个人简介

Degrees PhD, Dublin City University (DCU), Ireland in 2005

研究领域

Synthetic & Physical Inorganic Chemistry

The Rochford Research Group is primarily interested in the design and synthesis of novel inorganic materials for application in photochemical systems. The Group has a strong focus on the development of nanoparticle-molecule architectures for application in artificial photosynthetic systems, e.g. solar driven catalysis and dye-sensitized solar cells, or fo biomedical applications. General themes involve molecular engineering of non-innocent ligand frameworks for transition metal complexation and porphyrin/BODIPY sensitizers. A new and exciting direction for the group has been the development of molecular photoacoustic contrast agents for applications in cancer imaging. To summarize, current projects include: Solar CO2 REduction (SCO2RE). NSF award # 1301132 Dye-sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) Molecular photoacoustic contrast agents (MPACs)

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“A BODIPY-luminol chemiluminescent resonance energy-transfer (CRET) cassette for imaging of cellular superoxide” Bag, S.; Tseng, J.-C.*; Rochford, J.* Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 2015, 13, 1763-1767. "Synthesis, electronic and photophysical characterization of pi-conjugated meso-ferrocenyl-porphyrin fluorescent redox switches” Zhou, Y.; Ngo, K.T.; Zhang, B.; Feng, Y.; Rochford, J., Organometallics 2014, 33, 7078–7090. “Shining light on the dark side of imaging: Excited state absorption enhancement of a bis-styryl-BODIPY photoacoustic contrast agent” Frenette, M.; Hatamimoslehabadi, M.; Laoui, S.; Bag, S.; Bellinger-Buckley, S.; La, J.; Mallidi, S.; Bouma, B.; Hasan, T.; Yelleswarapu, C.*; Rochford. J.* Journal of the American Chemical Society 2014, 136, 15853−15856. “Synthesis, structures, and reactivity of copper(I) complexes supported by a rigid dinucleating ligand” Bheemaraju, A.; Beattie, J. W.; Danylyuk, Y.; Rochford, J.*; Groysman, S.* European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2014, 34, 5865-5873 “Controlled CO release using photochemical, thermal and electrochemical approaches from the amino carbene complex, (CO)5CrC(NC4H8)CH3” McMahon, S.; Rochford, J.; Manton, J. C.; Harvey, E. C.; Greetham, G. M.; Clark, I. P.; Rooney, D. A.; Long, C.; Pryce, M. T.* Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2014, 16, 21230-21233. "Nonlinear optical properties of multipyrrole dyes" Frenette M.; Hatamimoslehabadi M.; Bellinger-Buckley S.; Laoui S.; Bag S.; Dantiste O.; Rochford J.; Yelleswarapu C. Chemical Physics Letters 2014, 608, 303-307. "Exploring the non-innocent behavior of electron donating pi-extended 8-oxyquinolate ligands in ruthenium bipyridyl complexes” Bellinger-Buckley S.; Chang T.-C.; Schweinfurth D.; Bag S.; Zhou W.; Torok B.; Sarkar B.; Tsai M.-K.; Rochford J. Inorganic Chemistry 2014, 53, 5556–5567. "Tuning oxyquinolate non-innocence at the ruthenium polypyridyl core" Zhao, H.C.; Huang Y.-T.; Schweinfurth D.; Harney J.P.; Sarkar B.; Tsai, M.-K.; Rochford, J. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2013, 2013, 4410 – 4420. "An investigation of monomeric versus dimeric fac-Re(I) tricarbonyl systems containing the non-innocent 8-oxyquinolate ligand" Zhao, H.C.; Mello, B.; Fu, B.-L.; Chowdhury, H.; Szalda, D.J.; Tsai, M.-K.; Grills, D.C.; Rochford, J. Organometallics 2013, 32, 1832-1841. Convergent synthesis of meso-ferrocenyl porphyrins for TiO2 sensitization" Harney, J. P.; Dransfield, T.; Rochford, J. Tetrahedron Letters 2012, 53, 4700–4703. "Evaluation of a ruthenium oxyquinolate architecture for dye sensitized solar cells" Zhao, H. C.; Harney, J. P.; Huang, Y.-T.; Yum, J.-H.; Nazeeruddin, Md. K.; Grätzel, M.; Tsai, M.-K.; Rochford, J. Inorganic Chemistry 2012, 51, 1-3. "Water oxidation by a mononuclear ruthenium catalyst: characterization of the intermediates" Polyansky, D. E.; Muckerman, J. T.; Rochford, J.; Zong, R.; Thummel, R. P.; Fujita, E. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2011, 133, 14649-14665. "Influence of the electron-cation interaction on electron mobility in dye-sensitized ZnO and TiO2 Nanocrystals: A study using ultrafast terahertz spectroscopy" Nemec, H.; Rochford, J.; Taratula, O.; Galoppini, E.; Kuzel, P.; Polivka, T.; Yartsev, A.; Sundstrom,V. Physical Review Letters 2010, 104, 197401-197405. "Thienyl appended porphyrins: Their synthesis, photochemical and electrochemical properties and applications" Boyle, N. M.; Rochford, J.; Pryce, M. Coordination Chemistry Reviews 2010, 254, 77-102. "Ruthenium complexes with non-innocent ligands: Electron distribution and implications for catalysis" Boyer, J.; Rochford, J.; Tsai, M.-K.; Muckerman, J. T.; Fujita, E. Coordination Chemistry Reviews 2010, 254 (3-4), 309-330. "Oxidation state characterization of ruthenium 2−iminoquinone complexes through experimental and theoretical studies" Rochford, J.; Tsai, M.-K.; Szalda, D. J.; Boyer, J. L.; Muckerman, J. T.; Fujita, E. Inorganic Chemistry 2010, 49 (3), 860-869. "Energy level alignment of a zinc(II) tetraphenylporphyrin dye adsorbed onto TiO2(110) and ZnO(1120) surfaces” Rangan, S.; Katalinic, S.; Thorpe, R.; Bartynski, R.; Rochford, J.; Gallopini, E. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2010, 114 (2), 1139-1147. “Characterization of redox states of Ru(OH2)(Q)(tpy)2+ (Q = 3,5-di-tert-butyl-1,2-benzoquinone, tpy = 2,2’:6’,2”-terpyridine) and related species through experimental and theoretical studies” Tsai, M.-K.; Rochford, J.; Polyansky, D. E.; Tanaka, K.; Fujita, E.; Muckerman, J. T. Inorganic Chemistry 2009, 48 (10), 4372. “Photoelectrochemical behavior of polychelate porphyrin chromophores and titanium dioxide nanotube arrays for dye-sensitized solar cells” de Tacconi, N. R.; Chanmanee, W.; Rajeshwar, K.; Rochford, J.; Galoppini, E. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2009, 113 (7), 2926. “Photophysical and electrochemical properties of meso-substituted thien-2-yl porphyrins” Rochford, J.; Brady, C.; Botchway, S.; McGarvey, J. J.; Rooney, A. D.; Pryce, M. T. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2008, 112, 11611.