livering an unstable chemical by activating a stable form of it as part of the parting shot." Among the applications he envisions is a system for delivery of unstable drugs--those with a short shelf life. "We may be able to synthesize the drug in a precursor form and have that last important step done as part of delivery."

Stucky, who is an expert on the molecular assembly of organic and inorganic species into three-dimensional, hierarchically patterned materials and whose research group has extensively studied marine organism biomineralization, is a participant in the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI). Waite is a participant in UCSB's Marine Science Institute (MSI).

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Contact: Jacquelyn Savani
jsavani@engineering.ucsb.edu
805-893-4301
University of California, Santa Barbara - Engineering
10-Oct-2002

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