Research: Materials

Faculty

Scott L. Anderson
Gas-phase reaction dynamics, nanoparticle surface chemistry, fuel chemistry using laser, ion beam, surface science, and mass spec methods.

Michael H. Bartl
Micro- and Nanophotonics: novel optical concepts that allow one to actively control and manipulate photons in revolutionary new ways.

Edward M. Eyring
Reaction mechanisms in liquids using IR stacking plots and EPR spectroscopy; cleaner diesel engine fuels.

Peter F. Flynn
Biologically active macromolecules using a combination of NMR and biophysical methods to elucidate the origins of biological activity.

David M. Grant
NMR spectroscopy of liquids and solids; small molecules and reactive intermediates in inert gas matrices at cryogenic temperatures.

Janis Louie
Discovery and development of transition metal-mediated reactions for the catalytic construction of structurally complex small molecules and polymeric materials.

Joel S. Miller
Preparing and studying new magnetic materials based on molecular inorganic, organometallic, and organic chemistry.

Valeria Molinero
Computer simulations and statistical mechanics methods to investigate disordered materials, from monatomic liquids to nanostructured polyelectrolyte membranes.

Marc D. Porter
High-throughput methods, miniaturizing analytical instrumentation, FTIR, STM, AFM, SERS, electrochemistry, fluorescence microscopy, acoustic wave techniques, and spectroelectrochemistry.

Jennifer S. Shumaker-Parry
Development and application of surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-based sensing methods for studying molecular recognition between biomolecules.

Peter J. Stang
Supramolecular chemistry. Nanoscale molecular architectures, metallacyclic polygons and polyhedra via coordination. Crystal engineering. Iodonium chemistry. Reactive Intermediates.

Thanh N. Truong
Development and application of computational methods for complex gas-phase combustion systems, structure and activity of metal oxides-gas and -liquid interfaces, and zeolite catalysis.

Gregory A. Voth
New theoretical and computer simulation methods to study fundamental condensed phase dynamical processes, biomolecular systems, and novel materials.

Woycechowsky, Kenneth
Chemical biology of proteins; studies of protein/peptide self-assembly, ligand binding, and enzyme catalysis using protein engineering and directed evolution.

Zharov, Ilya
Nanoporous materials, functional organic and hybrid organic/inorganic materials, surface chemistry, dendrimers, anti-cancer agents, self-assembly, molecular recognition.