Welcome to Gin Research Group Website

Gin Group G

Group News

Updates have been added to the PublicationsÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýResearch sections of this site as well as to the group photos section. More to follow.

View the new group photo.

The Gin research group at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥, Boulder is applying organic synthesis and molecular design to the construction of functional, nanostructured materials. The two primary elements in our research program are:

  1. Functional Nanostructured Polymer Materials Based on Liquid Crystal Building Blocks:
    Functional liquid crystal monomer design; nanostructured polymer networks via monomer self-assembly; physical organic chemisry and materials science of nanostructured systems
  2. New Ionic Materials and Polyelectrolyte Architectures Based on Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids (RTILs):
    Design of RTILs with new functional properties; new ionic polymers and composites based on RTILs; new RTIL-based lyotropic and thermotropic LC systems; gas separation and transport studies on new RTIL-based materials