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Galen T. Pickett Professor Physics and Astronomy PH3-103 California State University Long Beach 1250 Bellflower Blvd. Long Beach, CA 90840-3901 (562) 985-4934 vc    (562) 985-7924 fax gpickett@csulb.edu

Physics 151 Section 2

Physics 510

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Education & Background:

• B. S. Physics,  MIT  1989
• Ph. D. Physics,  University of Chicago 1995
• Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests:

4OSME Olympic Fold Class

Folded structures

Charged Blends of Polyelectrolytes (3.3 Mb pdf file)

Dendrimer Self Assembly (1.6 Mb pdf)

Chiral symmetry breaking in confined simple fluids

Quench-induced order in multiblock copolymer films

Thermotropic liquid crystals

Polyelectrolyte conformation

Recent Publications:

2. G. T. Pickett, "Self-folding origami membranes," Europhys. Letts., 78, 48003 (2007).

3. G. T. Pickett, "DNA-origami technique for olympic gels," Europhys. Letts., 76, 616 (2006). (DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2006-10302-7)

4. G. T. Pickett, "DNA-nanotechnology technique for monodisperse synthesis," Macromolecules, 39, 9557, (2006).

5. G. T. Pickett "Linear gradient copolymer melt brushes," J. Chem. Phys. 118, 3898 (2003). Copyright 2003 AIP.  The article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics.

6. Thomas C. Zook and G. T. Pickett, "`Hollow-core' dendrimers revisited"  Phys. Rev. Letts., 90, 015502 (2003).

7. Gloria E. Rios and G. T. Pickett, "Dendrimer-dendrimer copolymer melts,"  Macromolecules, 36, 2967 (2003).

8. Wai-Ming Tam and G. T. Pickett "Self-consistent field investigation of pattern-forming electoneutral blends of charged polymers,"  Langmuir, 19, 1410 (2003).

9. G. T. Pickett "Mesophases of Regularly Branched Copolymers,"  MRS Proceedings, Polymer Interfaces and Thin Films, Fall 2001, 710.

10. G. T. Pickett "Lateral copolymer domain pattering through thermal gradients,"  J. Chem. Phys.,  116 2692 (2002).  Copyright 2002 AIP.  The article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics.

 
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