Catalyst Development

Schafer博士的研究兴趣是有机金属化学和有机化学领域的桥梁。 她开发了一类新的复合物，采用低毒性金属，易于修改和快速组装。 这种新的催化剂家族在选择性成键反应中显示出显著的反应性。 此外，这些催化转化可以用于获得新的功能化和响应性聚合物材料，这些材料显示出可调的物理特性，可用作发光、导电、自修复或抗微生物材料。 因此，她的研究工作的重点是开发容易获得的，廉价的复合物，为精细化工，石化，制药和塑料和涂料行业实现变革性的，可持续的制造方法显示出希望。

Dr. Schafer¿s research interests bridge the areas of organometallic and organic chemistry. She has developed a new class of complexes employing low toxicity metals that are easily modified and rapidly assembled. This new family of catalysts shows remarkable reactivity in selective bond forming reactions. Furthermore, these catalytic transformations can be deployed to access new functionalized and responsive polymeric materials that display tunable physical properties for application as light-emitting, conductive, self-healing or anti-microbial materials. Thus, the focus of her research efforts is to develop readily accessed, inexpensive complexes that show promise for the fine chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and the plastics and coatings industries to realize transformative, sustainable manufacturing methods.