Computational Soft Materials Design

The Taylor lab is a computational soft materials research group in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Virginia. We use molecular dynamics simulations and machine learning to study the structure and dynamics of polymer networks and nanoparticles. Specific systems of interest to the Taylor lab include bio-inspired polymeric systems such as dynamic covalent hydrogels, self-assembled and double network hydrogels, and peptide-based polyelectrolyte coacervates.