Tom Keyes

Thomas Keyes is a Professor Emeritus of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences at Boston University.

Some current projects are:

• Theory of the influence of nanoparticles and interfaces on plhase transitions in lipid membranes.
• The Instantaneous Normal Mode (INM) approach to liquid properties was developed in the Keyes group, and we have also followed the Inherent Structure (IS) approach. Many exciting directions remain to be pursued, and the approaches will be combined.
• Developing and applying the POLIR potential for aqueous solvation and spectroscopy, including classical theory of nonlinear techniques.
• Developing the idea that classical “electrostatic bonds” based on polarization energy can treat some lbinding formerly considered to require quantum mechanics. This topic, and the previous one, will be done in collaboration with Brian Space, NC State.