UCSB材料部在高分子和生物分子材料方面进行世界一流的研究。有机材料对于通过能源，环境和生物医学研究的进步满足新兴社会需求至关重要。例如，自组装的聚合物薄膜用于在现代电子设备中以纳米级图案化特征。DNA和蛋白质的生物分子组装决定了生物细胞的结构和活性机械特性。半导体聚合物的电子结构为印刷低成本电子设备和太阳能电池提供了革命性的功能。我们的教师设计和研究各种长度范围内的有机和生物分子材料的特性，以应对这些挑战并确定基础研究和应用研究的新方向。
The UCSB Materials Department conducts world-class research in Macromolecular and Biomolecular Materials. Organic materials are critical to addressing emerging societal needs through advances in energy, environmental and biomedical research. For example, self-assembled polymer thin films are used to pattern features at the nanoscale in modern electronics. Biomolecular assemblies of DNA and proteins determine both the structure and active mechanical properties of biological cells. The electronic structure of semiconducting polymers provides revolutionary capability in printing low cost electronic devices and solar cells. Our faculty designs and studies the properties of organic and biomolecular materials across length scales to address these challenges and to define new directions of fundamental and applied research.