University of California Irvine
Center for Complex and Active Materials
Applications are now open for CCAM’s 2026 Summer Programs, offering students hands-on experience in materials science research and exposure to cutting-edge labs. REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) is an eight-week full-time program for undergraduate...
CCAM is pleased to share that Professor Joe Patterson has been invited to present his work, “The structure and dynamics of energy-driven active soft matter using a combination of Liquid and Cryo EM,” at the 2025 MRS Fall Meeting. In this research, Professor Patterson...
Our Junior Research Fellow Huiming Guo, together with her team of three undergraduate researchers, has successfully secured funding from the Interdisciplinary Research Teams (IRT) program through Calit2 and UCI’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)....
In this study, the team used quantum mechanical simulations to study how electrons move along heme-containing protein nanowires made by the bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens. The study shows that dynamic changes to the energies of the heme groups due to thermal...
Our Researchers have investigated the phase stability of the equiatomic CoCrNi alloy, a material traditionally considered a single-phase face-centered cubic (FCC) structure. Through comprehensive analysis, the study reveals that under specific conditions, the alloy...
Refractory complex concentrated alloys (RCCAs) are promising materials for extreme environments due to their high melting points and exceptional mechanical strength. However, their performance can be significantly affected by interstitial impurities, which alter...
