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Edmund A. DiMarzio, Ph.D.

Research Interests

Examination of the ten classes of polymer phase transitions and how they couple to each other. This includes both equilibrium and kinetic aspects. A study of their use as technology opportunities and in modeling biological self-assembly. The ten phase transitions are [1] Helix to random Coil, [2] Collapse transition, [3] Adsorption onto surface, [4] Polymer threading a membrane, [5] Equilibrium polymerization,[6] Polymer-polymer or polymer solvent transitions, [7] Crystallization, [8] Liquid crystals and plastic crystals, [9] Glasses and gels, [10] Soaps/block copolymers/membranes/micelle/vesicles.

Awards and Honors

  • Maurice Huggins Award of the Gordon Research Conferences (1988)
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS)
  • NBS Stratton Award for crystallization in polymers (1971)
  • High Polymer Physics Prize of the APS (1967)

Position:

Guest Researcher
Polymers Division
Characterization and Measurement Group

Employment History:

1998-present: Guest Scientist at NIST

1998-present: Adjunct Professor at University of Maryland, College Park, Chemical Engineering Department

2000-2002: Visiting Professor, Georgetown University, Chemistry Department

1963-1998: Research Physicist, Polymers Division, NIST/NBS

1962-1963: Visiting member of Technical staff, Bell Telephone Labs

1956-1962: Research Physicist at American Viscose Co.

1952-1956: Co-op student at Philco

Education:

Ph.D., Physics, Catholic University of America, 1967

M.S., Physics, University of Pennsylvania, 1960

B.Sc., Physics, St. Joseph's College, 1954

Contact

Phone: 301-975-6773
Email: edmund.dimarzio@nist.gov
Fax: 301-975-3928