Principal Investigator Timothy Swager
We have developed a number of designs for the organization of conjugated polymers at the air-water and solid-water interface. Our methods can be used to create nanofibrils and interesting phase transitions that have revealed the nature of the electronic interactions both intrapolymer and interpolymer. Ongoing studies are directed at creating films and dynamic fluid membranes for biological sensing. Ongoing projects include the detection of proteases, DNA and multivalent protein ligand interactions.