Welcome to the Xu Group

We work on designing, characterizing and understanding complex systems of synthetic polymers, nanoparticles and biomolecules to develop new functional materials that exhibit novel electronic, photonic, and biological properties.

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We are a diverse, interdisciplinary group at the University of California Berkeley. Our members have backgrounds and research interests ranging across the fields of materials science, chemistry, biology, mechanical engineering and computing.

We are always looking for talented and motivated graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to join the group. Interested applicants, please send a copy of your CV to Prof. Xu. Interested undergraduate students should reach out to a postdoctoral researcher or graduate student you would be interested in working with!

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Recent Publications

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[117] Z. Ruan, S. Li, A. Grigoropoulos, H. Amiri, S. L. Hilburg, H. Chen, I. Jayapurna, T. Jiang, Z. Gu, A. Alexander-Katz, C. Bustamante, H. Huang & T. Xu Population-based heteropolymer design to mimic protein mixtures. Nature. (2023)
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[116] I. Jayapurna, Z. Ruan, M. Eres, P. Jalagam, S. Jenkins, & T. Xu. Sequence Design of Random Heteropolymers as Protein Mimics. Biomacromolecules. (2023)
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[112] E. Vargo*, J. C. Dahl*, K. M. Evans*, T. Khan, P. Alivisatos, & T. Xu. Using Machine Learning to Predict and Understand Complex Self-Assembly Behaviors of a Multicomponent Nanocomposite. Advanced Materials. (2022): 2203168.
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[111] J. Kwon, C. DelRe, P. Kang, A. Hall, D. Arnold, I. Jayapurna, L. Ma, M. Michalek, R. O. Ritchie, & T. Xu. Conductive Ink with Circular Life Cycle for Printed Electronics. Advanced Materials. (2022).

Group News

8/15/2023

Congrats to Ivan Jayapurna for winning Best Presentation Award in ACS fall 2023 for his presentation "Stochastic Simulation of Raft Heteropolymerization Kinetics & Sequences"

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4/14/2023

Tiffany received the Outstanding Graduate Student Award at MRS Spring 2023 meeting, Congrats Tiffany!

6/10/2023

Congratulations to our most recent alumni: Drs. Zhiyuan Ruan, Emma Vargo, Mufeng Wei and Yiwen Qian. We'll miss you all!

3/07/2023

Congrats to Alexandra for receiving the NSF GRFP!

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