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Areas of Expertise: Nanoparticles: synthesis and optical properties;
Metal Nanoparticles: gold and silver, shape and size selection
Colloidal particles: synthesis, stability, monodispersity;
Self-assembly: polymer, colloids;
Nanocomposites: core-shell particles, metallodielectrics
Polymers: liquid crystals, thin films, rheology, tribology
Biography: I joined Chemistry Department in July of 2004 as a Materials Chemist. I received my Master degree working with polymer liquid crystals under the supervision of Prof. Valery P. Shibaev at Moscow State University. During my Ph.D., I studied polymer and…
Areas of Expertise: Organic synthesis
Liquid crystals
Supramolecular chemistry
Organic materials
Crystal engineering
Biography: Ken Maly obtained his Ph.D. in chemistry from Queen's University under the direction of Professor Bob Lemieux in 2002. Following an NSERC postdoctoral fellowship with Professor James Wuest at the Université de Montréal, he joined the Department of…