The LRSM is a charter member of The Complex Materials Consortium (Exxon, Princeton, UCSB/LANL, UT/ORNL and BNL), which is building a beam-line (Sector 9) at APS/ANL. The LRSM is working with UCSB, Hughes, AlliedSignal and DuPont to develop a Filter Analyzer Neutron Spectrometer at the NIST Center for Neutron Research. The LRSM has strong ties to Princeton University, via collaborative research, joint facilities development, and educational initiatives. There are also research ties to BNL, LANL, NIST, ORNL and Sandia National Labs and other National Laboratories plus strong collaborations with major industrial laboratories e.g., IBM, DuPont, Lucent. These interactions are often at the grass roots level, which is a proven and effective way to ensure knowledge transfer and industry involvement in fundamental research.

The LRSM, being the MRSEC at the University of Pennsylvania, interacts with many departments on campus:

Biochemistry & Biophysics
Bioengineering
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Chemistry
Electrical and Systems Engineering
IME
Materials Science & Engineering
Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics
Museum Applied Science Center for Archaeology (MASCA)
Physics & Astronomy