Inorganic Chemistry
Research programs in inorganic chemistry include dynamic efforts in the preparation and examination of new materials (and precursors), development of analytical methods for materials characterization, bioinorganic and bioanalytical chemistry, and mechanistic inorganic chemistry. Facilities include well-equipped synthetic laboratories, high-field solution and solid-state NMR capabilities, Mössbauer and ESR spectrometers, a SQUID magnetometer, and modern X–ray fluorescence and diffraction equipment, electron microscopes, and microfabrication facilities. In addition, extensive use is made of neutron and synchrotron X–ray instrumentation at several National Laboratories.
Inorganic Faculty
E. Kent Barefield
Organometallic chemistry, macrocyclic ligands, gas generation in nuclear waste
Christoph J. Fahrni
Development and application of cation-selective fluorescent sensors for
biophotonics. Bioorganometallic catalysis
Christopher Jones
Chemical engineering, catalysis, molecular engineering of materials
Seth Marder
Organic, materials, organometallic, and optical science, photonic organic
materials
Joseph Sadighi
Renewable energy via design and synthesis of late transition metal complexes
in unusual coordination environments and oxidation states
Carsten Sievers
Heterogeneous catalysis, reactor design, applied spectroscopy, and characterization
and synthesis of solid materials
Jake D. Soper
Bioinorganic chemistry, multielectron redox catalysis and controlled radical
reactions
Angus P. Wilkinson
Negative thermal expansion, oxide chemistry, cement chemistry, thermoelectrics,
neutron and synchrotron diffraction
Younan Xia
Nanoscale materials and devices: synthesis, biological and environmental applications
Z. John Zhang
Nanoscience, magnetic nanoparticles, superparamagnetism