ORNL chemist Benjamin Manard is posing for a photo with a light blue and navy background
Manard named 2025 winner of Emerging Leader in Atomic Spectroscopy Award
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Seven researchers named to Battelle Distinguished Inventor cadre

Soft Matter

The Soft Matter Group develops fundamental understanding of the physical and chemical phenomena in soft matter, including synthetic and bio-polymers, polymer nanocomposites, and ionic liquids, and applies this knowledge to the design of novel functional and adaptive materials.

Contact

Alexei P Sokolov
ORNL/UT Governor's Chair, Professor of Chemistry and Physics, Chemical Sciences Division
sokolovap@ornl.gov
Alexei P Sokolov