Research Summary
We are looking at a number of compounds called oligomers for the
purpose of finding new semiconducting materials. Oligomers are
short-chain polymers, in our case they contain less than 10 monomer
units. Our research can be subdivided into a number of projects:
- attachement of functional groups (nitrile, aldehyde, etc.) to
well-known oligomers (oligothiophene, -phenyl, etc.) to determine
influence of functional group on solid-state packing patterns
- synthesis of new, synthetically challenging
oligomers that contain only one type of monomer
- coordination and organometallic chemistry of
end-capped oligomers with transition metals
For more information, see my Research
Program!
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Researchers, picture
from Summer 2008 Back:
Brad Vis (with Stephen
Kinrade), CDM, Dave Rohr (with Christine
Gottardo); Front:
Danielle
D'Aleo, Thomas Kraft, Shawna Parent, and Nick Andreychuk
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Recent Publications
14. W.M. Sears, C.D. MacKinnon, and T.M. Kraft, "The effect of
chain length on the dielectric and optical properties of
oligothiophenes," Synth. Met.
2011, 161, 1566.
13. W.A. Sears, C.D. MacKinnon, R.C. Mawhinney, L.C.
Sinnemaki, M.J. Johnson, A.J. Winter, and C.M. Robertson, "Using the
Nitro Group to Induce p-Stacking
in Terthiophenes," Can. J. Chem.
2010, 88, 309-317.
12. I.S. Morgan, D.N. D’Aleo, M.L. Hudolin, A. Chen, A.
Assoud, H.A. Jenkins and C.D. MacKinnon, "Oligothiophenes substituted
with the thionitrile group: synthesis, characterization, and thin-film
formation on gold substrates," J.
Mater. Chem. 2009, 19, 8162-8168.
11. C.D. MacKinnon, S.L.M. Parent, R.C. Mawhinney, A. Assoud,
and C.M.
Robertson, "5,5'-Dicyano-2,2'-bithiophene and 3,3'-dicyanobiphenyl:
off-axis rod-like ligands for silver(I)," CrystEngComm 2009, 11, 160-167.
10. W.A. Sears, W.M. Sears, C.D. MacKinnon, "The Effect of
End-Group Substitution on the Electrical Conductivity of Mesoporous
Terthiophenes," Synth. Met. 2008, 158, 50-58.
9. W.A. Sears, M.L. Hudolin, H.A. Jenkins, R.C. Mawhinney, C.D.
MacKinnon, "Crystallization of Ligand vs. Complexation: the
Nitrile-Silver(I) Interaction using Dicyanobithiophene as Ligand," J.
Coord. Chem.
2008, 61, 825-835.
For a list of all papers and conference presentations, click here!
Last updated, September 10, 2011
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