报告题目：HarnessingSelf-assemblyStrategies fortheRationalDesign ofPhotoactiveConjugatedPolymerBasedMaterials

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

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

2002MChem 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.