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Professor Guillermo C. Bazan
Phone: 805-893 5538, Fax: 805-893 4120
E-mail:
bazan@chem.ucsb.edu
Synthesis of precisely-defined macromolecules with novel
three-dimensional architecture. Photophysics of conjugated organic solids.
Catalysis of olefin polymerization and oligomerization via organometallic
reagents. Production of highly branched polyolefins via tandem catalysis.
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Professor Bazan received his Ph.D. from MIT in Inorganic
Chemistry in 1991. After a postdoctoral appointment at Caltech, he joined the
Chemistry Department at the University of Rochester in 1992. He joined UCSB
in 1998. His current research programs are concerned with the photophysics and
morphology of the organic solid state and the polymerization of olefins via
homogenous catalysis. Of particular interest are strategies that control
the organization of intermediate size organic chromophores in the solid
state. Such methods are desirable since the relative orientation and
distance of conjugated molecules control important useful properties such
as conductivity and the photon processing ability of the material.
Unfortunately, reliable guidelines that optimize the spatial relationship
of organic molecules, especially in circumstances where hydrogen bonding is
not an option, are woefully lacking. One ultimate goal is to program the
maximum "best" morphology from the organization of atoms in the individual
molecule. In the area of catalysis, the Bazan group is optimizing a
multiple catalysts approach to highly branched polyethylene. |
Appointments, Honors, and Awards
- Union Carbide Innovation Award
- Closs Lecturer, University of Chicago
- Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
- Sloan Research Fellow Award
- NSF CAREER Award
- Dreyfus New Faculty Award
- NSERCC Postdoctoral Fellowship
- NSERCC 1967 Science and Engineering Scholarship
Some specific research projects and references
- Organic solids:
W. L., Jr., Oldham, Y.-J. Miao, R.J. Lachicotte, and G.C. Bazan,
"Stilbenoid Dimers: Effect of Conjugation Length and Relative
Chromophore Orientation",
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 120, 419 (1998)
W. L., Jr., Oldham, R.J. Lachicotte, and G.C. Bazan, "Synthesis,
Spectroscopy and Morphology of Tetrastilbenoidmethanes",
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 120, 2987 (1998)
- Tandem catalysis:
J.S. Rogers, G.C. Bazan, and C.K. Sperry, "Ethoxyboratabenzene
Zirconium Complexes: Catalysts for a-Olefin Production",
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 119, 9305 (1997)
R.W. Barnhart, G.C. Bazan, and T. Mourey, "Synthesis of Branched
Polyolefins Using a Combination of Homogeneous Metallocene Mimics",
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 120, 1082 (1998)
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