Projects

There are three focus areas in this program: Chemistry of Advanced Materials, Chemistry of Biological Systems, and Chemistry Education. Projects are listed and described under each of these headings below.

Click on a title to read the project description. This would give you a good idea on the types of projects available to program participants. With active research programs such as the ones at Clemson, projects evolve quickly and consequently, some projects will be modified and new ones will come up as the summer approaches. We would like to match your interests with the right project/advisor. When you fill out your application please use key words that resemble the type of project(s) below that interest you the most.

CHEMISTRY OF ADVANCED MATERIALS

Synthesis and Applications of Metallic and Hybrid Nanoarchitectures

Advanced Materials for Electrochemical Energy Conversion

Tandem Reactions in the Synthesis of Heterocycles

Regioselective Synthesis of N-Aryl-Fulleropyrrolidine Multiadducts for Use in Molecular Electronics

Exploration of New Hybrid Solids that Display Magnetic Behavior Due to Confined Spins

Development of Fiber-Based Stationary Phases for Liquid Chromatography

Biofunctionalized Fluorescent Nanoparticle Probes

Polymers: Surface Interactions, Assembly, Aggregation, Structure, and Dynamics

Effect of Metal Ion Incorporation into Conjugated Polymers

Research on Nanomaterials: From Fullerenes and Nanotubes to Nanoparticles

CHEMISTRY OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS