Research Summary - Our research falls broadly into several areas interconnected by the themes of self-assembly and energy transduction: Self-Assembly of Supramolecular Photonics (organic, inorganic and materials chemistry), Combinatorial Chemistry & the molecular recognition of biomolecules (organic and biochemistry), Membrane Electrostatics & Conduction (theoretical and biophysical chemistry), & Porphyrin Photophysics(physical chemistry).

Selected publications

C.M. Drain, J.T. Hupp, K Suslick, M. Waseleiwski, J. Porph. Phthal. 2002, 6, in press. “A perspective on four new porphyrin-based functional materials and devices”

T. N. Milic, N. Chi, D. G. Yablon, G. W. Flynn, J. D. Batteas, C. M. Drain Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 2002, 41, 2117-2119. “Controlled Hierarchical Self-Assembly and Deposition of Nanoscale Photonic Materials”

C.M. Drain Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA, 2002, 99, 5178-5182. “Self-organization of self-assembled photonic materials into functional devices: Photo-switched conductors”

C.M. Drain, J.D. Batteas, G.W. Flynn, T. Milic, N. Chi, D.G. Yablon, H. Sommers. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA. 2002, 99, 6498-6502 “Self-Assembly of Supramolecular Porphyrin Arrays that Self-Organize into Nanoscale Optical and Magnetic Materials”

X. Shi, K. M. Barkigia, J. Fajer, C. M. Drain, J. Org. Chem. 2001, 66, 6513-6522. “Design and Synthesis of Porphyrins Bearing Rigid Hydrogen Bonding Motifs: Highly Versatile Building Blocks for Self-Assembly of Polymers and Discrete Arrays”