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Malkiat
S. Johal |
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Dr. Johal joined the department in July 2006. He has taught
courses in General Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Surface Chemistry, and
Instrumental Methods. His research activities focus on using
layer-by-layer ionic adsorption processes to fabricate nano-materials
for optical and biochemical applications. Undergraduate research students are
heavily involved in both the construction of and the detailed characterization
of ultra-thin assemblies. These functional
materials include immobilized proteins within polyelectrolyte multilayers,
asymmetrically orientated surfactant multilayers, and self-assembled
polyelectrolytes with interesting photoluminescent, photovoltaic and NLO-active
properties. Professor Johal’s laboratory also explores fundamental issues such
as ion-pair complexation, adsorption phenomena, surface wettability, and the subtle
interplay between various intermolecular non-covalent interactions that lead to
highly ordered macro-structures. More recently, his laboratory is exploring the
use of functionalized waveguides and quartz crystal resonators as platforms for
chemical and biological detection, catalysis, and the nano-fabrication of
photovoltaic and organic LED materials.
After receiving his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the
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