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Materials Chemistry and Nanoscience

Major initiatives at the University of Georgia in Materials Science and Nanoscience have fostered a strong and diverse contingent of chemists and chemistry research programs in these areas, in additional to physicists, engineers and biologists. The vibrant chemistry research programs feature strong interdisciplinary efforts spanning all major areas including nanofabrication, imaging, sensors, electronics, synthesis and spectroscopy as applied to polymers and thin films, nanotubes and nanosheets, molecular clusters, drug delivery, semiconductors and many other applications. New state-of-the-art facilities and instrumentation complement the exciting ongoing research efforts.

 

Personnel

The Klepov lab designs functional inorganic materials by tuning crystal and electronic structures for wide-ranging applications in radiation detection, magnetism, and sustainability. The lab focuses on addressing synthetic challenges that entangle technological advancements at the intersection of inorganic solid state chemistry, materials…

The research programs in our laboratory are centered on the materials properties of polymers and plastics. Our research activities involve organic and polymer synthesis, thermomechanical characterization, rheology, extrusion, and polymer processing. We also assess the end-of-life fate for plastic materials, with a special emphasis on…

The current research is in the field of nanostructured soft matter with special emphasis on biomaterials and biobased polymer materials. These activities are driven by current trends in developments of advanced materials for biomedical applications and biotechnology, including drug and genetic materials delivery systems, tissue engineering…

Photoswitchable bioactive compounds: Photoactivation of drugs, enzymes, and other bio-molecules allows for achieving of the spatial and temporal control of their action. We design and synthesize compounds that are inactive in the dark but are converted into bioactive form upon irradiation with light of an appropriate wavelength. One of our…

We study fundamental electrochemical problems through nanoscale science and technology. Our primary focus is on electrochemical energy conversion, but focus areas also include biosensors and bio-nanomaterials. Research in our lab is highly interdisciplinary and overlaps with material science, biochemistry, microbiology, biotechnology and…

Research in the Salguero group focuses on hybrid materials that incorporate nanosheet components. Nanosheets are characterized as well-defined nanomaterials that are one to several monolayers thick and tens of micrometers in lateral dimensions. Examples of nanosheets include graphene, graphite oxide, metal chalcogenides (MoS2, NbSe2)…

We are interested in organocatalytic reactions and methods (thioureas, oligopeptides), nanodiamonds (diamondoids) as building blocks and materials (e.g., organic electronics), matrix isolation of reactive intermediates (e.g., carbenes) and computational chemistry . Our group consists of scientists from the People's Republic of China, Germany,…

Exploring Dynamics and Functionality of Biophotonic Molecules via Time-Resolved Spectroscopy

Biophotonic functions are triggered through light activation. The photoexcited biomolecules can undergo a variety of competing processes and the competition between these processes governs the selectivity, efficiency and reliability of their…

The Xie lab is interested in developing novel nanoparticle approaches for cancer imaging and therapy. Some of the recent focuses include salt nanoparticle therapeutics, nanoparticle-based adjuvants for enhancing immunotherapy, nanoparticle-based radiosensitizers, X-ray induced photodynamic therapy or radiodynamic therapy, and cell-based drug…

Prof. Sergiy Minko, Professor, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)

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Prof. Yiping Zhao, Distinguished Research Professor of Physics (University of Georgia)

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Dr. Christopher Barrett, Program Manager (Savannah River National Laboratory)

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Shuyue Zhan, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)

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Prof. Marcus Müller, Institute for Theoretical Physics (Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany)

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Prof. Elise Corbin, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering (University of Delaware)

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Dr. Abishek K. Iyer , Kanatzidis Group, Non-linear Optics (Northwestern University)

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Joshua Bledsoe, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)

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Divine Francis, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)

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Dr. Andrey Zakharchenko, Instructor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine (The University of Pennsylvania)

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Huiming Wu, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)

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Zhizi Feng, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)

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Anmarie Misterkiewicz, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)

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Jianwen Li, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)

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Hope Long, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)

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Adaeze Osakwe, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)

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Maxwell McCray, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)

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Prof. Matthew McDowell, Associate Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering (Georgia Institute of Technology)

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James Casey, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)

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Xinning Lai, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)

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Dr. Hayden Evans, Research Chemist (National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST))

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Prof. Tina Salguero, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)

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Yahya Absalan, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)

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Jose Garcia, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)

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Bradley Norvell, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)

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Nohora P. Manovacia Moreno, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)

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