Computational biomolecules, computational polymers, nanomaterials

Cellular materials

Structure - Processing - Properties of Polymers and their Blends,

Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites

Interfacial Properties of Hybrid Nanoparticles

Transport of Nanoparticles and Polymers in Porous Media and Tissues

Drug Delivery and Materials for Biomedical Applications

Biomineralization, drug design, crystal engineering, self-assembly, zeolite synthesis, NOx emissions

Polymers, Thin Films, Nanopatterning, Solar Cells

Nano-materials

Nanofiltration, aresols, nanofiltration membranes

Surface engineering

chemistry and spectroscopy of molecules containing double and triple p-bonds at group 14 elements (C, Si, Ge, Sn), carbenes and their silicon and germanium analogues, small strained metallacycles, reaction mechanisms, matrix isolation spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, molecular structure and bonding, quantum chemical calculations, vacuum pyrolysis, CVD, and photochemistry, low-temperature chemistry, routes from reactive intermediates to organic/inorganic polymers and ceramics, fluorination and derivatization of fullerenes, polyfullerenes, carbon nanotubes, nanofibers, nano-onions, nanodiamonds and graphene for bio-medical and materials engineering applications, synthesis and characterization of carbo-nitride thin films and nano- and microscale powders, high pressure/high temperature synthesis and characterization of diamond and heterodiamond C₃N₄ and B-C-N phases, phase transformations under high pressures, degradation chemistry of materials, design of integrated polymer composites, organic-inorganic hybrids and coatings, lubricants, and surface chemistry.

Catalyst, solid oxide synthesis, catalytic processes, gas-to-liquid conversion