Design at the molecular level: advanced macromolecules and nanomaterials with well-defined architectures

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This research program involves the design, synthesis, and development of advanced polymers and nanomaterials at the molecular level, an emerging field in chemistry which promises discovery, innovation and tremendous growth. We are particularly interested in the development of new chemistry which can be utilized to generate advanced materials with well-defined complex architectures as they have the potential to exhibit distinctive properties and advanced functions. Proposed work includes the development of new polymers and nanomaterials with potential applications ranging from intelligent nanocarriers for programmed drug delivery to organic light emitting diode and solar cells. Our research will explore the properties and functions of these materials, and seek to understand how they are related to the molecular structures, thus providing the basis for the future rational design, efficient synthesis and molecular engineering of polymers and nanomaterials with desired properties and functions. It is anticipated that the proposed research will help lay foundation for nanomaterials science and technology, the future advances of which will depend, to a large extent, on the effective control of chemical structures on the molecular level. All this will help advance science and technology nationally and internationally, and promote socioeconomic growth and well being of all Canadians.