Benefits to K-12 and public education by outreach activities that highlight the way materials are made in our project by self-assembly. CoPI Tait and graduate student coworkers illustrated molecular self-assembly in a hands-on activity (photo) at a local children’s science center, WonderLab. Undergraduate Rose Taylor participated in a NanoScience outreach event called “Building with Chemistry” in Bloomington, Indiana July,22, 2017. Undergraduate Fadler participated in a Wonderlab-led activity to teach ~40 children about self-assembly using magnetic discs. 200 Members of the public were impacted at these events.

PI Flood formed an I-Corps team from new discoveries made during the DMREF project. The future anticipated impact will be in technology transfer through the process of commercialization. Benefits to the economy are expected.