Synthetic chemists in our group work in close collaboration with
engineers to examine the structural and functional properties of these
materials and prepare devices such as OLEDs, solar cells and carbon
nanotube-based devices. We combine approaches from materials
chemistry, materials science and physics to study the behavior of
self-assembled systems. In addition, we apply soft materials in
novel ways to enhance device performance through nanoscale control of
molecular structure and device architecture. A special emphasis of
this group is the organically templated mineralization of inorganic
nano-objects and the assembly of inorganic nanoparticles on organic
scaffolds for the creation of sensors and chiral catalytic
materials.
