Reference Number: DEVCOM-100
Project Description
The successful student would aid in the synthesis, purification, and characterization of new organic and organometallic chromophores for the development of novel non-linear optical (NLO) materials. The student would gain experience in analyzing chemical characterization techniques such as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, mass spectrometry (MS), x-ray crystallography, electrochemistry, and optical characterization including, UV-visible absorption, photoluminescence, transient absorption, and Z-scan spectroscopies.
References:
- Olumba, M. E.; O’Donnell, R. M.; Rohrabaugh, T. N.; and Teets, T. S., Panchromatic Excited-State Absorption in Bis-Cyclometalated Iridium Isocyanide Complexes. Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 48, 19344–19353,
- Shensky, W. M.; Ferry, M. J.; O’Donnell, R. M.; Ensley, T. R.; Shi, J., Nonlinear optical characterization of multinuclear iridium compounds containing tricycloquinazoline. Applied Optics 2017, 56 (3), B179-B183.
- O’Donnell, R. M.; Grusenmeyer, T. A.; Stewart, D. J.; Ensley, T. R.; Shensky III, W. M.; Haley, J. E.; Shi, J., Photodriven Oxygen Removal via Chromophore-Mediated Singlet Oxygen Sensitization and Chemical Capture. Inorganic Chemistry 2017, 56 (15), 9273-9280. 4. Pritchett, T. M.; Sun, W. F.; Zhang, B. G.; Ferry, M. J.; Li, Y. J.; Haley, J. E.; Mackie, D. M.; Shensky, W.; Mott, A. G., Excited-state absorption of a bipyridyl platinum(II) complex with alkynyl-benzothiazolylfluorene units. Optics Letters 2010, 35 (9), 1305-1307.
Technical Skills
- Experience in synthetic chemistry and/or analytical chemistry
