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Polymer Program Title

Rajeswari Kasi

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Education

Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
M.Sc. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India

Contact Information

Phone: (860) 486-4713
Email: kasi@ims.uconn.edu

Research Interests

We seek to synthesize, characterize, and, thereby, achieve a fundamental understanding of new polymer-based organic and hybrid materials comprising tailored architecture and functionality. Development of new synthetic methodologies, modification of existing synthetic routes, multidisciplinary approach to structure-property evaluation, and advanced characterization tools are the overriding factors to rational material design.

The general research focus areas will include steroidal based-biocompatible polymers, responsive materials composed of ionic polymer organogels, and mono or bimetallic inorganic organic hybrid materials. Harnessing self-assembly and supramolecular chemistry that occur in the neat and solution states of these well-tailored functional materials, we seek to better understand and resolve some of the issues currently observed in targeted drug delivery vehicles, polyelectrolyte membranes, sensors, and responsive materials.

Select Publications

  1. Burkett, S. L., Soukasene, S. Milton, K. L., Welch, R., Little, A. J., Kasi R. M. and Coughlin, E. B., Chem. Mater., 17, 2716-2723, 2005.
  2. Kasi, R. M. and Coughlin, E. B., Macromolecules, 36, 6300-6304, 2003.
  3. Kasi, R. M. and Coughlin, E. B., Organometallics, 22, 1534-1539, 2003.
  4. Constable, G. S., Gonzalez-Ruiz, R. A., Kasi, R. M. and Coughlin, E. B., Macromolecules, 35, 9613-9615, 2002.
  5. Zheng, L., Kasi, R. M., Farris, R.J., Coughlin, E.B., J. Poly. Sci., Part A, Poly. Chem., 40, 885-891, 2002.