CONTACT INFORMATION
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| Fax: (216) 368-3006 |
| Email: protasiewicz@case.edu |
Office: Milis 418A, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106
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EDUCATION
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Ph.D. in Chemistry, Cornell University
B.S. in Chemistry,
Michigan Technological University |
ACTIVE RESEARCH
Inorganic and Main Group Conjugated Polymers
We are developing novel conjugated materials that incorporate multiply bonded low coordinate inorganic atoms. For example, many fascinating conducting polymers having backbones comprised of C=C units in a conjugated fashion are being intensely studied for new electronic and optical properties. One specific goal is to prepare new materials having having P=C and P=P double bonds along the conjugation pathway.
Molecular Electronics & Nanomaterials
As part of our efforts described in section 1, and in collaboration with Priofessor Scherson, we are making redox active molecules and nanoparticles for study of their electrochemical, battery, and optical applications.
Homogeneous Catalyis
We have recently developed new pincer type ligands and pincer complexes that have an unprecedented level of structural rigidity and at the same time offer applications for perfoming catalytic reactions in an enantioselective fashion.
Single Crystal X-ray Crystallography
I oversee facility for small molecule X-ray crystallography that houses a brand new CCD equipped Bruker SMART APEX II (2006). This instrument offers the state of the art and ultimate in small molecule structural determination.
POTENTIAL IMPACT
Our polymer research will offer new hybrid inorganic-organic conjugated materials with applications in OLED devices, solar voltaics, molecular electronics and battery technology. Our catalysis research will offer industry new means for preparing valuable commodity chemicals both economically and efficiently from cheap feedstcoks.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
"Conjugated Polymers Featuring Heavier Main Group Element Multiple Bonds: A Diphosphene-PPV" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 2268.
"Metal-Ion Adsorption on Carboxyl-Bearing Self-Assembled Monolayers Covalently Bound to Magnetic Nanoparticles" Langmuir 2005, 21, 3104.
"A New Twist on Pincer Ligands and Complexes" Organometallics 2006, 25, 3301.
"Synthesis and Reactivity of Cationic Palladium Phosphine Carboxylate Complexes" Organometallics 2005, 24, 4099.
"A Fluorescent (E)-Poly(p-phenylenephosphaalkene) Prepared by a Phospha-Wittig Reaction" Inorganic Chemistry 2003, 42, 5468.
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