Hello, new on the forums here and I'm currently a sophomore hoping to enter an organic chemistry Ph. D. program in 2019. Currently, I'm performing research with a group focused on organic materials; specifically carbon nanotubes. In our lab we synthesize molecules that self-assemble around the carbon nanotubes, so it requires a decent amount of organic work. However, none of it is really organic research per se, we're just cooking and purifying from what I can tell. I think the older undergrad who is graduating this year is working on organic work, but she comes in at different times than me and I don't see her outside of group meetings to ask her. Granted, I'm only in the lab about 6 hours a week due to schedule conflicts so I can't really tell you if we do have to do more research into our methods, but the bottom line is we likely aren't going to be publishing anything about our methodology or syntheses. Should I be worried about how adcoms will see this research when I apply? Should I search for a more organic-based lab or stick it out with this one and stress to my PI that I would like to focus in organic work?