Research

Artificial muscles, molecular actuator design, microscopic theory of nanotube and conjugated polymer actuation
Theory of conducting polymers: design of small bandgap conjugated polymers
Application and development of methods for the calculation of the electronic structure of polymers
Theory of the vibrational spectroscopy of polymers, structure-spectrum relationships
Structure and electronic structure of fullerenes and carbon nanotubes; molecules inside nanotubes
π- stacking interactions, conducting organic materials
Modeling nanoporous carbons
High pressure chemistry of conjugated molecules