Stephen L. Craig
Office: 3221 FFSC
Phone: (919) 660-1538
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Research Interests
Research interests in Prof. Craig's group bridge physical organic and materials chemistry. Many of these interests are guided by the vision that important challenges in materials science might be better tackled not from the traditional perspective of an engineer, but rather from the molecular perspective of an organic chemist. To that end, research projects often begin by probing the relationship between the properties and reactivity of small molecular components and complex properties of materials incorporating those molecules. Current interests include the design and synthesis of self-healing polymers and the use of modern mechanochemistry in new stress-responsive polymers, catalysis, and the study of reactive intermediates. These areas require an interdisciplinary and nontraditional mix of synthetic organic and polymer chemistry, single-molecule spectroscopy, supramolecular chemistry, and materials characterization.
Publications
Most recent publications in PubMed