Professor Chad Mirkin
Winner: 2021 Materials 91AV Division open award: de Gennes Prize
Northwestern University
For contributions to supramolecular chemistry and nanoscience, in particular the invention and development of methods for nanolithography, high-area rapid printing, and photocontrol in nanoparticle synthesis.
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I want to see chemistry in action – applied to improve healthcare, help the environment, and make the world a better place.
Professor Mirkin's research group focuses on developing methods for controlling the architecture of molecules and materials on the 1–100 nm length scale (the nanoscale), with the aim of understanding their fundamental properties, and utilising these structures to develop novel tools that often outperform the state-of-the-art in the areas of chemical and biological sensing, gene regulation, immunotherapy, lithography, catalysis, optics, and advanced manufacturing, as well as energy generation, storage, and conversion.
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