Molecular Science

Macromolecular Science

Our research efforts in macromolecular chemistry include the design, synthesis and investigation of the unique structure/property relationships in extended and cooperative macromolecules. Water-soluble macrocycles and cross-linkable polymers capable of molecular imprinting are being actively investigated for their possible uses as drug delivery vehicles. The binding kinetics of threaded rotaxanes in structures such as cyclodextrins and other macrocyclic binding species are under development. Inorganic and organometallic model oligomers and polymers consisting of backbones of inorganic elements, such as Sn, B, S, N and transition metals like Fe are some of the key synthetic targets of our research. It is anticipated that these tunable polymeric materials will possess unusual and industrially useful properties such as conductivity, ferromagnetism, and luminescence. These are the synthetic challenging materials under investigation in our groups.

Courtesy of Dr. A. McWilliams

Courtesy of Dr. A. McWilliams

Faculty

Name	Topics
Christopher Evans cevans@ryerson.ca My Website	Supramolecular host-guest systems; cyclodextrin (CD)-based polymer materials for environmental remediation and sensing of explosive materials; behaviour of inclusion complexes between CDs and organic molecules in water.
Daniel Foucher daniel.foucher@ryerson.ca My Website	Inorganic and organometallic polymers
Russell D. Viirre rviirre@ryerson.ca My Website	Synthetic organic chemistry: transition metal catalysis, enantioselective synthesis, heterocycle synthesis, and medicinal chemistry of cystic fibrosis drugs.
Andrew Williams amcwilli@ryerson.ca My Website	Main group inorganic polymers and macrocycles
Stephen Wylie swylie@ryerson.ca My Website	Inorganic coordination chemistry; supramolecular chemistry, physical chemistry of solution state self-assembly reactions.