		Department of Chemistry
		Dr. Joshua Moore Assistant Professor

INORGANIC & MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
	Nanocomposite Materials Research in the Moore lab seeks to develop new synthesis strategies for the preparation of inorganic materials that exhibit desired chemical reactivity or interesting physical properties. There is a special focus on the preparation of nanocomposite materials in which nanoparticles are highly dispersed throughout a solid matrix. At least one dimension of the nanoparticulate component is on the order of 10-20 nm. For most applications, single or dual source precursors are used and sol-gel chemistry is used for the preparation of the matrix materials. Instrumental methods routinely employed include powder x-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron micrioscopy (SEM), as well as traditional methods such as NMR, FTIR, fluorescence and UV/Visible spectroscopy.

Contacts: Office: 217 Boswell Science Bldg Phone: (615)963-5336 Email: jmoore17@tnstate.edu					Education: Post-Doctoral, Sandia National Lab Ph.D, Vanderbilt University, 2003 B.S., University of Pittsburgh, 1998