Biofunctional Materials

In the past two decades, the understanding of molecular biology, genomics, and nanotechnology has expanded explosively. The inevitable intersection of these disciplines has set into motion to the development of an emerging research area, bionanotechnology or nanobiomedical technology, which offers exciting and abundant opportunities for discovering new processes, phenomena, and science. Since 2001, we have been working to build a research program focusing on the interdisciplinary frontier of materials chemistry-biofunctional nanomaterials. We are integrating the knowledge and techniques in organic chemistry, surface chemistry, biochemistry, materials science, and nanotechnology to design new biofunctional materials for exploration in molecular drug delivery, biomedical diagnostics, biomimetics, and other important problems.