November

New Publication: Synthesis of pH-Responsive Polymer Sponge Coatings and Freestanding Films via Vapor-Phase Deposition , by Bacheller, Dianat, Gupta

New Publication: Vapor Deposition of Silicon-Containing Microstructured Polymer Films onto Silicone Oil Substrates, by Welchert, Nguyen, Tsotsis, Gupta

New Publication: Oblique angle initiated chemical vapor deposition for patterning film growth, by Welchert, Cheng, Karandikar, Gupta

New Publication: Robust Vapor-Deposited Antifouling Fluoropolymer Coatings for Stainless Steel Polymerization Reactor Components, by Movsesian, Hirth, Speros, Gupta

New Publication: Solvent‐Free Synthesis of Selectively Wetting Multilayer and Janus Membranes, by Cheng, Gupta

Andrea joined to our group!

New Publication: Scratch-Resistant Porous Polymer Coatings with Enhanced Adhesion to Planar and Curved Substrates, by Dianat, Gao, Prevoir, Gupta

New Publication: Hydrophobicity versus Pore Size: Polymer Coatings to Improve Membrane Wetting Resistance for Membrane Distillation, by McGaughey, Karandikar, Gupta, Childress

New Publication: Vapor Deposition of Functional Porous Polymer Membranes, by Dianat, Movsesian, Gupta

Congrats to Goli on successfully defending!

New Publication: Interactions between polymers and liquids during initiated chemical vapor deposition onto liquid substrates, by De Luna, Karandikar, Gupta

New Publication: Fabrication of Hydrogen-Selective Silica Membranes via Pyrolysis of Vapor Deposited Polymer Films, by Nguyen, Dabir, Tsotsis, Gupta

New Publication: Effects of Standing Waves on the Growth and Stability of Vapor Deposited Polymer Films, by Karandikar, De Luna, Gupta

Stacey joins the group!

Congrats to Prathamesh on successfully defending!

Congrats to Mark on successfully defending!

New Publication: Downstream Monomer Capture and Polymerization during Vapor Phase Fabrication of Porous Membranes, by Movsesian, Dianat, Gupta

New Publication: Synthesis of Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Materials via Vapor Deposition onto Liquid Surfaces by De Luna, Karandikar, Gupta

New Publication: Process-Structure-Property Relationships for Porous Membranes Formed by Polymerization of Solid Monomer by a Vapor-Phase Initiator by Dianat, Movsesian, Gupta

Christine has recently been awarded the ARCS Foundation Scholar Award for the second time!

New Publication: Roll-to-Roll Surface Modification of Cellulose Paper via Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition, by Cheng, Gupta

New Publication: Giant Lipid Vesicle Formation Using Vapor-Deposited Charged Porous Polymers, by Movsesian, Tittensor, Dianat, Gupta, Malmstadt

Nick joins the lab!

Prof. Gupta gives invited talks at TU Graz in Austria and E-MRS in France

New Publication: Effects of Surface Tension and Viscosity on Gold and Silver Sputtered onto Liquid Substrates, by De Luna, Gupta

Congratulations to Christine Cheng! Christine has recently been awarded the Alfred E. Mann Innovation in Engineering Doctoral Fellowship.

New Publication: Synthesis of Functional Particles by Condensation and Polymerization of Monomer Droplets in Silicone Oils by Karandikar, Gupta

New Publication: Sequential deposition of patterned porous polymers using poly(dimethylsiloxane) masks by Dianat, Gupta

New Publication: Fabrication of ionic liquid gel beads via sequential deposition by Karandikar, Gupta

Congratulations to Christine Cheng! Christine has recently been awarded the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation Award.

New Publication: Surface functionalization of 3D-printed plastics via initiated chemical vapor deposition by Cheng, Gupta

Bryan joins the lab!

New Publication: Two-Stage Growth of Polymer Nanoparticles at the Liquid–Vapor Interface by Vapor-Phase Polymerization by Frank-Finney, Gupta

Congratulations to Dr. Robert Frank-Finney on his graduation! We wish him the best of luck at his new job at Northrop Grumman!

