Professor Bazuin’s group uses block copolymers and supramolecular chemistry to design new self-assembled polymer materials, in bulk and in thin films, for applications such as nanosensors and optics.

Professor Giasson and her group study static interactions (adhesion, molecular interactions) and dynamic interactions (nanorheology and nanotribiology) of surfaces and in soft-matter thin films. Her work covers a wide variety of materials ranging from biological systems (nucleic acids, cells) to synthetics (polymers, drug carriers) and complex fluids (colloids).

Professor Pellerin and his group focus on characterizing the structure and dynamics of polymers and self-assembled materials. They are particularly interested in the formation of nanofibers by electrospinning, molecular glasses and supramolecular complexes. They also develop novel infrared and Raman spectroscopy techniques.

Professor Prud'homme’s group studies the properties of polymers in the solid state, in particular their crystallization (thin films), their orientation/relaxation behaviour and stereocomplex formation between polyenantiomers.

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.

The main focus of Professor Skene’s research is the synthesis and opto-electronic characterization of new organic materials exhibiting photophysical and electrochemical properties that are suitable for use in plastic electronics. This includes the fabrication and characterization of organic electronic devices prepared from new conjugated materials.