The Chemistry Department has a long record of excellence in inorganic and materials research tracing back to the Manhattan project. A highly collaborative environment allows our faculty and students to tackle various challenges in the field of inorganic synthesis, energy, catalysis, sustainability, and reactivity. Innovative synthetic approaches in solid state, chimie douce, and  organometallic chemistry to enable energy materials overlap with expertise in electro-, homo-, and heterogeneous catalysis, and multitasking nanostructures with controlled functionalities. Areas of applications include novel photovoltaics, thermoelectrics, batteries, hybrid magnets, earth-abundant replacement for noble metal catalysts, water splitting, CO₂ reduction, plastic upcycling, rare earth elements separation, biocompatible photocatalysts, upgrading of biomass, and the degradation of nitrates from agricultural runoff.