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ABOUT CSSAS

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VISION

To master the design of high-information-content macromolecular building blocks that predictively self-assemble into responsive, reconfigurable, self-healing materials, and direct the formation and organization of inorganic components.

The Center for the Science of Synthesis Across Scales (CSSAS) is a multi-institution Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) established in 2018 with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences. CSSAS is housed at the University of Washington and operates in close integration with its institutional partners: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the University of California San Diego, the University of Chicago, the University of Tennessee Knoxville, and North Carolina State University.

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