Functional Materials

The design and construction of new molecules and molecular assemblies, which can be utilized in the generation of new materials, such as polymers, proteins, peptides, catalysts, molecular devices, sensors, and probes.

Examples of projects include:

• Professor Andrew Abell – general approaches to protein ligand design: new therapies and biological probes
• Professor Michael Bruce – complexes with carbon chains as models for molecular wires
• Professor Stephen Lincoln – applications of cyclodextrins to the design of molecular devices and smart materials
• Dr Jonathan Morris – asymmetric catalysis
• Dr Simon Pyke – molecular cogs
• Dr Chris Sumby – supramolecular chemistry and crystal engineering