- Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- Erle Nye ’59 Chair II
- Permanent Member, Hagler Institute for Advanced Study
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Phone: 979-458-6689
- Email: elt@tamu.edu
- Office: RDMC 243
- Research Website
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Materials Science with Minors in Materials Engineering and Metallurgical Engineering, Cornell University
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, University of Massachusetts
Research Interests
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- Polymer Material Physics and Engineering
- Photonic Crystals, Phononic Crystals, MetaMaterials, Microtrusses and 3D Interference Lithography
- Ballistic and Blast Behavior of Lightweight Nanocomposites
- Optical Properties of Block Copolymer Systems
- Application of Electron, X-Ray Diffraction to Solid State and Materials Characterization Problems
Selected Publications
- Shan, W., Subramanian, V., Feng, X. and Thomas, E. L., “The nature of crystallographic defects in noncrystalline tubular network block copolymers,” GIANT 17, (2024) doi.org/10.1016/j.giant.2023.100216
- Xueyan Feng, Michael S. Dimitriyev and Edwin L. Thomas*, “Soft, Malleable Double Diamond Twin,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol 120, id.e2213441120 (2023).
- Greg Grason and Edwin L. Thomas, “How does your gyroid grow? A mesoatomic perspective on supramolecular, soft matter network crystals,” Physical Review Materials, 7, 045603 (2023).
- J. Hyon, O. Lawal, R. Thevamaran, Y.E. Song and E. L. Thomas, “Extreme Energy Dissipation via Material Evolution in Carbon Nanotube Mats,” Advanced Science, 2003142 (2021)
- Feng, X., Burke, C.J., Zhou, M., Guo, H., Yang, K., Reddy, A., Prasad, I., Ho, R-M., Avgeropoulos, A., Grason, G., Thomas, E.L., “Seeing Mesoatomic Distortion in Soft-Matter Crystals of a Double-Gyroid Block Copolymer,” Nature 575, 175-179 (2019).
- Thevamaran, R., Lawal, O., Yadzi, S., Jeon, S-J., Lee, J-H., Thomas, E.L., “Dynamic Creation and Evolution of Gradient Nanostructures in Single-crystal Metallic Microcubes,” Science 354, 312-316 (2016).