Organic and Macromolecular Synthesis
Led by Facility Director Frantisek Svec and was founded by Jean Fréchet
- Studies of “soft" materials—including synthesis of organic molecules, macromolecules, polymers and their assemblies, with access to functional systems, photoactive, organic-inorganic hybrid and porous materials.
Read more about this topic: Molecular Foundry
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