New Publication: Solventless grafting of functional polymer coatings onto Parylene C by De Luna, Chen, Bradley, Bhandia, Gupta

New Publication: Vapor Phase Fabrication of Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Asymmetric Polymer Membranes by Dianat, Seidel, De Luna, Gupta

Prof. Gupta gives a seminar at the University of Minnesota

New Publication: Flow invariant droplet formation for stable parallel microreactors by Riche, Roberts, Gupta, Brutchey,Malmstadt

New Publication: Formation of Porous Polymer Coatings on Complex Substrates Using Vapor Phase Precursors by Seidel, Dianat, Gupta

Congratulations to Dr. Carson Riche on his graduation! We wish him the best of luck in his postdoc at UCLA!

New Publication: Fabricating Polymer Canopies onto Structured Surfaces Using Liquid Scaffoldss by Chen, Frank-Finney, Gupta

Congratulations to Dr. Benny Chen on his graduation! We wish him the best of luck at his new job!

Christine joins the lab

Congratulations to Dr. Scott Seidel on his graduation! We wish him the best of luck in his new position at Exponent!

Congratulations to Dr. Laura Bradley on her graduation! We wish her the best of luck in her postdoc at the University of Pennsylvania!

New Publication: Microstructured Films Formed on Liquid Substrates via Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition of Cross-Linked Polymers by Bradley, Gupta

Prathamesh joins the lab

Congratulations to Dr. Phillip Kwong on his graduation! We wish him the best of luck at his new job at Oakley!

New Publication: All-Dry Fabrication of Poly(methacrylic acid)-Based Membranes with Controlled Dissolution Behavior by Seidel, Cheong, Kwong, Gupta

Congratulations to Prof. Gupta for her promotion to Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science with tenure!

Congratulations to Mark De Luna! Mark has recently been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

New Publication: Effect of Transition Metal Salts on the Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition of Polymer Thin Films by Kwong, Seidel, Gupta

Prof. Gupta gives a seminar at UC Irvine

Prof. Gupta gives a seminar at University of Houston

Prof. Gupta gives a seminar at UT Austin

New Publication: Copolymerization of 1-Ethyl-3-vinylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide via Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition by Bradley, Gupta

New Publication: Synthesis of Polymer Nanoparticles via Vapor Phase Deposition onto Liquid Substrates by Haller, Gupta

New Publication: Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition of Polymers Onto Liquid Substrates by Bradley, Gupta

New Publication: Deposition of Polymers onto New Substrates by Prof. Gupta, book chapter in "CVD Polymers" published by Wiley and edited by Karen Gleason

Congratulations to Dr. Patrick Haller on his graduation! We wish him the best of luck at his new job at Owens Corning

Prof. Gupta gives a seminar at UC Berkeley

Mark joins the lab

New Publication: Systematic Study of the Growth and Morphology of Vapor Deposited Porous Polymer Membranes by Seidel, Gupta

New Publication: Fluoropolymer Surface Coatings to Control Droplets in Microfluidic Devices by Riche, Zhang, Gupta, Malmstadt

New Publication: Formation of Three-Dimensional Parylene C Structures via Thermoforming by Kim, Chen, Gupta, Meng

Prof. Gupta gives a seminar at UC Santa Barbara

Prof. Gupta gives a seminar at Princeton

Prof. Gupta gives a seminar at Cornell

New Publication: Patterned Fluoropolymer Barriers for Containment of Organic Solvents within Paper-Based Microfluidic Devices by Chen, Kwong, Gupta

Prof. Gupta gives a seminar at MIT

Prof. Gupta gives a seminar at Tufts University

Prof. Gupta gives a seminar at UCLA

New Publication: Solventless Fabrication of Porous-on-Porous Materials by Kwong, Seidel, Gupta

New Publication: Effect of Surface Tension, Viscosity, and Process Conditions on Polymer Morphology Deposited at the Liquid–Vapor Interface by Haller, Bradley, Gupta

