Development of a chitosan porphyrin complex

CHED 722

Aaron Adams, william_adams@ecats.gcsu.edu and Rosalie A. Richards, rosalie.richards@gcsu.edu. Department of Chemistry and Physics, Georgia College & State University, CBX 082, Milledgeville, GA 31061
The fabrication of light emitting devices (LEDs) has been a well-developed industry for many years. Currently, a search for organic replacements to the typical inorganic materials used in LEDs is underway. We are designing a complex comprised of the abundant polymer chitosan, a derivative of chitin, and porphyrins with a goal of utilizing the optical properties of porphyrins and the unreactive backbone of the chitosan to prepare LEDs.