Professor Hanan’s group develops supramolecular photocatalysts that harvest solar energy for chemical transformations, e.g. for the photoproduction of fuels (reducing H2O to H2 and CO2 to HCO2H). These same supramolecular complexes are used in photovoltaic.

Professor Martel and his group study various electrically active nanostructures so as to better understand phenomena linked to surfaces and interfaces, such as charge transfer and electrical conduction.

Catalysis is one of the main principles of green chemistry. Professor Schaper’s group researches the synthesis and characterization of inorganic complexes that catalyze reactions important to research and industry. In particular, it is developing new catalysts for the polymerization of cyclic esters into biodegradable polymers.