Water and energy systems are interdependent. We are interested in developing the materials chemistry needed to structure water into new classes of energy devices, diverse in form and function, and operating far-from equilibrium.

Selected publications:
Huang, C.; Forth, J.; Wang, W.; Hong, K.; Smith, G. S.; Helms, B. A.; Russell, T. P. “Bicontinuous Structured Liquids With Sub-Micrometre Domains Using Nanoparticle Surfactants” Nat. Nanotechnol. 2017, 12, 1060–1063. [pdf]

Huang, C.; Sun, Z.; Cui, M.; Liu, F.; Helms, B. A.; Russell, T. “Structured Liquids with pH-Triggered Reconfigurability” Adv. Mater. 2016, 28, 6612–6618. [pdf]