Organic Materials that Come Together Using the Principles of Self-Assembly
We are interested in organic materials that come together using the principles of self-assembly and can dynamically re-arrange following stimulation using light, electricity and chemical inputs. Our discovery of unexpectedly strong CH hydrogen bonds from easy-to-install triazoles has opened up a whole new class of anion receptors (see figure). We are using them to chelate, transport, regulate and sense chloride, the most abundant anion, for a range of applications involving cystic fibrosis, the nuclear fuel cycle and salty water.
Trevor Douglas
Earl Blough Professor of Chemistry
Chemical Biology, Inorganic, Materials
Caroline Chick Jarrold
Class of 1948 Herman B Wells Endowed Professor
Adjunct Professor, Physics
Martin F. Jarrold
Distinguished Professor and Robert & Marjorie Mann Chair
Nicola L. B. Pohl
Professor and Joan & Marvin Carmack Chair, Associate Dean of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
