Review on Pentafluorosulfanylated Materials

My invited review has been accepted in the Journal of Materials Chemistry C! This will be featured in the 2019 Emerging Investigators themed issue. [Link to article]

2019 Ontario Early Researcher Award (ERA)

Proud to be the recipient of Ontario's 2019 Early Researcher Award (ERA)!

This is a prestigious provincial award granted annually to early-career Principal Investigators (PIs) based on their independent research accomplishments.

Our collaborative work with Xia et al.

Our collaborative research on push-pull dyes with the Xia Group (Chinese Academy of Sciences) has just been accepted in Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.

Read the article here.

We just made the Inside Front Cover of J. Mater. Chem. C !

 

Reference:  Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2019, 7, 7865-7871  [Link to article]

102nd Canadian Chemistry Conference & Exhibition, Québec City

It was a nice week of chemistry at the CCCE 2019 in Québec City. Thankful to Thomas Baumgartner and Alex Adronov for inviting me as a guest speaker for the Innovative Concepts in Organic Materials Symposium. Some photos of the host city:

Winning the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF)

I have been awarded the inaugural NFRF, which carries research funding of > $228K CAD. Very grateful to the Tri-Agency (SSHRC, NSERC, CIHR) for this generous grant. Synopsis of my research proposal:

Prof. Julian Chan, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science

"Probing Novel Molecular Designs for Organic Excitonic Superconductors"

The discovery of new materials that conduct electricity without resistance — and thus without power loss — would revolutionize the way we transmit, store and use energy. Dr. Julian Chan and his team are exploring novel chemistries to create exotic organic molecular structures that exhibit superconductivity at high temperatures.

[Official press release]  [University of Ottawa media release]

Pentafluorosulfanylated Polymer Electrets in OFET Memory Devices

Our paper on the use of SF5-functionalized polymers as electrets in nonvolatile OFET memory devices is now out in the Journal of Materials Chemistry C.  [Read it here]