Biomolecular Materials Chemistry

The emphasis on biomolecular materials has been growing steadily in the past few years in the program . The focus is mainly on the development of novel polymeric and polymer-inorganic bioinspired materials that exhibit self-assembly at multiple length scales. An important aspect is the development of nuclear magnetic resonance techniques for characterization of these bioinspired materials.

Bioinspired Polymers: Self-assembling Hydroxyapatite-Polymer Nanocomposites
Mallapragada, Schmidt-Rohr, Akinc, Travesset-Casas

NMR Technique Development
Schmidt-Rohr, Levin

Bioinspired Materials: Aptamer-Mediated Templates for Hybrid Elastic Nanostructures
Mallapragada, Nilsen-Hamilton, Kraus, Narasimhan, Bazylinski, Canfield