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The research is aimed at exploring
the inter-relationship of quantum mechanics, chemical design and synthesis, and
molecular mechanics at the level of individual molecules. Our research is highly
interdisciplinary combining the skills of synthetic chemists, theorists, and nanoscale scientists, particularly in the area of imaging and spectroscopy. The
research is quite fundamental and has a clear long-range goal: programmed
functionality of a single molecule. Possible areas of future application include
quantum computing, molecular machines, and high-density peta-bit memories.
We
are beginning to develop single molecule-mediated smart drug delivery systems
using the untapped silicon micromachining and fabrication technologies. |