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Christopher Li, PhD

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Expertise materials engineering

Li is a professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department and director of Drexel's Soft Materials Lab. His lab's research focuses on materials whose properties fall between solid crystals and fluids, such as polymers, gels, colloids, foams and liquid crystals. Li's group is able to engineer these soft materials for use in biomedical applications like drug treatment delivery, as well as for energy storage. 

His lab is also developing way to engineer nano crystals in ways that mimic natural structures, like bones and bone scaffolds. This research could lead to medical applications that help to enhance the healing of broken bones. Li has been recognized for his outstanding teaching and research by several national science and engineering groups including the National Science Foundation the National Academy of Engineering and the National Research Council.

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215-895-2083 chrisli@drexel.edu

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Britt Faulstick

britt.faulstick@drexel.edu 215.895.2617

In The News

New Method For Fabricating Nanobrushes
Mar 24, 2016
Christopher Li, PhD, professor in the College of Engineering, was quoted in a March 24 post on TheEngineer.com about his research to create a new method for making polymer nanobrush coatings.
The Future of Medicine Could Be Found in This Tiny Crystal Ball
Feb 10, 2016
The discovery of how a crystal ball could be used as a drug delivery system from Christopher Li, PhD, a professor in the College of Engineering, was featured in the National Science Foundation’s Science 360 News on Feb. 10.
Future of Drug Delivery Seen in a Crystal Ball
Feb 3, 2016
Christopher Li, PhD, a professor in the College of Engineering, was quoted in a Feb. 3 post on the Kurzweil Accelerating Intelligence blog about his research to develop a spherical crystal that can be used as a drug delivery platform.

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From snowflakes to quartz, nature’s crystalline structures form with a reliable, systemic symmetry. Researchers at Drexel University, who study the formation of crystalline materials, have shown that it’s now possible to control how crystals grow – including interrupting the symmetrical growth of flat crystals and inducing them to form hollow crystal spheres. The discovery is part of a broader design effort focused on the encapsulation of medicine for targeted drug treatments.

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Drexel researchers have reported on a new method for producing the polymer "nanobrush" coating that is used to prevent ships from corroding, glasses from smudging and artificial joint replacements from locking up. The procedure, which involves growing two-dimensional sheets of polymer nano crystals, is more efficient and controllable than current methods — according to the researchers, it's like making a lawn by putting down sod, rather than planting grass and hoping it grows.
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A Drexel University materials scientist has discovered a way to grow a crystal ball in a lab. Not the kind that soothsayers use to predict the future, but a microscopic version that could be used to encapsulate medication in a way that would allow it to deliver its curative payload more effectively inside the body.
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Next-generation body armor and batteries could be within reach according to a group of Drexel University engineers who recently presented their work with a sophisticated weave of carbon nanotubes, commonly called buckypaper, in ACS Nano, a publication of the American Chemical Society.

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