Sung Yeon Hwang |
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email: sungyeon AT
stanford DOT edu
Dept: Materials Science
& Engineering
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My project is biotemplating with clathrin, which is the major
constituent of the 'coat' of the clathrin-coated pits and coated
vesicles formed during endocytosis of materials at the surface of
cells. This material has an interesting property to self-assemble in
various structures depending on the environmental condition. The first
goal of the project is to develop the phase diagram for clathrin
assembly conditions based on pH, ionic strength, temperature, and
clathrin concentration. The second goal is to grow inorganic materials
over the clathrin structure for use in application to solar cells
or batteries.
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