Investigator: Dr. Andrew Richter

Firmly within the area of nanoscience, this research project involves four major components:

	Making and studying organic thin films.
	Studying the interaction of proteins with the organic films
	Examining nano-porous polymer films and artificial liposomes for use in sensor technologies
	Using high-intensity x-ray scattering to study nano-sized materials.

For the x-ray work, we commonly travel to the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Lab outside of Chicago. This billion dollar machine provides some of the most brilliant x-ray beams on the planet.