Prof. Gupta appointed as the Jack Munushian Early Career Chair

Prof. Gupta receives collaborative grant with Prof. Meng and Prof. Weiland (Link)

New Publication: Formation of Polymer-Ionic Liquid Gels Using Vapor Phase Precursors by Frank-Finney, Bradley, Gupta

New Publication: Formation of Heterogeneous Polymer Films via Simultaneous or Sequential Depositions of Soluble and Insoluble Monomers onto Ionic Liquids by Bradley and Gupta

New Publication: Hybrid Microcavity Humidity Sensor by S. Mehrabani, Kwong, Gupta, A. M. Armani

New Publication: Simultaneous Polymerization and Solid Monomer Deposition for the Fabrication of Polymer Membranes with Dual-Scale Porosity by Seidel, Kwong, Gupta

Congratulations to Laura Bradley! Laura has recently been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Prof. Gupta receives a NSF CAREER award

New Publication: Responsive Polymer Welds via Solution Casting for Stabilized Self-Assembly by Chen, Riche, Lehmann, Gupta

New Publication: Vapor Phase Deposition of Functional Polymers onto Paper-Based Microfluidic Devices for Advanced Unit Operations by Kwong, Gupta

Prof. Gupta receives an ACS Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator Award (Link)

New Publication: Encapsulation of Ionic Liquids within Polymer Shells via Vapor Phase Deposition by Bradley, Gupta

New Publication: Two-Phase Microfluidic Droplet Flows of Ionic Liquids for the Synthesis of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles by L.L. Lazarus, Riche, B.C. Marin, Gupta, N. Malmstadt, R. L. Brutchey

New Publication: Ultrathin Free-Standing Polymer Films Deposited onto Patterned Ionic Liquids and Silicone Oil by Frank-Finney, Haller, Gupta

New Publication: Self-Assembly of Pillars Modified with Vapor Deposited Polymer Coatings by Chen, Seidel, Hori, Gupta

Laura joins the lab with a USC Viterbi School of Engineering/Chevron Corporation Ph.D. Fellowship

New Publication: Directed Deposition of Functional Polymers onto Porous Substrates Using Metal Salt Inhibitors by Kwong, Flowers, Gupta

New Publication: Vapor Deposition of Cross-linked Fluoropolymer Barrier Coatings onto Pre-assembled Microfluidic Devices by Riche, B.C. Marin, N. Malmstadt, Gupta

New Publication:  Chemical Vapor Deposition of Polymer Films by Seidel, Riche, Gupta

Congratulations to Scott Seidel!  Scott has recently been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Prof Gupta receives a 3-year grant from the NSF (Link)

New Publication: Vapor-Phase Free Radical Polymerization in the Presence of an Ionic Liquid by Haller, Frank-Finney, Gupta

Congratulations to Phil Kwong!  Phil has recently been awarded a 3-year scholarship from the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

New Publication: Three-dimensional patterning of porous materials using vapor phase polymerization by Haller, Flowers, and Gupta

Marcus and Ariane join the lab

Prof Gupta receives a pilot grant from the Los Angeles Basin Clinical and Translational Science Institute (LAB-CTSI) (Link)

Patrick and Cris present at this year's AIChE annual meeting in Salt Lake City

Prof Gupta receives funding from the Biomimetic Microelectonic Systems (BMES)–Engineering Research Center (ERC) (Link)

Hiroki joins the lab from the Japanese Patent Office

Benny joins the lab with a Annenberg Graduate Fellowship

Phil joins the lab with a NSERC PGS-M

Rob joins the lab with a Mork Graduate Fellowship

Carson (co-advised with Professor Malmstadt) joins the lab with a USC Viterbi School of Engineering/Chevron Corporation Ph.D. Fellowship

Scott joins the lab with a Viterbi School of Engineering Dean’s Doctoral Merit Fellowship

Prof Gupta receives an award from the James H. Zumberge Faculty Research & Innovation Fund (Link)

Jin joins the lab

Cris joins the lab

Catherine joins the lab

Patrick joins the lab with a Viterbi School of Engineering Doctoral Merit Fellowship