报告题目：Harnessing Self-assembly Strategies for the Rational Design of Photoactive Conjugated Polymer Based Materials

报告人：Dr Rachel C. Evans, School of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin (TCD), Dublin , Ireland.

报告地点：笃行楼316  报告时间：2013年9月23日,星期一,15:00

CV of Dr Rachel C. Evan

Scientific Career and Education：

2011- Ussher Assistant Professor in Device Fabrication, School of Chemistry, TCD

2011- Associate Investigator, Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN), TCD

2007 PhD (Physical Chemistry), University of Wales Swansea (UWS), UK. Thesis title: “Efficient emitters for technological applications”. Supervisor: Dr P. Douglas.

2002 MChem Chemistry First Class Honours, University of Wales Swansea (UWS), UK.

Selected Recent Publications

1. Sugar-derived organogels as templates for structured, photoluminescent conjugated polymer–inorganic hybrid materials, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 6155-6157.

2. Harnessing Self-Assembly Strategies for The Rational Design of Conjugated Polymer Based Materials. J. Mater. Chem. C, 2013, 1, 4190-4200. Invited Highlight Article.

3. Emission Spectroscopy of Uranium(IV) Compounds: A Combined Synthetic, Spectroscopic and Computational Study. E. Hashem, A. N. Swinburne, C. Schulzke, RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 4350-4361.

4. Cationic Polythiophene-Surfactant Self-Assembly Complexes: Phase Transitions, Optical Response, and Sensing. Langmuir, 2012, 28, 12348-12356.

5. Chain confinement promotes ß-phase formation in polyfluorene-based photoluminescent ionogels. Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 3742-3744.

6. Conjugated polyelectrolyte (CPE) poly[3-[6-(N-methylimidazolium)- -hexyl]-2,5-thiophene] complexed with aqueous sodium dodecylsulfate amphiphile: synthesis, solution structure and “surfactochromic” properties. Soft Matter, 2011, 7, 6863. Selected as a “Hot Paper” in August 2011.

7. Structure and “Surfactochromic” Properties of Conjugated Polyelectrolyte (CPE): Surfactant Complexes between a Cationic Polythiophene and SDS in Water. Langmuir, 2010, 26, 15634.

8. Fluorene based conjugated polyelectrolyte/silica nanocomposites: charge mediated phase aggregation at the organic-inorganic interface. Advanced Materials, 2010, 22, 3032-3037.