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Matthew D. Eaton, Ph.D.


Department of Natural Sciences
Chemistry

Education

B.S. in Chemistry, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 2015
Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA, 2020

Practice Areas

  • Matt's thesis work focused on the measurement of local, nanoscale mechanical and fracture properties of polymers, polymer blends, and polymer composites using characterization tools such as atomic force microscopy, nanoindentation, quasi-static toughness testing, dynamic mechanical analysis, and high-frequency rheometry.
  • Currently, he researches the mechanical properties of ring-functionalized carbon nanotube polymer composites at IMDEA Nanocienca as a postdoctoral researcher in order to develop high performance polymer composites.

Publications and Media Placements

Xu, W., Eaton, M.D., Moreno-Da Silva, S., Pérez, E.M., "Fluorescent and UV-shielding dual-functional epoxy enabled by reactive addition of 9-anthracenemethoxyl glycidyl ether," RSC Adv. 2021 Nov. 16; 11(58):36719-36725. DOI:

Eaton, M.D., Domene-López, D., Wang, Q., Mercedes García-Montalbán, M., Martin-Gullon, I., Shull, K.R., "Exploring the Effect of Humidity on Thermoplastic Starch Films using the Quartz Crystal Microbalance," Carbohydrate Polymers 261 (2021), p. 117727. DOI:

Eaton, M.D., Brinson, L.C., Shull, K.R., "Temperature Dependent Fracture Behavior in Model Epoxy Networks with Nanoscale Heterogeneity," Polymer 221 (2021), p. 123560. DOI:

Collinson, D.W., Eaton, M.D., Shull, K.R., Brinson, L.C.. "Deconvolution of Stress Interaction Effects from Atomic Force Spectroscopy Data across Polymer-Particle Interfaces", Macromolecules 52, 22 (2019), pp. 8940-8955. DOI:

Kolluru, P.V., Eaton, M.D., Collinson, D.W., Cheng, X., Delgado, D., Shull, K.R., Brinson, L.C., "An AFM Based Fast Dynamic Scanning Indentation (DSI) Experiments for Direct, High Resolution Quantitative Spatial Mapping of Local Viscoelastic Properties," Macromolecules 51, 21 (2018), pp. 8964-8978. DOI:

El-Kadri, O.M., Siddique, A.A., Eaton, M.D., Nath, N.K., "2Synthesis and characterization of two dioxidomolybdenum (VI) complexes bearing amidinato and pyrazolato ligands and their use in thin film growth and oxygen atom transfer reactions," Polyhedron 147 (2018) 36-41. DOI:

Professional Organizations and Associations

Postdoctoral Researcher at IMDEA Nanociencia.

2016 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Awardee.