Research Interests:

Design of well-defined initiators for polymerization reactions, the study of photophysical processes in advanced organic photonic materials and the design of interconnects for bringing together molecular wires.

Selected Publications:

• Fluorinated Distyrylbenzene Chromophores: Effect of Fluorine Regiochemistry on Molecular Properties and Solid State Organization, Renak, M. L.; Bartholomew, G. P.; Wang, S.; Ricatto, P. J.; Lachicotte, R. J.; Bazan, G. C.,
  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1999, 121, 7787-7799.
• Boratabenzene Complexes of Cr(III), Rogers, J. S.; Bu, X.; Bazan, G. C.,
  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2000, 122, 730-731.
• Synthesis of Butene-Ethylene and Hexene-Butene-Ethylene Copolymers from Ethylene via Tandem Action of Well-Defined Homogeneous Catalysts, Komon, Z. J. A.; Bu, X.; Bazan G. C. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2000, 122, 1830-1831.
• Oligophenylenevinylene Dimers: Probing the Paracyclophane Contact Site, Wang, S.; Bazan, G. C.; Tretiak, S.;
  Mukamel, S. J., Am. Chem. Soc., 2000, 122, 1289-1297.
• Electron-Donating Properties of Boratabenzene Ligands, Bazan, G. C.; Cotter, W. D.; Komon, Z. J. A.; Lee, R. A.;
  Lachicotte, R. J., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2000, 122, 1371-1380.