PROFESSORINTERESTS
Paul V. BraunElectrochemical energy storage; responsive polymers; self-healing materials; mesoscale materials; optical materials; chemical sensors; self-assembly  
Qian ChenColloidal nanoparticles: synthesis, assembly, property: multivalent ion batteries; polymer physics; in-situ electron microscopy imaging; bioimaging and machine learning
Ying DiaoPolymer processing, additive manufacturing, non-equilibrium assembly, chiral emergence, liquid crystals, organic electronics, and applications in energy and sustainability
Majed FataftahInorganic and bioinorganic chemistry: synthesis, spectroscopy, and electronic structure; metalorganic frameworks; molecular magnetism; quantum information science
Andrew A. GewirthMaterials properties of surfaces and interfaces with relevance to energy storage; electrocatalysis; materials fabrication; electrochemistry
Gregory S. GirolamiSynthesis of transition metal and f-metal complexes and their use in catalysis, as precursors for the chemical vapor deposition of micro- and nanoelectronic devices, in energy applications, and for reprocessing of nuclear fuel
Hee-Sun HanDevelopment of microfluidics & imaging technologies for systems biology; modeling the ensemble behavior of complex biological systems; imaging-based spatial omics; microfluidics-based high-resolution assays; bottom-up construction of synthetic cells
Nicholas E. JacksonTheoretical soft materials chemistry; electron and ion transport; machine learning applied to molecular and polymeric systems; multiscale all-atom and coarse-grained simulations
Prashant K. JainPlasmonics; energy chemistry; artificial photosynthesis; nanocatalysis; sustainable chemical synthesis; nanoscale imaging; photophysics and photochemistry; nanocrystals
Christy F. LandesNew spectroscopic tools to image chemical dynamics at interfaces at the limit of a single event; creating new models to understand and predict macroscale processes like protein separation and photocatalysis
Stephan LinkPhotophysics and photochemistry of nanomaterials; plasmonics; solar energy conversion; single-particle imaging; ultrafast spectroscopy
Xiaotang LuBrain circuit imaging for understanding development and pathology of the central nervous system: correlated multidimensional (from nanoscale to whole brains) and multiplexed (transcriptomic and proteomic) imaging of the brain; (bio)chemical probes; tissue chemistry; imaging methods
Liviu M. MiricaDevelopment and characterization of homogeneous and heterogenous transition metal catalysts
Catherine J. MurphySynthesis, characterization, biological applications and environmental implications of colloidal inorganic nanoparticles; surface chemistry and plasmonic properties of gold nanoparticles; sustainability   
Joaquín Rodríguez-LópezInterfacial electrochemistry; scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM); spectroelectrochemistry; automated electrochemistry; nanoelectodes; batteries; electrocatalysis; graphene electrodes; redox polymers; electrochemical simulation; reactive oxygen species
Benjamin SnyderInorganic spectroscopy and electronic structure; porous materials; heterogeneous catalysis; zeolites; metal– organic frameworks
Michael J. StraussPolymerization methods; environmental remediation of plastic waste; dynamic and emergent materials properties; application-based materials design
Josh Vura-WeisFemtosecond X-ray spectroscopy of catalytic reaction intermediates

 

Other Faculty with Interests in Materials Chemistry:

PROFESSORINTERESTS
Mikael Backlund Quantum sensing with solid-state defects; applications in hard and soft condensed matter physics
Qing Cao (faculty affiliate)Materials for novel (opto)electronic devices
Dana D. Dlott (research faculty)Laser spectroscopy under extreme conditions
Damien S. GuironnetDevelopment of novel (de)polymerization methodologies; self-assembled polymers; catalyst encapsulation
Mary L. Kraft (faculty affiliate)Biological membrane imaging
Deborah E. LeckbandProtein function at interfaces and under confinement; hybrid biomaterials; protein interactions with polymers
Jeffrey S. Moore (research faculty)Self-healing systems; mechanochemistry; encapsulated materials
Ralph G. Nuzzo (research faculty)Nano and microscale fabrication; integrated devices
Lisa OlshanskySwitchable materials for renewable energy applications
Kenneth S. Suslick (research faculty)Sonochemistry; sensor arrays
Xing Wang (research faculty)Nucleic acids-based nanomaterials for applications in chemistry, biology, and medicine
Hong Yang (faculty affiliate)Nanomaterials for catalysis