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Research interests: Electronic properties of conjugated polyelectrolytes, interfaces in optoelectronic devices, charge generation and transport in organic semiconductors, new materials for organic solar cell applications, molecular self-assemblies, materials processing, nanoscale characterization of organic solar cells, device physics, and biomaterials/bioelectronics.

Research interests: Organic chemistry. To discover, develop, and understand new reactions mediated by homogeneous catalysis for organic and polymer synthesis.

Research interests: Electronic, optoelectronic, and photonic phenomena in polymers.

Research interests: organic synthetic methodology, organic synthesis and supramolecular chemistry of π-conjugated system, bottom-up synthesis and top-down fabrication of graphene and graphene nanoribbons, 2D polymers and supramolecular polymers, 2D carbon-rich conjugated polymers for opto-electronic applications, energy storage and conversion, new energy devices and technologies.

Research interests: Range from the development of new polymer-forming reactions, including methods of organometallic chemistry, to the chemistry and physics of small molecules, graphenes, dendrimers and biosynthetic hybrids. His work further encompasses the formation of multi-dimensional polymers with complex shape-persistent architectures, nanocomposites, and molecular materials with liquid crystalline properties for electronic and optoelectronic devices.

Research interests: Controlled macromolecular synthesis with mesoporous inorganic materials, photo and supramolecular chemistry of dendritic macromolecules, mesoscopic materials sciences and bio-related molecular recognitions and catalyses

Research interests: Design, synthesis and characterization of unique polymers, with emphasis upon the development of synthetic methodologies that allow for the preparation of complex nanostructured materials.

Research interests: Organic sensitizers for solar cells, organic photochromic materials and NIR Fluorescent sensors for bioimaging and drug deliver.

Research interests: Elucidating mechanisms to improve nanomedicinal bioavailability by nanotechnology in vivo, and novel strategies to increase therapeutic effect on cancers and infective diseases.

Research interests: Material chemistry, processing, and manufacturing.

Research interests: Efficient visible-light-driven photocatalysts; low-cost, efficient and durable electrocatalysts.

Research interests: Macromolecular engineering; synthesis of well-defined macromolecules via living and controlled polymerizations; homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis; and the preparation of well-defined polymers and hybrids for optoelectronics, ceramics, and biomedical applications.

Research interests: Design, synthesis and investigation of novel functional poly­mers, in particular stimuli-responsive polymers, bio-inspired materials, supramolecular systems, and polymer nanocomposites.

Research interests: Development of novel polythiophenes, polyfluorenes, polycarbazoles, poly(thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione) and also on the development of a new polymerization method called Direct Heteroarylation for applications in the areas of nanoelectronics, electrooptics, photonics, combinatorial chemistry, and genomic.

Research interests: Inorganic/organometallic chemistry, with particular emphasis on the discovery of novel organoboron and transition metal systems for applications in advanced materials.

Research interests: Combining studies in fundamental physical chemistry, polymer science, surface chemistry, to applied fields such as nanomedicine and nanotoxicity. This interdisciplinary work involves synthesis and characterization of stimuli-responsive polymers as well as the design of gold nanoparticles and functionalized quantum dots for biomedical applications.

Research interests: Molecular design and synthesis of a wide range of organic, organometallic, and inorganic compounds.

Research interests: Using biomolecules and their specific interaction in nanostructure fabrication and nanodevice design.

Research interests: Biomedical functions of manufactured nanomaterial; the toxicological effects of nanomaterials; surface chemistry of nanoparticles and their novel properties for the purposes of enhancing the biomedical functions or reducing the potential toxicity; the MD theoretical simulation and modeling the dynamic processes of the interplay between nano-systems and bio-systems.

Research interests: Designing and fabricating functional material with controlled composition and architecture.