Robert Filler Emeritus Professor of Chemistry Senior Research Fellow
	B.S.:	City College of New York
	Ph.D.:	University of Iowa
	Office:	307 Life Sciences Building
	Phone:	312.567.5877       Fax:  312.567.3494
	e-mail:	filler@iit.edu

Professional Interests

• Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds. • Synthesis of novel fluorine-containing compounds, including new reagents for the selective introduction of fluorine into organic molecules. • Studies on the effect of fluorine substitution on the physical properties and chemical reactivities of aliphatic and aromatic compounds. • The unusual chemistry of polyfluoroaromatic compounds. • The important role that fluorine plays in biochemistry and medicinal chemistry. • Lithium-ion battery electrolytes and additives. • Hydrogen storage materials.

Representative Publications

• A. Chakraborty, R. Filler and B. K. Mandal, Borate Ester Plasticizer for PEO-Based Solid Polymer Electrolytes, Solid State Electrochemistry, 2007 (in press).
  
  
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