Bocarsly Lab

Group Alumni

Graduate Students

Dr. Christine Burgess

2009

Versatile Methods for the Formation of Porous Metal and Nanoparticles from Cyanometalate Coordination Polymers

Dr. Emily Barton Cole

2009

Pyridinium-Catalyzed Electrochemical and Photoelectrochemical Conversion of CO2 to Fuels

Dr. Brent Kirby

2008

Proton Conducting β"-Alumina via Microwave Assisted Synthesis and Mechanism

Dr. Martina Vondrova

2007

Thermal Autoreduction of Cyanogels: Mechanism and Application to the Synthesis of Transition Metal Alloys and Nanoalloys

Dr. Paul Majsztrik

2007

Mechanical and Transport Properties of Nafion® for PEM Fuel Cells; Temperature and Hydration Effects

Dr. Tao Zhang

2006

Composite Polymer Membranes for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells Operating at Elevated Temperatures and Reduced Humidities 

Dr. Jonathan Mann

2006

Synthesis, Characterization and Analysis of Platinum-Based Multiphase Catalysts for Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells

Dr. Carolyn J. Mordas

2004

A Spectroscopic Study and Synthesis of Novel Iron-Platinum Mixed-Valence Charge Transfer Complexes

Dr. Lakshmi Krishnan

2004

Composite Membranes for High Temperature and Low Relative Humidity Operation in PEMFCs

Dr. Chris Yang

2003

Composite Nafion/Zirconium Phosphate Fuel Cell Membranes: Operation at Elevated Temperature and Reduced Relative Humidity

Dr. Shu Zhu

2003

Cyanosol Thin Films and Their Application in Nanoalloy Synthesis

Dr. Rahul Deshpande

2003

1) Gas Adsorption Properties and Porosity of Transition Metal-based Cyanogels

2) Novel Energy Transfer Processes in Organic Light-Emitting Devices

Dr. Kev Adjemian

2002

Investigation of High Temperature Operation of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Dr. Jennifer Wilson

2001

Cyanogels: An Investigation into their Fractal Nature, Synersis Processess and their Sol-Gel Processing into Solid-State Materials

Dr. David Watson

2001

Photochemistry and Spectroscopy of Trinuclear Transistion Metal Mixed-Valence Complexes

Dr. Stephanie Sharp-Goldman

2000

The Physical Characterization and Sol-gel Chemistry of the Cyanogel System

Dr. Susan VanderKam

1999

Zirconium Alkoxide Interfaces for Adhesion Enhancement and Electrocatalysis

Dr. Clark Chang

1999

Characterization of Photochemically Active Hexacynometalate Coordination Polymers and Their Applications for Energy Conversion

Dr. Mike Kelly

1997

The Effects of Molecule-Surface Interactions on the Photoemission from Porous Silicon

Dr. Guoqiong Du

1996

Chemically Modified Electrodes as Electron Mediators in Enzyme Reactions and Their Application in Biosensors

Dr. Ying Wu

1996

Multielectron Charge Transfer in Cyano-Bridged Trinuclear Complexes Containing Group-8 Metal and Platinum Centers

Dr. Marija Heibel

1996

Sol-Gel Processing of Inorganic Hydrogels (Cyanogels) Based on a Coordinate Covalent Polymer Network

Dr. Longchun Cheng

1995

The Interaction of Model Corrosion Inhibitors with Clean and Modified Iron Surfaces

Dr. Gayatri Seshadri

1994

1) Electrocatalysis at Modified Semiconductor and Metal Electrodes.

2) Electrochemistry of Nickel and Cadmium Hexacyanoferrates

Dr. David Ralph Coon

1994

Microstructural Changes in Nickel Ferricyanide Thin Films Deposited on Nickel Electrodes: Models and Applications

Dr. David Ludwig

1994

The Preparation and Characterization of Cyanide-bridged Coordination of Platium and Iron

Dr. Christopher John Warren

1994

Electrochemical Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Zintl Anion Clusters Produced via the Cathodic Dissolution of Telluride Electrodes

Dr. Jonathan Kong Mun Chun

1993

Analysis of the Surface Reactivity of Selected Modified Electrodes and their Potential Environmental Applications

Dr. Brian William Pfennig

1992

1) Room Temperature Luminescence and Photophysics of Permethylscandocene Chloride in Fluid Solution

2) Intervalent Charge Transfer Processes Occurring in Multinuclear Mixed Valence Coordination Compounds

Dr. Chao Lin

1992

Electrode Surface Modification and its Application to Electrocatalysis

Dr. Meisheng Zhou

1990

1) Photochemical Studies of Transition Metal Complexes with Low-Lying Excited States and Their Applications

2) Photopyroelectric Spectroscopy of Some Electrochemically Active Condensed Materials

Dr. Carmela Hidalgo Luangdilok

1990

Synthesis and the Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Characterization of Cyanometallate Derivatized Electrodes

Dr. Linda Amos

1988

Powder X-ray Diffraction Microstructure Characterization and Sensor Applications of the Nickel Electrode Chemically Modified with Ferricyanide

Dr. Alexandra Perez Norton

1987

Proving the Water Photo-Oxidation Reaction at the n-Titanium Dioxide/Aqueous Interface with Electrochemical and Surface Science Techniques

Dr. Douglas Jay Arent

1987

Interfacial Charge Transfer Properties of the n-CdX (X=S,Se,Te) Semiconductor in Contact With MxFe(CN)64-/3- (M=Li,Na,K,Rb,Cs) and AC Impedance Studies of the NiFe(CN)62-/1- Modified Electrode

Dr. Holly-Dee Rubin

1986

1) Stabilzation of n-Cdx (X:S,Se) Via Surface Modification.
2) Characterization of Covalently-Linked Porphyrin-Bipyridine Molecules.

Dr. Randy Edwin Cameron

1986

Photochemical Studies of Inorganic Complexes with Low-Lying Charge-Transfer Excited States:
1) Photoinduced Multielectron Redox Reactivity of Chloroplatinum Salts with Alcohol.
2) Photophysics and Photochemistry of Tungsten Alkylidyne Complexes.

Dr. Denise Ellen Bisson

1984

Chromium and Tungsten Tetracarbonyl Bipyridine Complexes and Selected Analogues: Electrochemically Ploymerisation and Substitution Behavior; Synthesis and Analysis of a Novel Chromium Compound

Dr. Sujit Sinha

1984

Surface Modification of Nickel Electrodes with Metallocyanide

Dr. Brian Douglas Humphrey

1984

A Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Investigation of Chemically Modified Nickel and Related Surfaces