To better serve the high demand of the cutting-edge fluorinated compounds in the field of pharmaceutical/agrochemical as well as material sciences, the laboratory devotes innovative research efforts to the following three topics.
Development of novel methodologies for efficient synthesis of fluorinated compounds, including developing new fluorinating and fluoroalkylating reagents and methods for site-specific incorporation of fluorine and fluoroalkyl groups, site-selective C-F bond functionalization, and new methods for polymerization of fluorinated monomers.
Development of key technologies and processes of fluorochemical industry.
Development of innovative strategies for applications of fluorinated compounds in solving the challenges in the interdisciplinary frontiers of resource, energy, agriculture, health as well as national security.