Welcome to the Center for Layered Polymeric Systems
CLiPS – is the National Science Foundation’s Science & Technology Center for Layered Polymeric Systems brings together scientists and engineers who are working at the leading edge of polymer research. Within the Center structure these researchers are defining and characterizing new materials and phenomena, and developing new solutions to our nation’s needs in areas such as energy, environment, and advanced optics. CLiPS’s education programs are integrated with the center’s research. Organized as layered research teams, education programs in CLiPS encompass graduate students and post-doctoral associates, undergraduate students, high school students in the Envoys Program, and pre-high school outreach. CLiPS is headquartered at Case Western Reserve University and is in partnership with the University of Texas, Fisk University, the University of Southern Mississippi, Northwestern University, the Naval Research Laboratory, Kent State University, the Cleveland Metropolitan School District and six affiliated schools.
Research
- Vision for Research
A broad range of new science and innovations is emerging from our unique technology establishing the center as a global resource for micro- and nano-scale layered polymeric materials. - Mission for Research
To continue to define and implement interdisciplinary research programs that exploit the large interfacial area, unique interphase properties, and the reduced dimensions of the layers. Through the use these architectures, the center continues the creation and exploration of new materials with unique transport behavior, and electrical and optical properties, focusing the integrated research activities on national priorities of energy, environment, and security.