Nanoscience and Materials

The Nanoscience and  Materials Chemistry Grouping spans the traditional chemistry core topics of organic, inorganic and physical chemistry. Current research includes: biomaterials and biodegradable polymers,  ionic liquids, solid-state NMR of inorganic materials, biosensing, bionanophotonics, microporous solids, conjugated and non-conjugated polymer synthesis and functionalisation, single molecule magnets, photovoltaic materials, liquid crystals and micelles, functional electronic and magnetic materials, sustainable energy and hydrogen storage materials, inorganic nanomaterial synthesis and self-assembly and molecular devices. 

Our research programmes involve extensive international collaborations with the US, Japan, Korea, India, China, the Middle East and throughout Europe.  Research within the grouping is supported by a range of funding organisations including: EPSRC, NSF, Leverhulme Trust and industry. Research from this grouping has led to high-profile publications in major international journals such as: Science, Nature Chemistry, Nature Nanotechnology, Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie, JACS, Nano Letters, Macromolecules, Journal of Materials Chemistry, PNAS and Small. The grouping has links and overlap with the other groupings within the School of Chemistry, across WestCHEM and throughout the University of Glasgow.