
Boyce Chang
Title(s):
Assistant Professor,
Materials Science and Engineering
Office
boyceschang.wixsite.com/group
Hoover Hall, 2220BC
528 Bissell Rd.
Ames, IA 50011-1096
Information
Education
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & University of California, Berkeley (2022)
- Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University (2018)
- B.S., Materials Engineering, Iowa State University (2013)
Background Boyce Chang became a faculty at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Iowa State University in August 2022. Prior to that, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California, Berkeley. He received all his degrees from MSE at Iowa State University. His research interest lies in the synthesis, self-assembly and application of soft materials at the nanoscale. His team seeks to apply polymers with controlled architectures for bio-inspired hierarchical nanostructures, surface engineering, nanolithography and advanced nanocomposites. The team consists of a diverse and highly motivated group of young scientists that strives in a collaborative environment.
Group website: boyceschang.wixsite.com/group
Publications
Abtahi, S.; Hendeniya, N.; Mahmud, S. T.; Mogbojuri, G.; Iheme, C. L.; Chang, B.* Metal-Coordinated Polymer–Inorganic Hybrids: Synthesis, Properties, and Application. Polymers 2025, 17(2), 136. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/polym17020136
Mogbojuri, G.; Abtahi, S.; Hendeniya, N.; Chang, B.* The Effects of Chain Conformation and Nanostructure on the Dielectric Properties of Polymers. Materials 2025, 18(1), 198. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma18010198
Banerjee, S.; Abtahi, S.; Orondo, M.; Gregory, P.; Bloch, J.-F.; Ballard, A.; Burris, M.; Griffin, E.; Phillip, P.; Hendeniya, N.; Mi, J.; Rossini, A. J.; Thuo, M.,* Chang, B. S.* The Role of Liquid-like Surface-Adsorbed Water and Alkylsilanes in the Plasticity of Cellulose. ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2024, 6(18), 11127-11136. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.4c01377
Hendeniya, N.; Chittick, C; Hillery, K.; Abtahi, S.; Mosher, C.; Chang, B. S.* Revealing the Kinetic Phase Behavior of Block Copolymer Complexes Using Solvent Vapor Absorption–Desorption Isotherms. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2024, 16 (14), 18144-18153. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c00076
Hillery, K.; Hendeniya, N.; Abtahi, S.; Chittick, C.; Chang, B.* Substrate Neutrality for Obtaining Block Copolymer Vertical Orientation. Polymers 2024, 16(12), 1740. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16121740
Hendeniya, N.; Abtahi, S.; Mogbojuri, G.; Chittick, C.; Chang, B.* A snapshot review of the crystallization of polymer chains complexed by small molecules focusing on poly (4-vinylpyridine) systems: Opportunities and challenges. MRS Advances 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1557/s43580-024-00887-0
Yu, B.; Chang, B. S.; Loo, W. S.; Dhuey, S.; O’Reilly, P.; Ashby, P.D.; Connolly, M.D.; Tikhomirov, G.; Zuckermann, R.N.; Ruiz, R. Nanopatterned monolayers of bioinspired, sequence-defined polypeptoid brushes for semiconductor/bio interfaces. ACS Nano 2024. 18 (10), 7411–7423. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c10204
Martin, A.; Pauls, A.M.; Chang, B.S.; Boyce, E.; Thuo, M.* Photo‐Activated Growth and Metastable Phase Transition in Metallic Solid Solutions. Adv. Mater., 2024 24 (6), 2309865. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202309865
Martin, A.; Chen, J.; Du, C.; Kumar, M.; Tevis, I.D.; Chang, B.S.; Pathak, S.; Thuo, M.* Atomic Reconstruction of Au Thin Films through Interfacial Strains. Nano Let., 2024 36 (8), 1967-1973. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c04412
Hendeniya, N.; Hillery, K.; Chang, B. S.* Processive Pathways to Metastability in Block Copolymer Thin Films. Polymers 2023, 15(3), 498. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15030498
Primary Strategic Research Area
Advanced Materials & Manufacturing