Research

Physical Chemistry

Research Interests

• Optical Spectroscopy

• Molecularly Organized Media

• Supercritical Fluids

• Chemical Sensing

• Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids as Green Solvents

• Photophysics of Polymers, Biomolecules, and Pharmaceuticals

• Chemical/Solution Thermodynamics

Optical spectroscopy, advanced fluorescence techniques, molecularly organized media, environmentally friendly solvent systems, chemosensors, photophysical processes.

Major focus of the research work is in the area of understanding complex fluidic systems using optical spectroscopic techniques. Specifically, emphasis is on investigating solvation and aggregation within ionic liquid-based systems, aqueous and nonaqueous surfactant and polymer solutions, and supercritical fluids. The long term goal of the work is to understand and introduce alternate and novel solvent systems.