University of Delaware - College of Engineering
CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING

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Faculty

Eric M Furst

Eric Furst
  • Director of CMET
  • Associate Professor

229 CLB
University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware 19716
furst@udel.edu
302-831-0102
302-831-1048 (fax)


Education
  • Post-Doctorate - 2001 Institut Curie, Paris, France
  • Doctorate - 2000 Stanford University
  • Masters - 1996 Stanford University
  • Bachelors - 1995 Carnegie Mellon University

"Research in the Furst Group focuses on the physics and chemistry underlying the behavior of colloidal, polymeric, biomolecular, and other "soft" materials. Our efforts concentrate on investigations of structure, interactions and material response through the development of novel experimental techniques. These include optical tweezers, confocal microscopy, and passive and active microrheology. Applications of interest include nanomaterials for energy conversion, complex fluids engineering, and biotechnology. Many of the interesting problems we currently work on stem from close partnerships with industry and national laboratories."

XSelected Publications

For a complete listing of publications, please view the Full CV.
  1. M. Grzelczak, J. Vermant, E. M. Furst and L. M. Liz-Marzan, "Directed self-assembly of nanoparticles", ACS Nano 4, 3591, (2010)
  2. K. Masschaele, B. J. Park, E. M. Furst, J. Fransaer and J. Vermant, "Finite ion-size effects dominate the interaction between charged colloidal particles at an oil-water interface", Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 048303, (2010)
  3. B. J. Park and E. M. Furst, "Attractive interactions between colloids at the oil-water interface", Soft Matter 7, 7676, (2011)
  4. P. P. Lele, J. W. Swan, J. F. Brady, N. J. Wagner and E. M. Furst, "Colloidal diffusion and hydrodynamic screening near boundaries", Soft Matter 7, 6844, (2011)
  5. J. D. Forster, J. G. Park, M. Mittal, H. Noh, C. F. Schreck, C. S. O'Hern, H. Cao, E. M. Furst and E. R. Dufresne, "Assembly of optical scale dumbbells into dense photonic crystals", ACS Nano 5, 6695, (2011)
  6. K. M. Schultz and E. M. Furst, "High-throughput rheology in a microfluidic device", Lab Chip 11, 3802, (2011)
  7. P. E. Hopkins, M. Mittal, L. M. Phinney, A. M. Grillet and E. M. Furst, "Tunable, ultra-low thermal conductivity nanoparticle films", Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 133106, (2011)
  8. K. M. Schultz, A. V. Bayles, A. D. Baldwin, K. L. Kiick and E. M. Furst, "Rapid, high resolution screening of biomaterial hydrogelators by u2rheology", Biomacromolecules 12, 4178, (2011)
  9. E. M. Furst, "Directing colloidal assembly at fluid interfaces", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108, 20853, (2011)
  10. I. Sriram and E. M. Furst, "Out-of-equilibrium forces between colloids", Soft Matter (2012)

XPatents

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XSelected Awards

For a complete listing of awards, please view the Full CV.
  1. Chaire Joliot Visiting Professor, Laboratoire PMMH, ESPCI, Paris: 2010
  2. European Union Erasmus Mundus Scholar: 2009
  3. Invited Participant (National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering: 2009)
  4. Society of Rheology Publication Award: 2008
  5. Outstanding Junior Faculty Member for the College of Engineering (University of Delaware: 2007)
  6. DuPont Young Investigator: 2004
  7. NSF CAREER Award for Young Investigators (National Science Foundation: 2003)
  8. Chateaubriand Postdoctoral Fellowship (France: 2000 - 2002)
  9. AIChE Professional Promise Award (Department of Chemical Engineering, CMU: 1995)
  10. ACS POLYED Undergraduate Summer Scholarship for Research in Polymer Science: 1994


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