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Opportunities In Materials Chemistry
Stony Brook has an extremely diverse program within this research
area. Groups within the Department of Chemistry are actively involved in
research programs that include the characterization of polymer structure,
design of molecular solids, synthesis of new solid state materials, and the
study of catalyst structure and mechanisms, battery materials, gels,
polydiacetylenes and polytriacetylenes, supercritical fluids and
nanostructures. Critical to the success of these programs is the availability
of modern, state-of-the-art instrumentation for structure elucidation of both
crystalline and amorphous materials. Stony Brook is extremely well equipped to
conduct such research, with 2 single crystal diffractometers and 3 wide bore
NMR machines in the Department of Chemistry, and powder diffractometers,
microscopes (SEM, TEM, and AFM), high pressure cells for synthesis, etc.
available on campus. Scattering experiments, designed to probe polymer
properties such as crystallization, gelation and micellization are performed
in-house, and at synchrotron sources such as the NSLS or the Advanced Photon
Source (at Argonne National Laboratory), where dedicated instruments are
available. Although there are no formal requirements for research in this area,
many students opt to take relevant courses in the Department of Materials
Science and Engineering, and the Department of Geosciences.
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Benjamin
Chu |
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Distinguished Professor. Light-scattering spectroscopy;
X-ray scattering; polymer physics; colloid science, DNA electrophoresis.
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Frank W. Fowler |
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Professor. Synthetic chemstry.
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Nancy S. Goroff |
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Associate Professor. Non-natural organic compounds
and their properties; organic materials. .
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Clare P. Grey |
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Professor. Materials chemistry; solid-state NMR
spectroscopy; environmental chemistry, batteries, fuel cells, gas sorption
and catalysis
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Robert Grubbs |
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Associate Professor. My research group is interested in the common ground shared by polymer,
organic, and materials chemistry and we are involved in the design,
synthesis, and characterization of polymer-based organic materials. |
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Benjamin S. Hsiao |
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Professor.Fundamentals of structure, morphology,
property and processing relationships in polymers; polymer physics.
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Eric Kaler |
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Professor
and Provost. Microemulsions, micelles, and vesicular dispersions
as well as concentrated colloidal suspensions |
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Peter
Khalifah |
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Assistant
Professor. Materials chemistry; designing functionality into
crystalline solids using elemental substitution and structural control
to fine-tune the energy levels of bulk materials. |
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Joseph W. Lauher |
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Professor. Structural chemistry and X-ray crystallography,
supramolecular chemistry and crystal engineering, hydrogen bonding,
topochemical polymerizations, conjugated polymers. coordination polymers,
molecular graphics.
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John B. Parise |
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Professor. Crystallography; mineral physics.
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Stanislaus Wong |
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Associate Professor. Synthesis and characterization
of chemically functionalized nanomaterials (including carbon nanotubes
and quantum dots) and one-dimensional nanostructures. Physical, chemical,
and biological applications of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Biophysical
chemistry. Surface chemistry and reactivity. Optical spectroscopy. Probe
and electron microscopies.
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