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The Materials Research Lab (MRL) fosters interdisciplinary research at the forefront of materials science by bringing together world-class faculty, staff, postdocs, students, and industry in materials science, condensed matter physics, and materials chemistry in a highly-collaborative, progressive research environment.
Five Materials Science researchers bring home Excellence Awards
News | March 10, 2023
Tiny yet hazardous: New study shows aerosols produced by contaminated bubble bursting are far smaller than predicted
New research from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Mechanical Science and Engineering assistant professor Jie Feng and graduate student Zhengyu Yang has shown that bursting bubbles coated by a thin oil layer produce drops with smaller sizes, greater overall number of drops, and are ejected at a higher velocity, compared to bubbles generated in clean water. This research, “Enhanced singular jet formation in oil-coated bubble bursting,” was recently published in Nature Physics.
News | March 28, 2023
Professional Support for Your Research
MRL facilities are staffed by full-time professional research scientists and support personnel who share your passion for discovery.
Facilities
The MRL facilities provides 24/7 open access to this state-of-the-art instrumentation. Our expert staff provides detailed training on instrument operation, perform fabrication, processing, characterization, and analysis of samples upon request, and will work with you throughout all the steps of your research in the MRL (including experiment design and instrument modification if necessary).
Cutting-Edge Equipment
MRL has one of the largest shared-instrumentation facilities in the nation, with over 100 advanced instruments for materials fabrication, processing and characterization, supporting the education and research of over 1000 scientists and engineers.
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Resident faculty with labs
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Worth of tools
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Instruments