个人简介

B.S., 2000, University of Rochester, NY Ph.D., 2006, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, 2006-2009

研究领域

Organic Surface Chemistry & Materials Science

Organic Chemistry, Surface Chemistry, Materials Science. The Thomas lab takes an interdisciplinary approach to design and synthesis of organic materials. They combine synthesis, physical organic chemistry, photophysics, and electrostatics. Research includes: (1) Electro-statically responsive materials that undergo a change in properties upon exposure to a stimulus such as changing the sign of charge upon contact electrification. Since a consistent theory that predicts how a material will charge upon contact with another material does not exist, they are developing rules to guide the design of materials for next-generation anti-static materials, label-free chemical detection, and chemically- or photochemically-triggered electrostatic actuators. (2) Development of conjugated materials that are highly amplifying optical sensing materials where mobile excited states can transfer their energy (or be quenched) by electron, hole, or energy acceptors throughout the polymer backbone. The output for sensing applications of these materials is either fluorescence quenching or energy transfer, both of which have large background signal. The Thomas group is designing "materials amplification" from mobile excitons with dark-field sensing by using small amounts of reactive quenching traps and prequenched materials that radiate by coupling to plasmons upon binding. (3) Development of multifunctional polymers that bear ligands that bind specifically to targeted surfaces and thus serve as inhibitors with larger binding constants than their monomeric counterparts. Their research focuses on polymers that combine ligands for binding selectively to a surface with other useful functions and also take advantage of recent developments in controlled polymerization techniques to exert greater control over the distribution of functional moieties. Applications of such materials includes singlet oxygen photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy and thermally responsive materials for selective precipitation.

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"Structure, Photophysics, and Photooxidation of Crowded Diethynyltetracenes", J. Zhang, S. Sarrafpour, T. E. Haas, P. Müller, S. W. Thomas III, J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 6182–6189. "Photochemical Disruption of Polyelectrolyte Multilayers", D. Koylu, M. Thapa, P. Gumbley, S. W. Thomas III, Adv. Mater. 2012, 24, 1451-1454. "Acene-Linked Conjugated Polymers with Ratiometric Flourescent Response to 1O2", J. Zhang, S. Saraffpour, R. P. Pawle, S. W. Thomas III, Chem Commun., 2011, 47, 3445-3447. "Controlling Contact Electrification with Photochromic Polymers", S. Friedle, S. W. Thomas III, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2010, 49, 7968-7971. "The Determination of the Location of Contact Electrification-Induced Discharge Events", S. J. Vella, X. Chen, S. W. Thomas III, X. Zhao, Z. Suo, G. M. Whitesides, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2010, 114, 20885-20895. "Long-Duration Transmission of Information with Infofuses", C. Kim, S. W. Thomas III, G. M. Whitesides, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2010, 49, 4571–4575. “Infochemistry: Encoding Information as Optical Pulses Using Droplets in a Microfluidic Device”, M. Hashimoto, J. Feng, R. L. York, A. K. Ellerbee, G. Morrison, S. W. Thomas III, L. Mahadevan, and G. M. Whitesides, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 12420-12429. “Purification of a Bivalently Active Monoclonal IgG Antibody from Ascites Fluid Using a Non-Chromatographic Method.” B. Bilgicer, S. W. Thomas III, G. K. Kaufman, V. M. Krishnamurthy, L. A. Estroff, V. Semetey, G. M. Whitesides, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 9361–9367. “Controlling the Kinetics of Contact Electrification with Patterned Surfaces”, S. W. Thomas III, S. J. Vella, M. D. Dickey, G. K. Kaufman, G. M. Whitesides, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 8746–8747. “Infochemistry and Infofuses: Chemical Storage and Transfer of Coded Information”, S. W. Thomas, R. C. Chiechi, C. L. Lafratta, M. R. Webb, A. Lee, B. J. Wiley, M. R. Zakin, D. R. Walt, and G. M. Whitesides, PNAS, 2009, 106, 9147–9150.