个人简介

B.S., 2002, Moscow State University M.S., 2004, Moscow State University Ph.D., 2005, Physical Chemistry, Moscow State University Ph.D., 2010, Inorganic Chemistry, Colorado State University Postdoctoral Associate, 2012, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

研究领域

Inorganic

Research in my group will focus on materials for sustainable energy conversion, sensing, switches, and artificial biomimetic systems. Development of these materials will involve the synthesis and characterization of the porous (e.g., metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent-organic frameworks (COFs)) and graphitic materials. Specifically, three main directions related to 1) morphology control of the active layer of a bulk heterojunction solar cell, 2) light harvesting and energy transfer in well-defined self-assemblies, and 3) design of artificial scaffolds mimicking protein behavior will be developed. Students who are interested in inorganic chemistry, materials, or physical chemistry are strongly encouraged to join. Each student in my group will be trained in synthesis and techniques for manipulating air-sensitive compounds, powder diffraction analysis, single-crystal X-ray crystallography, thermogravimetric analysis, and spectroscopy (UV-vis, IR, Fluorescence). The Active Layer Morphology Control in Organic Photovoltaics. Increase of efficiency in the currently used bulk heterojunction solar cells, the realistic candidates for an efficient photoenergy conversion, can be achieved through the precise control of the active layer morphology at the nanoscale level. The ultimate goal of the research in my group is to design new materials that can be used as active layer components, which will lead to efficiency enhancement of solar cells. Light Harvesting and Controllable Energy Transfer in Well-Defined Self-Assemblies. Light harvesting chromophore assemblies with an ability to control Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) processes are required for the preparation of the next generation organic photovoltaics, molecular-scale digital switches, and sensors coupled to FRET. To address these issues, a new strategy to control energy transfer processes in self-assembled well-defined arrays of chromophores will be developed.

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Shustova, N. B.; Cozzolino, A. F.; Reineke, S.; Baldo, M.; Dincă, M. “Selective Turn-On Ammonia Sensing Enabled by High-Temperature Fluorescence in Metal–Organic Frameworks with Open Metal Sites” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 13326–13329. Shustova, N. B.; Ong, T.-C.; Cozzolino, A. F.; Michaelis, V. K.; Griffin, R. G.; Dincă, M. “Phenyl Ring Dynamics in a Tetraphenylethylene-Bridged Metal- Organic Framework: Implications for the Mechanism of Aggregation-Induced Emission” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 15061–15070. Shustova, N. B.; Cozzolino, A. F.; Dincă, M. “High-Energy Conformational Locking and Fluorescence in an Ethynyl-Extended Tetraphenylethylene-Based Metal-Organic Framework” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 19596-19599. Shustova, N. B.; McCarthy, B. D.; Dincă M. “Turn-On Fluorescence in Tetraphenylethylene-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks: an Alternative to Aggregation-Induced Emission” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 20126–20129. Shustova, N. B.; Peryshkov, D. V.; Kuvychko, I. V.; Chen, Y.-S.; Mackey, M. A.; Coumbe, C. E.; Heaps, D. T.; Confait, B. S.; Heine, T.; Phillips, J. P.; Stevenson, S.; Dunsch, L.; Popov, A. A.; Strauss, S. H.; Boltalina, O. V. “Poly(perfluoroalkylation) of Metallic Nitride Fullerenes Reveals Addition- Pattern Guidelines: Synthesis and Characterization of a Family of Sc3N@C80(CF3)n (n = 2−16) and Their Radical Anions” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 2672–2690. Shustova, N. B.; Kuvychko, I. V.; Popov, A. A.; Delius, M.; Dunsch, L.; Anderson, O. P.; Hirsch, A.; Strauss, S. H.; Boltalina, O. V. “Nitrogen Directs Multiple Radical Additions to 9,9’-Bi-1-aza(C60-Ih)[5,6]fullerene. X-ray Structure of 6,9,12,15,18-C59N(CF3)5” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 5537–5540. Shustova, N. B.; Kuvychko, I. V.; Peryshkov, D. V.; Whitaker, J. B.; Larson, B. W.; Chen, Y.-S.; Dunsch, L.; Seppelt, K.; Popov, A. A.; Strauss, S. H.; Boltalina, O. V. “Chemical Tailoring of Fullerene Acceptors: Synthesis, Structures and Electrochemical Properties of Perfluoroisopropylfullerenes” Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 875–877.