Professor Galen D. Stucky

Phone: 805-893 4872, Fax: 805-893 4120

E-mail: stucky@chem.ucsb.edu

Biomaterials, Synthesis and Processing of Patterned Composite Materials, Mesoporous Phases, and Zeolite-Type Structures.

Dr. Stucky received his Ph.D. in 1962 from Iowa State University. After postdoctoral study at MIT, he held positions at the University of Illinois, Sandia National Laboratory and DuPont Central Research and Development Department before joining the UCSB faculty in 1985. Dr. Stucky has been active in the American Chemical Society, serving as Associate Editor of the Journal of Inorganic Chemistry and as Chairman of the Inorganic Division.

The overall research goal is the design, synthesis and characterization of new materials with an emphasis on understanding interface and nucleation chemistry. Molecular sieves, and mesoporous (15 - 200 Å), electro-optic and biomaterials are being synthesized and studied. Of particular interest are nucleation and crystal growth of biphase nanocomposite materials using the cooperative assembly of inorganic molecular building blocks with surfactants or biomolecules. Some specific goals include O2/N2 separation and environmental applications of porous materials, the use of inclusion chemistry to control nonlinear optical properties, the self-assembly of molecular and semiconductor arrays in porous crystalline hosts to form supramolecular lattices, and the biogenetic synthesis of inorganic materials using sequenced polypeptide substrates.

Appointments, Honors, and Awards

  • National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Quantum Chemistry Institute, Gainesville, Florida (1963)
  • Visiting Professor Fellow, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden (1970)
  • Associate Editor, Inorganic Chemistry (1972-73)
  • Editorial Board, Inorganic Chemistry (1973-77)
  • Associate Editor, Inorganic Chemistry (1978-85)
  • Chairman, Solid State Subdivision, Inorganic Chemistry, National American Chemical Society (1984)
  • Chairman, Division of Inorganic Chemistry, National American Chemical Society (1986)
  • American Chemical Society Committee to Establish Journal of Chemistry of Materials (1986)
  • Editorial Board, Inorganic Chemistry (1986-1989)
  • Executive Committee, Division of Inorganic Chemistry (1987)
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Chemistry of Materials (1989-91)
  • United Nations Industrial Development Organization Fellow to National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India (1990)
  • Exchange Professor with Academy of Science, Moscow, and University of Leningrad (1990)
  • Visiting Professor Fellow, University of Konstanz (1992,1993)
  • First Annual Margaret Etter Memorial Lecturer, University of Minnesota (1993)
  • Distinguished Lecturer, York University (1994)
  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (1994)
  • Editorial Boards, Microporous Materials; Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science; Chemical Communications, Royal Society
  • Chairman-Elect, Solid State Subdivision, Inorganic Chemistry, National American Chemical Society (1998)

Some specific research projects and references

  • "First Steps in Harnessing the Potential of Biomineralization as a Route to New High-Performance Composite Materials", A.M. Belcher, P.K. Hansma, G.D. Stucky, and D. E. Morse, Acta Mater. 46, 733 (1998)
  • "Topological Construction of Mesoporous Materials", D. Zhao, P. Yang, Q. Huo, B.F. Chmelka, and G.D. Stucky, Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science 3, 111 (1998)
  • "Nonionic Triblock and Star Diblock Copolymer and Oligomeric Surfactant Syntheses of Highly Ordered, Hydrothermally Stable, Mesoporous Silica Structures", D. Zhao, Q. Huo, J. Feng, B.F. Chmelka, and G.D. Stucky, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 120, 6024 (1998)
  • "Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a Gallium Phosphate with 14-Ring Channels", S.J. Weigel, R.E. Morris, G.D. Stucky, and A.K. Cheetham, J. Mater. Chem. 8, 1607 (1998)
  • "Aluminum Incorporation and Interfacial Structures in MCM-41 Mesoporous Molecular Sieves", M.T. Janicke, C.C. Landry, S.C. Christiansen, D. Kumar, G.D. Stucky, and B.F. Chmelka, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 120, 6940 (1998)
  • "Synthesis and Organization of Zeolite-like Materials with Three- Dimensional Helical Pores", T.E. Gier, X.Bu, P. Feng, and G.D. Stucky, Nature 395, 154 (1998)
  • "Amine-Directed Syntheses and Crystal Structures of Phosphate-Based Zeolite Analogs", P. Feng, X. Bu, T.E. Gier, and G.D. Stucky, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 23, 221-229 (1998)

Large cage of the Gallium Cobalt Phosphate, UCSB-6.
X. Bu, P. Feng and G.D. Stucky, Science 278, 2080 (1997)

Image from the International Zeolite Association Website.

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