Molecular Materials
We study self-assembled, self-organised and nanoscale materials, often based on renewable resources, and apply these materials in next-generation technologies – from opto-electronics to tissue engineering.
Molecular-scale building blocks are produced using simple synthetic methods or extracted from bio-waste and programmed to form soft nanoscale materials by non-covalent interactions ‘from the bottom up’, directing the resulting materials behaviour. This gives rise to highly tunable, multi-component, multi-functional soft materials such as liquid crystals, micelles, vesicles, gels, ionic liquids, and nanoparticles, with wide-ranging real-world applications.
Collaboration
In this multidisciplinary research area we collaborate with colleagues from the Departments of Biology and Physics, which supports the translation of fundamental materials chemistry into a variety of applications.
Staff
| Name | Expertise |
|---|---|
| Alyssa-Jennifer Avestro |
|
| Martin Bates |
|
| Duncan Bruce |
|
| Victor Chechik |
|
| Peter Karadakov |
|
| John Moore |
|
| Seishi Shimizu |
|
| John Slattery |
|
| David Smith |
|
| Chris Spicer |
|