Department of Chemistry

We are a materials synthesis group. Typically these materials are model polymers: well-defined...

We are devoted to the use of synthetic inorganic chemistry as a tool to design and construct new...

Design, synthesis and characterization of organic and inorganic monomers and polymers; complex,...

Development of new synthetic methodology using main-group organometallic chemistry....

Mechanism of action of the antitumor drug mitomycin C. Investigation of the mechanism of...

Structure function relationships in rhodopsin and the cone pigments. Use of bacteriorhodopsin...

Development of synthetic strategies toward the step-by-step conversion of one or more pyrrolic...

Development and implementation of quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) methods in...

Tremendous progress has been made in the synthesis of polymer and inorganic materials with...

New synthetic methodology; preparation and reactivity of 2 alkylidene oxetanes and azetidines;...

Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry: Stable isotopic analysis of organic and inorganic materials....

We seek to synthesize, characterize, and, thereby, achieve a fundamental understanding of new...

Photochemical Protein Scissors; DNA/RNA Binders; Artificial Antenna Complexes; Protein-Polymer...

Use of microwaves in synthetic chemistry; organic synthesis in water; metal-mediated organic...

The Lin Group studies bio-inspired macromolecules and materials. In nature, there are many...

The research efforts in my group include a wide range of nanomaterials and devices in the area...

Our group designs and synthesizes new natural product-like small molecules that are used to...

Making nanomaterials and nanodevices with new and superior properties to address current...

Our research focuses on applications of bioanalytical chemistry, biocatalysis,...

Polymer synthesis at surfaces and physical chemistry of polymers in solution. We initiate chain...