Frustrated Helical Architectures: Helical structures are increasingly becoming commonplace in the modern technological world, attributed to their chiroptical and mechanical properties as well as their compact structures. Like a spring, helices can be reversibly deformed mechanically, affording emergent properties in the metastable state.

In the Greenfield Group, we are interested in self-assembled helices that can alter their properties under applied stimuli with a general outlook towards optoelectronics and energy storage materials.