The Soft Matter Facility (SoMF) is the only user facility in Texas specifically dedicated to state-of-the-art characterization of soft materials with an emphasis on hierarchically organized multicomponent material systems. The establishment of SoMF is funded through the Research Development Fund and represents multiple colleges and centers across the university actively involved in soft materials-related research, including the College of Engineering, College of Arts and Sciences, and College of Agriculture and Life Science at Texas A&M University. SoMF occupies 3,100 square feet of lab space in the TCF building at 1313 Research Parkway, College Station, TX 77845.
The facility features four instrumentation suites based on the soft-matter-centered research areas which will be unified by the general theme of characterization of hierarchically structured multi-component, multifunctional soft materials: Mechanics, Molecular Characterization, Nanostructure Characterization, and Thin Film and Interfacial Analysis. All existing and future equipment at SOMF for the chemical and physical characterization of soft matter will be made available to the entire Texas A&M University and a broader Texas community, including research organizations, industrial companies, and hospitals.
