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Colorado State University
Materials Chemistry Program
Department of ChemistryFort Collins, Colorado 80523-1872
http://www.chem.colostate.edu/pkd/materials.html
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Colorado State University, founded in 1870, has offered
graduate degrees for more than 90 years. Combining a tradition
of excellence in higher education with outstanding facilities,
the 666-acre campus at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains
provides a pleasant and inspiring setting for graduate study.
The present Colorado State University enrollment consists of
approximately 22,000 regular, on-campus undergraduate and
3,000 graduate students. Colorado State University is located
100 km north of Denver in Fort Collins, Colorado, a rapidly
growing city of 107,000 people. At 5,000 feet elevation, Fort
Collins has a pleasant four-season climate, characterized by a
clear, dry atmosphere.
The Materials Chemistry Program at Colorado State Univer-
sity comprises 14 faculty in chemistry with research interests
at the interfaces of chemistry, physics, biology, and engineer-
ing. A unique environment exists in Northern Colorado that
includes corporate research facilities such as Hewlett Packard,
Agilent, Celestica, Kodak, LSI Logic, and Advanced Energy.
This environment has fortified our multidisciplinary research
program that now supports dozens of graduate students and
postdocs. The Materials Program comprises interdisciplinary
coursework, seminars, and research toward the Ph. D. degree,
including opportunities to take courses in physics, engineer-
ing, computer science, and biological sciences.
In addition to work in traditional areas of materials science,
researchers are working with the Veterinary Science facilities
in one of the premier veterinary teaching and research facili-
ties in the country. CSU facutly also work with the Center for
Disease Control facilities on campus evaluating new materials
applications in infectious disease detection and control.
Apply to our program via our online application available on
http://www.chem.colostate.edu.
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Faculty and ResearchOpportunities in MaterialsChemistry
Dr. Eugene E. Y. Chen
970-491-5609
Polymer Science
Research efforts in the Chen group are highly interdisciplinary
in nature, encompassing polymer and organometallic chemistry
as well as catalysis while centering on a main theme: specifically
designed organometallic catalysts that can engineer polymeric
materials.
Dr. Peter K. Dorhout
970-491-0624
Solid State Chemistry
The Dorhout group research programs focus on the synthesis
and characterization of new solid state materials built from f-
elements and main-group metal ion building blocks. We are
seeking to understand the basic principles of directed synthe-
sis of materials designed for their specific electronic proper-
ties.
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Dr. C. Michael Elliott
970-491-5204
Photochemistry
Dr. Richard G. Finke
970-491-2541
Nanomaterials
Dr. Ellen R. Fisher
970-491-5250
Surface Science
The Elliot group research covers a range of subjects which are
relevant to the areas of analytical, environmental, and materi-
als chemistry. Two of the primary topics are polymer modified
electrodes and the study of light-induced electron transfer re-
actions.
Materials research in the Finke group focuses on the study of
designed transition-metal nanoparticles. Anion-stabilized
transition metal nanoclusters can be prepared with well
established composition and mechanistic understanding; this
in turn allows us to study their catalytic activities.
The Fisher group research centers on understanding the un-
derlying mechanisms of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and
plasma-enhanced CVD (PECVD) processes to produce or
modify a range of materials including polymers, membranes,
and inorganic nanomaterials and thin films using surface ana-
lytical tools such as XRD, ellipsometry, SEM, and XPS.
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Dr. David W. Grainger
970-491-6717
Biomaterials Science
Dr. Charles S. Henry
970-491-2852
Bioanalytical materials Science
Dr. Nancy E. Levinger
970-491-1331
Nanomaterials
Research interests in the Grainger group is divided into four
distinct areas: perfluorinated surfaces, coatings, and thin films,
development and applications of ultrathin organic films and
coatings, studies of proteins and cells on surfaces related to
biomaterials and drug delivery, and characterization of
membrane microstructure dynamics at the air-water interface.
Research in the Levinger group focuses on the dynamics of
reactions in a range of confined environments such as reverse
micelles and hollow nanoparticles. The primary methods in
the group are ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy and
quasielastic neutron scattering.
Research in the Henry group comprises bioanalytical chemis-
try, minituarization, separations, instrumentation for the diag-
nosis and treatment of cancer and metabolic diseases;
microscale chemical instrumentation; and developing multifunc-
tional sensors with application to environmental and food safety
monitoring.
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Dr. Gary E. Maciel
970-491-6480
Solid State NMR
Dr. Thomas Meersmann
970-491-3195
Solid State NMR
Dr. Bruce A. Parkinson
970-491-0504
Surface Science
The Maciel research group is committed to the
development and application of experimental
and theoretical NMR approaches for the study of structure and
dynamics of solids. Applications in materials, catalysis, fossil
fuels, environmental problems, and surfaces.
The Meersmann group works on aspects of laser-enhanced
NMR spectroscopy. The group studies how nuclear spin
polarization can be transferred to noble gases interacting with
nanostructured materials and surfaces. NMR imaging of porous
and ordered and disordered solid surfaces is being studied.
Research in the Parkinson group broadly fits
into the areas of photoelectrochemistry, ultra
high vacuum surface science, scanning probe microscopies
and materials science. Specific projects include studies of dye
sensitization of semiconductor electrodes for solar energy con-
version, UHV studies of organic/inorganic interfaces and the
synthesis and characterization of inorganic fullerenes and
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Dr. Steven H. Strauss
970-491-5104
Environmental Chemistry
and Fluorinated Materials
Dr. Grzegorz Szamel
970-491-2795
Condensed Matter Theory
Dr. Alan Van Orden
970-491-6286
Biomaterials Science
Research in the Strauss group focuses on the detection and
removal of ionic pollutants from water and on highly fluorinated
boron, boron/carbon, and carbon clusters including fullerenes
and endohedral metallofullerenes.
The Szamel group is interested in macroscopic equilibrium and
dynamic properties of complex materials such as colloidal and
polymeric fluids, supercooled simple liquids and glasses.
Current interests include dynamics of ring and star polymer
melts and on self-diffusion and vibrational relaxation in simple
liquids.
The Van Orden group studies the behavior of protein molecules
at the solid-liquid interface using an integrated approach to
single molecule spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy
(AFM). The goal is to characterize the relationships between
the structure and dynamics of proteins and surfaces such as
biomembranes, biomaterials, and sensor substrates.
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Our Materials Characterization Facility in the
Department’s Central Instrument Facility houses staff-
supported user facilities including powder X-ray dif-
fraction, thin-film and high-resolution diffraction, NMR,
X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, UV-vis-NIR and
thin-film reflectometry, Raman, FT-IR/IR microscopy,
thermal analysis (DSC, TGA/MS, DTA, DMA, DEA),
ellipsometry, and a cross-college SEM/TEM facility.
Materials Characterization Facility
http://www.chem.colostate.edu/mat_char_fac.html
