Lucia Lee
Assistant Professor
Inorganic, Organic and Supramolecular
Department of Chemistry
Chernoff Hall, CHE513 (office), CHE339S (lab)
Department of Chemistry
90 Bader Lane
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6
Lab Tel: 613-533-6000 ext. 75688
Research Interests
My research is inspired by the need to apply the principals of green chemistry to the emerging field of main-group supramolecular interactions (known as secondary bonding/sigma-hole interactions), with potential applications ranging from materials to medicine.
Sigma-hole interactions are non-covalent interactions featuring main-group elements whose strength and directionality could be comparable to hydrogen bonds. I intend to integrate these unique interactions in metal-coordination chemistry, catalysis and chemical biology. In all cases, a σ-hole located on the heavy main-group element would serve a key role in guiding the assembly of these structures, as well as introducing the desired functionality indicated in each project.
Main-group Supramolecular Interactions in:
1) d-metal coordination chemistry
2) Catalysis
3) Chemical Biology