The Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois
Materials Chemistry Participating Faculty
| PROFESSOR | INTERESTS |
|---|---|
| Ryan C. Bailey | multiparameter analysis of disease-altered tissues, analytical immunochemistry, biological surface chemistry, resonant optical microcavities, nanoscale plasmonics |
| Roman Boulatov | energy conversion at the molecular, meso- and macroscopic scales, mechanochemistry of synthetic organic, coordination and organometallic compounds |
| Dana D. Dlott | femtosecond laser spectroscopy; energy transfer in molecular systems; high performance nanotechnology propellants; time-resolved spectroscopy of molecular surfaces and interfaces; laser interactions with biological molecules |
| Andrew Gewirth | materials properties of surfaces; spectroscopic and probe microscopic characterization of surfaces in varied environments |
| Gregory S. Girolami | synthesis of transition metal complexes and their use as catalysts, as precursors for the chemical vapor deposition of thin films, and as building blocks for novel magnetic materials |
| Steve Granick | phospholipid bilayers as substrates for adsorption; enzyme kinetics at interfaces |
| Prashant K. Jain | nanoplasmonics and nano-optics, near-field manipulation of photophysics and
photochemistry, super-resolution imaging of active sites in heterogeneous
catalysis, imaging phase transformations in single nanodomains, artificial
photosynthesis |
| Deborah E. Leckband | molecular basis of biological recognition and bio-adhesion. Single molecule techniques, molecular force probes, molecular dynamics simulations and measurements of single cell interactions |
| Yi Lu | functional DNA nanotechnology and its application in dynamic assembly of error-free nanomaterials in response to multiple stimuli, photonics, sensing, imaging and targeted drug delivery |
| Jeffrey S. Moore | chemistry of self-healing polymers including the study of mechanochemical systems and the development of novel mechanophores; study and development of crosslinked conjugated carbon monolayers and membranes |
| Catherine J. Murphy | Synthesis, properties, chemical sensing, biological applications and environmental implications of colloidal inorganic nanomaterials; optical probes of DNA nanoscale structure and dynamics |
| Ralph Nuzzo | chemistry of materials, nano and micro-scale fabrication, soft materials, integrated devices and self-organizing structures |
| John A. Rogers | electroactive polymers, plastic electronics, microfluidics, elastomers, soft lithography, photonics |
| Kenneth S. Suslick | sonochemical synthesis of materials, amorphous and nanophase metals, carbides and catalysts; porphyrin and metalloporphyrin assemblies, monolayers, liquid crystals and nanoporous materials, protein microspheres |
| Andrzej Wieckowski | ultra-high vacuum spectroscopies, electroanalytical, solid-state NMR, fuel cell catalysis, infrared spectroscopy (SFG) and environmental research |
| Steven C. Zimmerman | organic self-assembling systems focusing on supramolecular polymers, novel organic nanoparticles, dendrimers biomaterials, molecular imprinting |
Materials Area Allied Faculty:
| Alexander Scheeline | Stephen G. Sligar |
| Jianjun Cheng | Paul V. Braun |
| Edmund G. Seebauer | Mary L. Kraft* |
