Materials chemistry is a special strength of the chemistry department at UCLA. Fraser Stoddart and Fred Wudl recently established the Exotic Materials Institute here. The Institute brings together organic, inorganic and physical chemists as well as materials scientists and engineers at UCLA to work on synthesizing, understanding and applying novel condensed-matter materials. This further strengthens our already varied program in materials physical chemistry. Jim Heath has established a powerfully broad effort in nanoparticles, ranging from synthesis to optical/electronic properties to the development of a chemical computer, and has a close experiment/theory collaboration with Bill Gelbart on nanoparticle self-assembly. In addition, Delroy Baugh is studying the properties of nanoclusters on surfaces and Emily Carter works on metal-ceramic interfaces, and semiconductor and metal surfaces. Jeffrey Zink, a physical/inorganic chemist, works on sol-gel synthesis of new optical materials. Our two newest faculty, Ben Schwartz and Sarah Tolbert, also have a significant materials component to their research, in the areas of conjugated polymers and inorganic-organic composites, respectively. Their interests overlap with those of Daniel Kivelson, Chuck Knobler, Bill Gelbart and Andrea Liu, who work on complex fluids materials such as supercooled liquids, surfactant systems, polymers and liquid crystals. Another new faculty member, Yung-Ya Lin, designs and synthesizes "smart probe" (protein-specific or proton-exchange ligands) for magnetic resonance molecular imaging.

Our collaborations with each other and with faculty in physics, materials science and electrical engineering make this one of the most interactive groups in the country in materials chemistry.

Materials P-Chem Faculty

	Delroy Baugh	baugh@chem.ucla.edu
	Emily Carter	eac@chem.ucla.edu
	William Gelbart	gelbart@chem.ucla.edu
	James Gimzewski	gim@chem.ucla.edu
	James Heath	heath@chem.ucla.edu
	Charles Knobler	knobler@chem.ucla.edu
	Yung-Ya Lin	yylin@chem.ucla.edu
	Andrea Liu	liu@chem.ucla.edu
	Benjamin Schwartz	schwartz@chem.ucla.edu
	Fraser Stoddart	stoddart@chem.ucla.edu
	Sarah Tolbert	tolbert@chem.ucla.edu
	Fred Wudl	wudl@chem.ucla.edu
	Jeffrey Zink	zink@chem.ucla.edu