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Richard Laine
 Richard Laine MMPEI Faculty Fellow |
Professor Laine has a Ph.D. in Organometallic Chemistry from the University of Southern California.
After graduation, he worked at Stanford Research Institute later SRI International for 11 years before moving to Academia first at the University of Washington in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) and then from 1990 at the University of Michigan where he is a full professor in MSE and currently director of the Macromolecular Science and Engineering Center.
Major research areas for the Laine group include synthesis and processing of hybrid polymers and nano-oxide powders. Research in the hybrid area emphasizes the preparation and characterization of nanobuilding blocks based on polyfunctional octahedral (octafunctional) and dodecahederal (dodecafunctional) silsesquioxanes (POSS) and nanocomposites therefrom wherein the periodicity and ordering of the inorganic and organic components are completely defined on a nanometer length scale. Research on nanooxides emphasizes the direct synthesis of single and mixed-metal nanopowders by flame spray pyrolysis of mixed-metal metalloorganics. The resulting powders and the effects of processing conditions on the photonic and structural properties of these powders and monoliths made from them are of primary interest. This research has been the basis of three spin-off companies.
The Laine group has produced more than 200 papers, 10 edited books and more than 30 patents.
Dr. Richard Laine is a MMPEI Faculty Fellow.