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SUMMARY:IMX/IPHYS Talks - Designing Hierarchical Soft Materials through
  Self-Assembly and Phase Separation
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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Carla Fernández Rico\, ETHZ\nIn this talk\, I will discus
 s how interface science phenomena such as self-assembly and phase separati
 on can be harnessed as powerful tools to robustly design and control the s
 tructure of soft materials across scales. I will begin by introducing a co
 lloidal system of banana-shaped particles\, highlighting how their curvatu
 re influences their self-assembly into exotic liquid crystal phases. Next\
 , I will present a novel\, mechanically controlled phase separation method
  that enables the creation of micron-sized bicontinuous structures in poly
 mer gels over large volumes. Finally\, I will discuss the integration of b
 iofabricated materials with self-assembly and phase separation techniques\
 , which might pave the way toward the development of structured\, sustaina
 ble materials.\n\nBio: Carla Fernández-Rico is a Group Leader in the Depa
 rtment of Materials at ETH Zurich. She earned a BSc in Nanoscience from th
 e Autonomous University of Barcelona and an MSc in Nanomaterials from Utre
 cht University. Carla then moved to the UK\, to pursue a PhD in Physics an
 d Colloid Chemistry at the University of Oxford. In 2021\, she joined ETH 
 as a Postdoctoral Fellow where she worked in phase separation processes an
 d gel mechanics. After receiving an SNSF Ambizione Fellowship\, she curren
 tly leads a research group focusing on soft matter physics and biofabricat
 ed materials.\n 
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