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Welcome to Moore Group

About the Lab

The Moore group is dedicated to the professional development of next-generation scientists and educators who will impact the world with their skills and knowledge. The group’s research integrates ideas from physical organic chemistry and engineering with molecular design and polymer synthesis to construct new functional materials. Specific examples include energy-efficient approaches to polymer manufacturing, materials that heal themselves, and warn of high stress. A hallmark of the group's research is its interdisciplinary collaborative, nature. Through these collaborations, we demonstrated plastics that not only heal after damage but regenerate via reactive fluids pumping through vascular channels within the material, similar to blood in a circulatory system. We are beginning to bring these functions to new systems such as redox flow batteries.

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Special Thanks

  • Army Research Office
  • The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  • Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
  • BP International, LTD
  • U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • U.S. Department of Energy
  • National Science Foundation
  • Dow Chemical Company
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • Office of Naval Research