Publications

 

Ferraudi, G.; Carrasco, H. C. "Photochemistry of Low-Spin Iron (III) Complexes with Macrocyclic Ligands." Inorg. Chem. 1980, 19, 3466-3469.

 

Creary, X.; Geiger, H.C. "Properties of a-ketocations.  Facile Generation under Solvolytic Conditions." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1982, 104, 4151-4162.

 

Creary, X.; Geiger, H. C.; Hilton, K. "Mesylate Derivatives of a-hydroxy Phosphonates. Formation of Carbocations Adjacent to the Diethylphosphonate Group." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1982,105, 2851-2858.

 

Creary, X.; Geiger, H. C. "Solvolysis of a-keto Norbornyl Trifluoro-acetates and Triflates.  Discrete a-keto Cations vs. o-Assisted (kD) Processes."

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1983, 105, 7123-7129.

 

Whitten, D.G.; Furman, I.; Geiger, H. C.; Richard, W.; Spooner, S.P. “Photoinduced Electron Transfer Reactions of trans-Stilbene Surfactants in Langmuir-Blodgett Assemblies and Phospholipid Bilayers.”  Proceeding Indian Acad. Sci. (Chem. Sci.), 1993, 105, 527, S. Abdel-Mottaleb, Editor.

 

Furman, I.; Geiger, H. C.; Whitten, D.G.; Penner, T.L.; Ulman, A.  “Aggregation Phenomena in Langmuir-Blodgett Films of Polar Stilbene Amphiphiles.”  Langmuir, 1994, 10, 837.

 

Whitten, D. G.; Spooner, S.P.; Geiger, H. C.; Furman, I.; Richard, W.; Kim, Y.S.; Liang, H. Chen; Ulman, A.; Penner, T.L.; Law, K.-Y;  “Supramolecular Structures and Reactivity in Bilayers and Langmuir-Blodgett Assemblies Formed via Self-Assembly of Polyfunctional Amphiphiles.”  Proc. of the 3rd IUMRS-ICAM-93, Advanced  Materials ’93 II/ A: Biomaterials, Organic and Intelligent Materials. Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, 1994, Aoki et al., eds. 503-508.

 

Song, X., Geiger, H.C.; Furman, I.; Whitten, D.G.; Anatomy of an Aggregate. “Use of Functionalized Phospholipids to Investigate Stoichiometry an Structure of “H” Aggregates formed from Amphiphilic trans-Stilbene Derivatives.”  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994, 116, 4103.

 

Song, X.; Geiger, H.C.; Leinhos, U.; Perlstein, J.; Whitten, D.G.  “Trans-Stilbene Aggregates in Microheterogeneous Media.  Evidence for a Chiral Cyclic Supramolecular Unit.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994, 116, 10340.

 

Chen. H.; Farahat, C.W.; Farahat, M.; Geiger, H. C.; Leinhos, U.; Liang, K.; Song, X.; Penner, T.L.; Ulman, A.; Perlstein, J.; Law, K.-Y.; Whitten, D.G.  “Supramolecular Assemblies of Organic Chromophores in LB Films, Supported Multilayers and related Media.”  MRS Bulletin: Organic Thin Films, 1995, 20, 39.

 

Song, X.; Geiger, H. C.; Vaday, S.; Perlstein, J.; Whitten, D.G.  Supramolecular Aggregates of Photoreactive Aromatics. Structure. Photophysics and Photochemistry of Stilbene and Azobenzene Phospholipids, submitted XVIIth Internal Photochemistry Conference. J. Photochem. & Photobio. 1997, 102, 39

 

Vaday, S.; Geiger, H. C.; Perlstein, J.; Whitten, D.G. Structure of Aggregates of trans-4-alkoxy-4’-Carboxystilbenes in Solid State and in Microheterogeneous Media. A Link between the “Unit Aggregate” and Extended Arrays. J. Phys. Chem. 1997, 101, 321

 

Song, X.; Geiger, H. C.;Farahat, M; Perlstein, J.; Whitten, D.G. Aggregation of Stilbene Derivatized Fatty Acids and Phospholipids in Monolayers and Vesicles. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 12481.

 

Lucia, L.A.; Wyrozebski, K.I.; Chen, L.; Geiger, H. C.; Whitten, D.G.  Electron Transfer Photofragmentation Reactions in Monolayer Films at the Air-Water Interface. Langmuir, 1998, 14, 3663.

 

Whitten, D. G.; Geiger, H. C.; Chen, L.; Perlstein, J.; Song, X. Self-Assembly of Aromatic-Functionalized Amphiphiles: The Role and Consequences of Aromatic-Aromatic Noncovalent Interactions in Building Supramolecular Aggregates and Novel Assemblies. J. Phys. Chem. B, 1998, 102, 10098.

 

Geiger, H. C.; Stanescu, M.; Chen, L.; Whitten, D. G. Organogels Resulting from Competing Self-Assembly Units in the Gelator: Structure, Dynamics and Photophysical Behavior of Gels formed from Cholesterol-Stilbene and Cholesterol Squarine Gelators. Langmuir, 1999,15, 2241.

 

Geiger, H. C.; Whitten, D. G. Self-Assembly of Aromatic derivatized Amphiphiles: Phenyl, Biphenyl, and Terphenyl Acids and Phospholipids.

Langmuir, 1999,17, 5606.

 

Geiger, H. C.; Chen, L.; Perlstein, J.; Whitten, D. G. Self-Assembly of Styryl Naphthalene Amphiphiles in Aqueous Dispersions and Interfacial Films: Aggregate Structure, Assembly Properties, Photochemistry and Photophysics. J. Phys. Chem. B, 1999, 43, 9161.

 

Geiger, H. C.; Rong, W.; Whitten, D. G. Investigation of Several Cholesterol- Stilbene Organogels: An Attempt to Correlate the Photophysical Behavior to the Structure of the Gelator. Submited to Proceedings of Ten Years of Photoinduced Charge Transfer. Publisher: World Scientific, 2000, in press.

 

Rong, W.; Geiger, H. C.; Chen, L. Swanson, B.; Whitten, D. G. Direct Observation of Sol-Gel Conversion: the Role of the Solvent in Organogel Formation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, in press

Presentations

Total Synthesis of Stilbene-Fatty Acid Phosphatidylcholine Derivatives. 206th ACS National Meeting, Chicago, Ill, August 22-27, 1993.

 

Photophysical Investigations of Cholesteryl Stilbenyl Ester Gels. 25th ACS Northeast Regional Meeting, Rochester, NY, October 21-25, 1995.

 

Gelation Ability and Photophysical Characterization of Stilbene Fatty-Acid Cholesterol Derivatives. Chemistry of Supramolecules and Assemblies, Gordon Research Conferences, New hampshire, July 23-28, 1995.

 

Aggregate Formation with New Chromophores: Phenyl, Biphenyl, and Terphenyl Phospholipids. Chemistry of Supramolecules and Assemblies, Gordon Research Conferences, Rhode Island, August 10-15, 1997.

Aggregate Studies of Styryl-Naphthalene Fatty Acids and Phospholipid Derivartives: Factors Controlling Association. 216th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MS, August 23-27, 1998.

 

Stilbene-Cholesterol and Squarine-Cholesterol Organogels: Correlation of Photophysical Behavior and Structure. 10th Annual symposium of the NSF Center for Photoinduced Charge Transfer. Rochester, NY July 26-27, 1999