Research in the field of macromolecular and materials chemistry from the Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne.
Researchers
Brendan Abrahams Design, synthesis, structure and properties of redox-active and microporous coordination polymers, hydrogen-bonded networks and molecular cages.
Muthupandian Ashokkumar Cutting-edge research in the areas of ultrasonics and sonochemistry, including fundamental aspects of acoustic cavitation.
Stephen Best Electrochemistry, spectroelectrochemistry.
Evan Bieske Optical spectroscopy and MS of trapped nanoparticles, fluorescent nanoparticles, single particle spectroscopy, IR of charged complexes and clusters, molecular anions, photodissociation spectroscopy.
Colette Boskovic Synthesis and study of molecular magnets and switchable metal complexes.
Paul Donnelly Synthetic inorganic chemistry; bioinorganic chemistry, metal-based drugs and the study of metal ions in biological systems; diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals.
Ken Ghiggino Super-resolution optical imaging methods, ultrafast laser spectroscopy and time-resolved microscopy, applied to study materials including organic photovoltaic, semiconductor nanocrystal and biological materials.
Carol Hua Chiral coordination networks and spectroscopy.
James Hutchison Laser controlled reactives and spectroscopy.
David Jones Design and synthesis of organic semiconducting and light harvesting materials for energy conversion.
Spas Kolev Development of methods and instrumentation for automatic chemical analysis and environmental monitoring; Fabrication and study of polymeric membranes.
Robert Lamb Fundamental studies of nanomaterials, nanostructuring of advanced materials and materials characterisation.
Paul Mulvaney Nanostructured materials, nanoparticles, quantum dots, nanomechanics, AFM, waveguides, ellipsometry, fluorescence, surface plasmon spectroscopy, single particle spectroscopy, exciton emission, plasmonics.
Anastasios Polyzsos Catalysis and organic chemistry for molecular discovery.
Trevor Smith Evanescent wave fluorescence spectroscopy, super-resolution optical microscopy, time-resolved fluorescence microscopy, ultrafast laser spectroscopy.
Alessandro Soncini Theoretical chemistry for molecular modelling.
Georgina Such Polymer chemistry, materials science and nanomedicine.
Wallace Wong Design and synthesis of organic semiconducting and light harvesting materials for energy conversion.
Research centres
ARC CoE for Exciton Science
Researching better ways to manipulate the way light energy is absorbed, transported and transformed in advanced molecular materials.
ARC Training Centre for the Chemical Industries
Fosters transformative and innovative research in Australia’s chemical and advanced manufacturing sectors through a new industry-led research-training program developed through partnerships between in
Research in this area is conducted in the School of Chemistry.