Zak Page Receives Grant from Army Research Office

Assistant Professor Zachariah Page is the recipient of a grant for his research project, "Designing Wavelength-Specific Visible Light Photocurable Resins." While photocuring inherently offers attractive spatial and temporal characteristics, the ability to harness spectral resolution for color-coded chemistry remains elusive. Supported by the Army Research Office, an element of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command's Army Research Laboratory, the Page Research Group is investigating the fundamental interactions between different photocatalytic systems in a multicomponent reaction mixture to enable wavelength-specific photochemistry. Scientific discoveries arising from this research will facilitate future fabrication of multi-material objects, with unique optical and mechanical properties that are of relevance to applications in camouflage and protective gear.