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NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Summer Program
 

Research Projects

Participant students will rank, in order of preference, five projects they are interested in participating.

Potential Research Projects 


Nano Materials

  • Capture of CO2 on Plastic Waste and Conversion to GrapheneTour Group
  • Supramolecular Ligands Supporting the Synthesis of Polynuclear Reaction Catalytic Sites – Hernandez Sanchez Group

  • Macroscopic Materials from Nanoscale Boron-Nitride Building Blocks – Martí Group
  • Atomically-Precise Nanoparticle SynthesisJones Group

Nano Medicine

  • Self-assembled Nanofibrous Hydrogels for Tissue Regeneration and Drug Delivery – Hartgerink Group
  • Formazanate Dye Nanoparticles for Photothermal Therapy – Xiao Group

Nano Imaging


Nano Organic

  • Catalysis of Electrophilic Amination Reaction Using Recyclable Metal Nanoparticles – Kurti Group
  • Functionalizing Organic Nanomaterials Through Precision Catalysis – West Group
  • Synthesizing Organic Nanomaterials Using Earth-Abundant Precursors – Yruegas Group

  • Characterization of Biosynthetic Enzymes as Novel Biocatalysts for Organic Synthesis – Renata Group

Nano Physical

  • Aluminum Nanocrystal Synthesis with Active Coatings – Halas Group


Nano Theory

  • Microscopic Mechanisms of Cooperative Communications with Single Nanocatalysts – Kolomeisky Group
  • Nanoscale Structure in Organic Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaics – Rossky Group