The Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois

Materials Chemistry Participating Faculty

PROFESSORINTERESTS
Roman Boulatov
Chemistry
energy conversion at the molecular, meso- and macroscopic scales, mechanochemistry of synthetic organic, coordination and organometallic compounds
Dana D. Dlott
Chemistry
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
Chemistry
materials properties of surfaces; spectroscopic and probe microscopic characterization of surfaces in varied environments
Gregory S. Girolami
Chemistry
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
Deborah E. Leckband
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
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
Chemistry
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
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 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
chemistry of materials, nano and micro-scale fabrication, soft materials, integrated devices and self-organizing structures
John A. Rogers
Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry
electroactive polymers, plastic electronics, microfluidics, elastomers, soft lithography, photonics
Kenneth S. Suslick
Chemistry
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
Chemistry
ultra-high vacuum spectroscopies, electroanalytical, solid-state NMR, fuel cell catalysis, infrared spectroscopy (SFG) and environmental research
Steven C. Zimmerman
Chemistry
organic self-assembling systems focusing on supramolecular polymers, novel organic nanoparticles, dendrimers biomaterials, molecular imprinting

Materials Area Allied Faculty:

Ryan C. Bailey Steve Granick
Alexander Scheeline Stephen G. Sligar
Paul V. Braun Jianjun Cheng
Mary L. Kraft* Richard I. Masel
Edmund G. Seebauer
Chemistry at Illinois University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign