{"id":2,"date":"2021-07-27T17:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T17:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/jenningslab\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-04-15T09:16:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T09:16:22","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/jenningslab\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n        <p>Welcome to the web page for the Jennings\u00a0Lab, a leading group in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.vanderbilt.edu\/chbe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vanderbilt University.<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>On this site, you will find links to information on members of the\u00a0<a href=\"\/jenningslab\/people\/\">research group<\/a>\u00a0and our\u00a0<a href=\"\/jenningslab\/publications\/\">publications.<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iYjrxWXZ0Wg\">VINSE | Meet Our Faculty | G. Kane Jennings<\/a><\/p>\r\n <!-- rich-text -->\r\n          <h2>Organic Thin Films and Surface Engineering Lab<\/h2>\r\n        <p>My research efforts are aimed at the molecular design and fabrication of organic thin films to modify surfaces for a host of applications.<\/p>\r\n <!-- rich-text -->\r\n        <p><strong>Membranes and Coatings<\/strong>. We have developed a method termed spin coating ring-opening metathesis polymerization (scROMP) to combine the synthesis and deposition of polymer films and coatings into one rapid process.\u00a0 With scROMP, we can synthesize up to 20 different polymer films in an hour, using less than half a mL of solvent for each film.\u00a0 The scROMP method is compatible with porous supports to enable the rapid fabrication of thin film composite membranes for accelerated polymer materials discovery.<\/p>\r\n <!-- rich-text -->\r\n        <p><strong>Smart Surfaces<\/strong>.\u00a0 We are designing monolayer and polymer thin films that alter their surface composition upon exposure to a different medium (e.g. air vs water, solvent vs water).\u00a0 The films contain multifunctional groups that can reorient to minimize interfacial free energy upon exposure to a different environment.\u00a0 Such films have applications in adaptive adhesion and fouling resistance.<\/p>\r\n <!-- rich-text -->\r\n        <p><strong>Biohybrid Solar Energy Conversion.<\/strong>\u00a0Photosystem I (PSI) is a nanoscale protein complex that efficiently converts sunlight to chemical energy to drive photosynthesis in green plants. We are investigating the fundamental issues that affect photo-assisted electron transfer properties of PSI, deposited as thin &#8220;biohybrid&#8221; films on electrode surfaces. \u00a0Our recent innovations in this area include interfacing PSI with conducting polymers for more efficient electron transfer, instrumenting the PSI protein active site with conducting polymers, and modeling the photoelectrochemical reactions of a PSI multilayer film with redox species.<\/p>\r\n <!-- rich-text -->\r\n    <figure>\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lab.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/jenningslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2026\/04\/IMG_646077-768x576-1.jpeg\" alt=\" \" \/>\r\n    <\/figure>\r\n        Jennings Group 2025 Holiday Party!<br \/>\r\nBack Row, Left to Right &#8211; Zane Parkerson; Praise Eromosele; Dr. Kane Jennings; Stephen Hodulik; Cade Tharrington<br \/>\r\nFront Row, Left to Right &#8211; Garrett Eppich; Jill Zhang; Allison Cordova-Huaman; Miranda Ma; Matthew Vasuta; Ali Shawon; Joseph Lawrence\r\n <!-- rich-text -->\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the web page for the Jennings\u00a0Lab, a leading group in the\u00a0Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department\u00a0at\u00a0Vanderbilt University. 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