Materials
Research programs in the chemistry of materials are wide ranging, spanning electronic, magnetic, optical, catalytic, and structural materials. In addition to the synthesis and characterization of both inorganic and organic materials, new analytical methods for their characterization are developed. 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.
Materials Faculty
Haskell W. Beckham
Molecular-mobility directed polymer synthesis, multidimensional solid-state NMR
Jean-Luc Brédas
Theoretical and experimental investigations of electronic and optical materials
Uwe H. F. Bunz
Conjugated polymers, carbon rich organometallics
David M. Collard
Electronically conductive polymers, polymers for bioengineering
Mostafa El-Sayed
Synthesis of nanocrystals of different shapes
Nils Kröger
Bioinorganic and materials science, biomineralization, silica biotechnology
Andrew Lyon
Bioanalytical and materials chemistry; responsive polymer nanoparticles;
biosensors
Seth Marder
Organic, materials, organometallic, and optical science, photonic organic
materials
Christine Payne
Interaction of biomaterials with living cells, photo-degradation of materials
Joseph Perry
Optical science, nonlinear optics, two-photon absorption processes
Arthur J. Ragauskas
Paper science, green chemistry, biocomposites, and biofuels
Mohan Srinivasarao
Physical chemistry of polymers, liquid crystals, confocal microscopy
Laren M. Tolbert
Organic photochemistry, photobiology, electronic materials
Zhong Lin Wang
Biomaterials, tissue engineering, cancer technology
Angus P. Wilkinson
Zeolites, aluminophosphates, ferroelectrics, neutron and synchrotron diffraction
Z. John Zhang
Nanoscience, magnetic nanoparticles, superparamagnetism