Ed Kramer

Edward Kramer Edward Kramer
NAE
Professor, Materials & Chemical Engineering
893-4999
edkramer@mrl.ucsb.edu

Research activities focus on polymer thin films and interfaces. Current emphasis is on: characterization of films by depth profiling and microscopic imaging methods; deformation and fracture of block copolymers and polymer interfaces (from both micromechanical and molecular viewpoints); kinetics of grafting reactions and instabilities at polymer melt interfaces; ordering of block copolymer films as templated by interfacial interactions; and controlled incorporation of inorganic nanoparticles.