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2 Postgraduate (4 year fully funded for EU applicants) and 1 Postdoctoral research position (2 year contract) exist in the group of Professor Sylvia Draper. In particular candidates are sought with an interest and/or specialization in synthetic organic chemistry, the photophysics of metallo-coordination complexes, liquid crystal characterisation and materials fabrication. Candidates should apply by sending a contact email or C.V. to smdraper@tcd.ie. Further details on the positions are available and synopses of projects on offer are given here.
Research Overview: The P.I.’s research focuses on the synthetic methodologies required to generate new emissive organic species with intelligent, rationale designs.
(i) in the synthesis and design of photo and electroluminescent organic molecules.
(ii) in the study (solution, solid, thin-film, liquid crystal), fabrication (microporous, nanoparticles, co-polymers) and use, of new conjugated organic molecules.
(iii) in the optimization of properties (light emission, singlet-triplet mixing, NLO) on metal complexation.
The range and potential of these advances form the basis of collaborative research ventures and optimisation studies.
Current SFI Postdoctoral and Postgraduate Research Fellowships 2011-2016
1. 2011-2016 SFI-PI Compound Interest: Multiple Outputs from Light-emitting Materials (10/IN.1/I2974)
This funded research aims develop novel electro- and photo-active species with potential applications. The work exploits the synthetic expertise of the host team in heteroatom polyaromatics (thienyl, phenyl, fluoranthyl and polyimine) and fragments of molecular graphene. The project draws on the additional expertise of collaborators specialising in electronic and photochemical characterisation techniques and the commericalisation of opto-electronic materials. New synergic competencies in graphene synthesis, heavy metal complexes of large area polyimines and extended arrays will be developed. The work on-site will focus on synthetic organic chemistry and the photophysics of metallo-coordination complexes.
2. 2008-2012 New Polyaromatic Thiophenes as Opto-Electronic Switches 08/RFP/CHE1465
Some molecules undergo detectable changes on the absorption of light or energy by converting between structural forms. Fast and efficient interconversions can be exploited to store and retrieve information in nanoscale devices. Building on current knowledge this project sets out to produce a new set of molecular systems whose opto-electronic properties can be determined and evaluated. This project addresses whether sulfur-functionalised polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (S-functionalised PAHs) architectures based on the mechanism of bis(thienyl)ethenes for light-induced switching processes (Scheme 1) are more effective and exhibit tunable photochromic behaviour on metal coordination compared to related systems.
3. 2009-2013 SFI-RFP When Chemistry Stacks-Up: A Bottom-Up Approach to Graphene-based Functional Materials (09/RFP/MTR2366)
Products based on active thin-film organic devices are already in the market place e.g. as the displays of mobile electronic appliances. However the P.I. and her research team believe that N-doped graphenes could unlock future technologies. Despite considerable effort internationally to exploit and functionalise related graphitic systems, the P.I. heads one of the few groups to produce planar hexagonal graphenes and their heteroatom derivatives: the Nitrogen Heterosuperbenzenes (NHSB). This research hopes to establish the structure/property relationships that determine charge-transport in single-molecule and aggregated heteroatom graphenes, using the 13 fused-ring motif of long chain and discotic hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene (HBC) as a direct comparator.
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