Mark Matsen

Mark Matsen holds a joint position as a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Department of Physics and Astronomy. He is also a member of the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology.

His research focuses on theory and simulations involving the self-assembly of nanostructured polymers, such as block copolymers, liquid-crystalline polymers, polyelectrolytes and polymeric brushes. While he continues to build on his reputation for self-consistent field theory (SCFT), Professor Matsen is currently developing the next generation of theoretical techniques, specifically field-theoretic simulations (FTS).

• Molecular self-assembly in polymeric systems
• Block copolymers
• Polymeric brushes
• Self-consistent field theory
• Lattice polymer simulations
• Field-theoretic simulations

• 1992, Doctorate, Physics, University of Guelph
• 1987, Bachelor's, Mathematical Physics, Simon Fraser

• CHE 220 - Process Data Analysis
  • Taught in 2016, 2017
• CHE 620 - Applied Eng. Mathematics
  • Taught in 2018, 2019
• PHYS 115 - Mechanics
  • Taught in 2020

• B. Vorselaars, R. K. W. Spencer and M. W. Matsen, Instability of the microemulsion channel in block copolymer-homopolymer blends. Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 117801 (Accepted in 2020)
• M. W. Matsen, Field theoretic approach for block polymer melts: SCFT and FTS. J. Chem. Phys. 152, 110901 (Accepted in 2020)
• J. D. Willis, T. M. Beardsley and M. W. Matsen, Simple and accurate calibration of the Flory-Huggins interaction parameter. Macromolecules 53, 9973 (Accepted in 2020)

• Not currently accepting applications for graduate students