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Simple Approaches to Complex Polymers for Optoelectronics: from Nanomaterials to Devices
Zachary Hudson
Department of Chemistry
Univesity of British Columbia

Abstract: Techniques for the assembly of hierarchical nanostructures from soft matter have opened the door to many new applications of nanotechnology. Despite these achievements, synthetic methods in nanotechnology that rely on self-assembly continue to face several challenges. Most importantly, self-assembly can be highly dependent on conditions such as solvent and temperature, which must be kept within certain ranges if the integrity of the nanomaterial is to be maintained. Here we describe new approaches to the synthesis of functional, multicompartment nanomaterials based on covalent polymer chemistry. First, methods are described for the controlled-radical polymerization of monomers based on p-type, n-type and luminescent organic semiconductors, with conversions >95% while maintaining dispersities

Bio: Dr. Zachary M. Hudson is an Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Chemistry at the University of British Columbia. Zac was born in Ottawa in 1986, and completed his B.Sc. at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He remained at Queen’s to pursue a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry under the supervision of Prof. Suning Wang, focusing on the development of luminescent materials for organic electronics. During his Ph.D. he also held graduate fellowships at Jilin University in China as well as Nagoya University in Japan. He then moved to the University of Bristol as a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Ian Manners, followed by a second Postdoctoral Fellowship at the California Nanosystems Institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara with Prof. Craig Hawker. He currently leads a research program examining a variety of questions in synthetic materials chemistry, ranging from the development of solutions for energy-efficient displays and light sources to the self-assembly of electronic materials on the nanoscale.

To know more about Prof. Hudson research activities, you can consult his lab web page.

Cette conférence est présentée par le RQMP Versant Nord du Département de physique de l'Université de Montréal et de Génie physique de la Polytechnique.

Simple Approaches to Complex Polymers for Optoelectronics: from Nanomaterials to Devices - Zachary Hudson (UBC)