The research conducted in the Qiu laboratory will rely on interdisciplinary applications of synthetic, organometallic, supramolecular and polymer chemistry, along with catalysis and the chemistry of the mechanical bond to generate a variety of functional dynamic materials and solve fundamental problems in materials science and sustainability by harnessing polymer networks and porous frameworks. In particular, we are interested in employing the mechanical bond to tune materials properties and tame catalysis/ polymerization processes.