个人简介

I was born in Lubbock, Texas, but grew up mainly in rural eastern North Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia. I have lived in eight different states over the years (TX, NC, GA, FL, VA, CO, CA, and PA), and lived abroad while serving as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer (Kingdom of Swaziland). I received a Bachelor of Science degree from Washington and Lee University (Chemistry), and a PhD in organic chemistry from North Carolina State University. I studied materials chemistry and photoelectrochemistry while working as a postdoctoral fellow at the Pennsylvania State University. Before attending graduate school to study organic chemistry, I worked for two years in industry (Axys Pharmaceuticals, CA) as an analytical biochemist (enzymology). I am married and have one daughter (2 yrs old) and one son (due late Jan. 2013). In years past, I would have cited various favorite activities such as hiking, playing guitar (badly), dancing, and getting together with friends. But being an assistant professor leaves little time for these things. Fortunately, chemistry is quite rewarding :-) If you want more details about me, you can read about me via my page at faculty.unt.edu, or through the "Biosketch" attached to this webpage (see below).

研究领域

Organic Materials

We are engaged in the design and synthesis of new organic semiconductors. These new compounds will be assembled into materials for electronic devices by methods of templated-assembly and self-assembly. We are particularly interested in the development of plastic solar cells.

近期论文

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Haynes, K. M.; Perry, C. M.; Rivas, M.; Golden, T.; Bazan, A.; Quintana, M.; Nesterov, V. N.; Rodriguez, J.; Estrada, W.; Youngblood, W. J.; "Templated Electrodeposition and Photocatalytic Activity of Cuprous Oxide Nanorod Arrays,” ACS Appl. Mater. & Interfaces 2015, 7, 830–837. 10.1021/am507244q Berhe, S. A.; Gobeze, H. B.; Pokharel, S. D.; Park, E.; Youngblood, W. J. "Solid-State Photogalvanic Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells," ACS Appl. Mater. & Interfaces 2014, 6, 10696–10705. 10.1021/am502473q Berhe, S. A.; Rodriguez, M. T.; Youngblood, W. J. “Optoelectronic Tuning of Organoborylazadipyrromethenes via Effective Electronegativity at the Metalloid Center,” Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 2346–2348. 10.1021/ic402596u Nichols, V. M.; Rodriguez, M. T.; Piland, G. B.; Tham, F.; Nesterov, V. M.; Youngblood, W. J.; Bardeen, C. J. “Assessing the potential of peropyrene as a singlet fission material: photophysical properties in solution and the solid state,” J. Phys. Chem. C 2013,117, 16802–16810. DOI: 10.1021/jp4051116 Berhe, S. A.; Nag, S.; Molinets, Z.; Youngblood, W. J. “Influence of Seeding and Bath Conditions in Hydrothermal Growth of Very Thin (~20 nm) Single-Crystalline Rutile TiO2 Nanorod Films,” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2013, 5, 1181–1185. DOI: 10.1021/am302315q Lee, S.-H. A.; Zhao, Y.; Hernandez-Pagan, E. A.; Blasdel, L.; Youngblood, W. J.; Mallouk, T. E. “Electron transfer kinetics in water splitting dye-sensitized solar cells based on core–shell oxide electrodes,” Faraday Discuss. 2012, 155, 165–176. DOI: 10.1039/C1FD00083G Zhao, Y.; Swierk, J. R.; Megiatto, J. D., Jr.; Sherman, B.; Youngblood, W. J.; Qin, D.; Lentz, D. M.; Moore, A. L.; Moore, T. A.; Gust, D.; Mallouk, T. E. “Improving the efficiency of water splitting in dye-sensitized solar cells by using a biomimetic electron transfer mediator,” Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 2012, 109, 15612–15616. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1118339109 Berhe, S. A.; Zhou, J. Y.; Haynes, K. M.; Rodriguez, M. T., Youngblood, W. J. "Electron Transport in Acceptor-Sensitized Polymer--Oxide Solar Cells: The Importance of Surface Dipoles and Electron Cascade Effects," ACS Appl. Mater Interfaces, 2012, 4, 2955–2963. DOI: 10.1021/am300282d