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 Citation:
Kovaric, Brian C.; Kokona, Bashkim; Schwab, Alexander D.;
Twomey, Margaret A.; de Paula, Julio C.; Fairman, Robert. (2006).
“Self-assembly of peptide porphyrin complexes: toward the
development of smart biomaterials.” Journal of the American
Chemical Society 128(13): 4166-4167.
Author's Summary: This work describes a highly
interdisciplinary effort, involving Haverford students and faculty
in the Chemistry and Biology Departments, exploring the design of
biologically-based materials with photoelectronic activity (light-induced
electrical flow). This work would provide the basic scientific breakthroughs
to create electrical circuitry at the nanometer length scale (one
billionth of a meter). Specifically, we explore the precise geometry
of protein-based scaffolds decorated with porphyrin molecules (components
important in photosynthesis). It has been published in a premier
chemistry journal and thus recognizes the high quality of undergraduate
research that happens in the KINSC. Since the primary experimentalists
are students, the challenge in writing such a document is to translate
the articulate, but scientifically developing, writing style of
a student (Brian Kovaric and Margaret Twomey) into the highly stylized
and rigorous jargon that is expected of a paper published in the
primary literature. Additionally, because the work is so interdisciplinary,
it required significant editing by all of the principal investigators
(Julio de Paula and myself) with notable contributions from the
postdoctoral fellow in the group (Dr. Al Schwab) who is an expert
in polymer theory. Important contributions to the experiments were
made by my research associate, Bashkim Kokona, who made sure that
the scientific legacy left by Brian Kovaric could be smoothly picked
up by Margaret Twomey, who helped to finish the project that Brian
had started.
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