PhD (2005): UCLA, Postdoc: Yale University

Chemistry of Materials/Environment and Energy/Solid State Chemistry/Supramolecular Chemistry/Synthesis and Catalysis

Research Areas Supramolecular Chemistry ? Physical Organic Chemistry ? Materials Chemistry ? Nanoscience ? Biotechnology ? Sensors ? Artificial Ion Channels ? Photovoltaics

Research Tools Organic Synthesis ? Molecular Recognition and Self-Assembly ? Mass Spectrometry ? Spectroscopies ? Electrochemistry ? Electron Microscopies ? Molecular Modeling

? We use synthetic chemistry to prepare structurally and functionally encoded molecular building blocks, exploit molecular recognition and self-assembly to assemble these building blocks into functional materials, and employ numerous physical and analytical probes to explore materials?? properties and functions. Our interdisciplinary research program seeks to unveil fundamental knowledge in various aspects of supramolecular chemistry and apply this knowledge to solve problems in the following areas.

Guha, S.; Goodson, F. S.; Corson, L. J.; Saha, S. Boundaries of Anion/Naphthalenediimide Interactions: From Anion?C?? Interactions to Anion-Induced Charge-Transfer and Electron-Transfer Phenomena J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, DOI: 10.1021/ja30317 Panda, D. K.; Goodson, F. S.; Ray, S.; Lowell, R.; Saha, S. Multichromophoric dye-sensitized solar cells based on supramolecular zinc-porphyrin??????perylene-imide dyads Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 8775?C8777 Guha, S.; Goodson, F. S.; Clark, R. J.; Saha, S. Deciphering Anion?C??-Acceptor Interactions and Detecting Fluoride Using a Naphthalenediimide-Based Pd(II) Coordination Polymer CrystEngComm 2012, 14, 1213?C1215 Guha, S.; Goodson, F.S.; Roy, S.; Corson, L.J.; Gravenmier, C.A.; Saha, S. Electronically Regulated Thermally and Light-Gated Electron Transfer from Anions to Naphthalenediimides J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 15256?C15259

Guha, S.; Saha, S. Fluoride Ion Sensing by an Anion-?? Interaction J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 17674?C17477