Guillermo Carlos Bazan

Professor

Postgraduate:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States

Main Appointment:

Science

Joint Appointments:

Joint Appointments:
  • College of Design and Engineering
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    Research Fields:

    • STEMM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Medical Sciences

    Research Keywords:

    • Antibiotics
    • Living Materials
    • Biosensors
    • Green Energy
    • Startup Companies

    Current Appointments:

    Jt Appt – Professor, Engineering

    Brief Description of Research:

    Synthesis of organic molecules with architectures that optimize optoelectronic performance. Understanding the electronic delocalization between organic chromophores in the solid state. Transmembrane agents that facilitate electron transfer and enable incorporation of microorganisms into bioelectronic devices. Oligomerization and polymerization reactions of olefins by using well-defined organometallic catalysts. Design of new broad-spectrum antibiotics.

    Total Number of Publications:

    700

    Five Representative Publications:

    1) Lee, J.; Song, S.; Huang, J.; Du, Z.; Lee, H.; Zhu, Z.; Ko, S.-J.; Nguyen, T.-Q.; Kim, J. Y.; Cho, K.; Bazan, G. C. Bandgap Tailored Nonfullerene Acceptors for Low-Energy-Loss Near-Infrared Organic Photovoltaics, ACS Mater. Lett. 2020, 2 (4), 395–402.
    2) Mccuskey, S. R.; Su, Y.; Leifert, D.; Moreland, A. S.; Bazan, G. C. Living Bioelectrochemical Composites, Adv. Mater. 2020, 1908178, 1–6.
    3) Seifrid, M.; Reddy, G. N. M.; Chmelka, B. F.; Bazan, G. C. Insight into the Structures and Dynamics of Organic Semiconductors through solid-state NMR Spectroscopy Nature Reviews Materials, DOI: 10.1038/s41578-020-00232-5
    4) Lee, J.; Ko, S. J.; Lee, H.; Huang, J.; Zhu, Z.; Seifrid, M.; Vollbrecht, J.; Brus, V. V.; Karki, A.; Wang, H.; Cho, K.; Nguyen, T. Q.; Bazan, G. C. Side-Chain Engineering of Nonfullerene Acceptors for Near-Infrared Organic Photodetectors and Photovoltaics, ACS Energy Lett. 2019, 4 (6), 1401–1409.
    5) Limwongyut, J.; Nie, C. Y.; Moreland, A. S.; Bazan, G. C. Molecular Design of Antimicrobial Conjugated Oligoelectrolytes with Enhanced Selectivity toward Bacterial Cells, Chemical Science, 2020, 11, 8138-8144.

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    Guillermo Carlos Bazan

    Professor

    Appointments

    Jt Appt – Professor, Engineering

    Education

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    United States

    Research Areas

    • Antibiotics
    • Living Materials
    • Biosensors
    • Green Energy
    • Startup Companies

    Research Description

    Synthesis of organic molecules with architectures that optimize optoelectronic performance. Understanding the electronic delocalization between organic chromophores in the solid state. Transmembrane agents that facilitate electron transfer and enable incorporation of microorganisms into bioelectronic devices. Oligomerization and polymerization reactions of olefins by using well-defined organometallic catalysts. Design of new broad-spectrum antibiotics.

    Research Videos

    Selected Publications

    (out of 700 publications)

    1) Lee, J.; Song, S.; Huang, J.; Du, Z.; Lee, H.; Zhu, Z.; Ko, S.-J.; Nguyen, T.-Q.; Kim, J. Y.; Cho, K.; Bazan, G. C. Bandgap Tailored Nonfullerene Acceptors for Low-Energy-Loss Near-Infrared Organic Photovoltaics, ACS Mater. Lett. 2020, 2 (4), 395–402.
    2) Mccuskey, S. R.; Su, Y.; Leifert, D.; Moreland, A. S.; Bazan, G. C. Living Bioelectrochemical Composites, Adv. Mater. 2020, 1908178, 1–6.
    3) Seifrid, M.; Reddy, G. N. M.; Chmelka, B. F.; Bazan, G. C. Insight into the Structures and Dynamics of Organic Semiconductors through solid-state NMR Spectroscopy Nature Reviews Materials, DOI: 10.1038/s41578-020-00232-5
    4) Lee, J.; Ko, S. J.; Lee, H.; Huang, J.; Zhu, Z.; Seifrid, M.; Vollbrecht, J.; Brus, V. V.; Karki, A.; Wang, H.; Cho, K.; Nguyen, T. Q.; Bazan, G. C. Side-Chain Engineering of Nonfullerene Acceptors for Near-Infrared Organic Photodetectors and Photovoltaics, ACS Energy Lett. 2019, 4 (6), 1401–1409.
    5) Limwongyut, J.; Nie, C. Y.; Moreland, A. S.; Bazan, G. C. Molecular Design of Antimicrobial Conjugated Oligoelectrolytes with Enhanced Selectivity toward Bacterial Cells, Chemical Science, 2020, 11, 8138-8144.