School of
Chemistry and
Bio-Chemistry

L. Bottomley

Biological applications of scanning probe microscopy, microcantilever and microacoustic array sensors, and electroanalytical chemistry.

J.L. Bredas

Structural, electronic, and optical properties of novel materials with promising characteristics in the field of electronics, photonics, and information technology.

Uwe H. F. Bunz

Conjugated molecules. All aspect of conjugated, i.e. unsaturated, carbon-rich compounds.

D.M. Collard

Molecular self-assembly in polymers which allows for the formation of new supermolecular architectures that take on new functions and promise potential benefits and novel applications.

R. Dickson

Novel single molecule methods for the study of intermolecular interactions in biological and materials systems.

M.A. El-Sayed

Properties of material confined in time and nanometer space of different shapes.  Molecular mechanism(s) of solar-to-electric energy conservation by the other photosynthetic system in nature.

R. Hernandez

Nonstationary stochastic dynamics, polymerization dynamics, and protein folding.

C.W. Jones

Catalysis, molecular engineering of materials, and polymerization.

C.L. Liotta

Kinetics and mechanisms of heterogeneous reactions (phase transfer catalysis), applied chemical kinetics and homogeneous catalysis, molecular thermodynamics and solution theory, phase equilibria, reactions and processes in supercritical and near critical fluids, effect of high pressure and temperature on solution behavior, separation processes, applications to environmental control, synthesis of new barrier materials, and applications to novel materials.

L.A. Lyon

Development and implementation of new environmentally responsive (or "smart") materials for photonic materials, bioanalysis, and biomimetics.

S.R. Marder

Relation of chemical structures of molecules and materials to electronic and optical properties. Control of the interactions of light and matter to design and synthesize molecules and material for applications in photonics, materials processing, biology, and medicine,

T. Orlando

Electron- and photon-stimulated interface and surface processes, environmental chemistry and planetary surface science, biophysical chemistry.

J. Perry

Relation of chemical structures of molecules and materials to electronic and optical properties. Control of the interactions of light and matter to design and synthesize molecules and material for applications in photonics, materials processing, biology, and medicine.

A.J. Ragauskas

Green chemistry of biopolymers including: cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin; biocomposites.

W. Rees

Synthesis and characterization of inorganic and organometallic compounds for use in the preparation of electronic materials.

L.M. Tolbert

Application of mechanistic organic chemistry to a variety of problems in synthetic chemistry, photochemistry, biochemistry, and materials science.

M. Weck

Self-assembled copolymers, conjugated polymers.

R.L. Whetten

Size-selected cluster models for nm-scale catalysts: Adsorption & reactions on Au-, VOx- & carbon- cluster catalysts in the atmospheric-pressure flow reactor.

A. Wilkinson

Negative thermal expansion (NTE) materials, clathrate thermoelectric materials, and new applications of synchrotron x-ray methods.

Z.J. Zhang

Fundamental relationships between the chemical composition/crystal structure and the properties of novel materials, including nanostructured materials. Biomedical applications.