas H. Epps
Education
- Post-Doctorate - 2006 NRC Postdoctoral Fellow - NIST
- Doctorate - 2004 University of Minnesota
- Masters - 1999 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Bachelors - 1998 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"We are interested in designing novel nanostructured materials for fuel cell, lithium battery, and other ion-conduction applications; analytical separation membranes; nanoporous templates and sensors. We manipulate polymer internal and external interfacial characteristics in bulk and thin film environments to influence the ordering and stability of polymer structures, particularly in block copolymers and polymer blends.
Four main areas of interest include:
1. Generating network nanostructures in high molecular weight and ion-conducting block copolymer systems.
2. Stabilizing triply-periodic (network) structures in ultrathin polymer films.
3. Synthesizing novel block copolymer structures in microfluidic devices.
4. Creating thermally-reversible, co-continuous microstructured materials using polymer blends."
Selected Publications
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- Epps, T.H.,III; DeLongchamp, D.M.; Fasolka, M.J.; Fischer, D.A.; Jablonski, E.L., "Substrate Surface Energy Dependent Morphology and Dewetting in an ABC Triblock Copolymer Film.", Langmuir 23 (6), 3355, (2007)
- Epps, T.H.,III; Vogt, B.D.; Hutchinson, J.B.; Fasolka, M.J., "Manipulating Block Copolymer Thin Films Using Solvent Vapor Gradients", Nano Letters (2007)
- Epps, T.H.,III, Berry, B.C., Hudson, S.D., Fasolka, M.J., "Preparation of Combinatorial Arrays of Polymer Thin Films for Transmission Electron Microscopy Analysis", Review of Scientific Instruments (2007)
- Stafford, C.M.; Roskov, K.E.; Epps, T.H.,III; Fasolka, M.J., "Generating Thickness Gradients of Thin Polymer Films via Flow Coating", Review of Scientific Instruments 77(2), 23908, (2006)
- Epps T.H.,III; Bates, F.S., "Effect of Molecular Weight on Network Formation in Linear ABC Triblock Copolymers", Macromolecules 39(7), 2676, (2006)
- Epps, T.H., III; Chatterjee, J.; Bates, "Phase Transformations Involving Network Phases in ISO Triblock Copolymer-Homopolymer Blends", Macromolecules 37, 8775, (2005)
- Epps, T.H.,III; Cochran, E.W.; Hardy, C.M.; Bates F.S., "Ordered Network Phases in Linear Poly(isoprene-b-styrene-b-ethylene oxide) Triblock Copolymers", Macromolecules 37, 7085, (2004)
- Epps, T.H.,III; Cochran, E.W.; Bailey, T.S.; Waletzko, R.S.; Hardy, C.M.; Bates, F.S., "Network Phases in ABC Triblock Copolymers", Macromolecules 37, 7085, (2004)
- Epps, T.H., III; Bailey T.S.; Waletzko, R.; Bates, F.S., "Phase Behavior and Crystallization of Lithium Percholate-Doped Poly(isoprene-b-styrene-b-ethylene oxide) and Poly(styrene-b-isoprene-b-ethyl oxide) Triblock Copolymers", Macromolecules 36, 2873, (2003)
- Epps, T. H., III; Bailey, T. S.; Pham, H. D.; Bates, F. S., "Phase Behavior of Lithium Perchlorate-Doped Poly(styrene-b-isoprene-b-ethylene oxide) Triblock Copolymers", Chemistry of Materials 14, 1706, (2002)
Patents
Selected Awards
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- Carl Storm Fellowship (Gordon Research Center: 2005)
- Postdoctoral Fellowship (National Research Council: 2004)
- Corporate Research Ph.D. Fellowship (Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies: 1999)
- NSF Graduate Fellowship (National Science Foundation: 1999)
- GEM Ph.D. Fellowship: 1999
- GEM Master's Fellowship: 1998
- MIT 1K Entrepreneurial Competition Winner for Natural Electric (NatEl) hydropower (Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 1998)
- American Chemical Society Scholarship Award (American Chemical Society: 1995)
- Lloyd Ferguson Young Scientist Award (NOBCChE)
- National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award
