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Dominic McGrath

Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry-Sci,

Member of the Graduate Faculty,

Professor, BIO5 Institute,

Chemistry & Biochemistry - Sci
mcgrath@arizona.edu

520/626-4690

Grant: $15.4M

Dominic McGrath experts in organic chemistry, materials science, inorganic chemistry, chemistry, biomaterials, physics, tissue engineering, polymer chemistry, condensed matter physics, organometallic chemistry, catalysis, bioinformatics, regenerative medicine, machine learning, nanomaterials, photocatalysis, drug delivery, computational biology, biophysics, biochemistry, photodynamic therapy, perovskite solar cells, isotope geochemistry, genomics, self-assembly, heterogeneous catalysis, photochemistry, molecular beam epitaxy, nanophotonics, plasmonics, linguistics, syntax, morphology, semantics, molecular biology, bioinorganic chemistry, shape memory polymers, asymmetric catalysis, electrochemistry, spectroscopy, biomedical engineering, polymers, nanocomposites, organic electronics, photovoltaics, organic photovoltaics, biomedical optics, biophotonics, computational chemistry, molecular dynamics simulation, molecular electronics, bioelectronics

Courses

Synthetic and Mechanistic Organic Chemistry

Honors Lectures in Organic Chemistry

Lectures in Organic Chemistry

Polymer Chemistry

Recent Grants

	2023	$165.4K	Active
Collaborative Research: Tailoring Electron and Spin Transport in Single Molecule Junctions
	2017	$507.5K
Electronic Structure in Single Molecule Transport
	2015	$325.5K
New Solution-Processable Phthalocyanine Derivatives with Near-Infrared Absorbing Condensed Phase Morphologies: Application to Organic Solar Cells
	2014	$40.0K
Active Assembly of Nanomaterials: Artificial Microtubules
	2012	$155.0K
Active Assembly of Nanomaterials: Artificial Microtubules
	2011	$75.0K
Active Assembly of Nanomaterials: Artificial Microtubules
	2009	$13.0M
Center for Interface Science, Hybrid Solar- Electric Materials (CIS:HSEM)
	2009	$471.2K
Acquisition of a Cyber-Enabled 400 MHz NMR Spectrometer for Researched Education and Outreach at the University of Arizona
	2009	$300.0K
Dendritic Hydrogel Actuators for a Liquid Drug Delivery Patch
	2009	$226.8K
REU Site: Collaborative Research in the Chemical Sciences at the University Of Arizona

Technologies / Patents

	2019	Super Elastic Epoxy Hydrogel
	2018	Smart Polymer Materials with Excess Reactive Molecules
	2016	Organic Photovoltaic Devices Comprising Solution-Processed Substituted Metal-Phthalocyanines and Exhibiting Near-Ir Photo-Sensitivity
	2016	Conjugated Side-Strapped Phthalocyanines and Methods for Producing and Using the Same
	1899	Organic Photovoltaic Devices Comprising Solution-Processed Substituted Metal-Phthalocyanines and Exhibiting Near-IR Photo-Sensitivity

News

2007	Science Foundation Arizona Awards Small Business Catalytic Grants to Four UA Projects
2002	Homeland Security Grants Awarded

Publications (101)

Recent

2021	Dual Defect-Passivation Using Phthalocyanine for Enhanced Efficiency and Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells.
2021	Correlated Energy-Level Alignment Effects Determine Substituent-Tuned Single-Molecule Conductance.
2020	Correction to “Unsupervised Segmentation-Based Machine Learning as an Advanced Analysis Tool for Single Molecule Break Junction Data”
2020	Sterically driven metal-free oxidation of 2,7-di-tert-butylpyrene
2020	Unsupervised Segmentation-Based Machine Learning as an Advanced Analysis Tool for Single Molecule Break Junction Data
2019	Molecular Design Strategy in Developing Titanyl Phthalocyanines as Dopant-Free Hole-Transporting Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells: Peripheral or Nonperipheral Substituents?
2019	Zinc Phthalocyanine–Phosphonic Acid Monolayers on ITO: Influence of Molecular Orientation, Aggregation, and Tunneling Distance on Charge-Transfer Kinetics
2017	Axially Bound Ruthenium Phthalocyanine Monolayers on Indium Tin Oxide: Structure, Energetics, and Charge Transfer Properties
2016	2-Photon characterization of optical proteolytic beacons for imaging changes in MMP activity in a mouse model of aneurysm
2015	Dendritic near-IR absorbing zinc phthalocyanines for antimicrobial photodynamic therapy
2015	Influence of Molecular Orientation on Charge Transfer Processes at Phthalocyanine/Metal Oxide Interfaces and Relationship to Organic Photovoltaic Performance
2015	Asymmetric ZnPc-TEG photosensitizers: the effect of Pc substitution on phototoxicity
2015	Modification of alkyne-functionalized asymmetric phthalocyanines by CuI-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition
2015	Solution Processed Titanyl Phthalocyanines as Donors in Solar Cells: Photoresponse to 1000 nm
2014	Asymmetric ZnPc–rhodamine B conjugates for mitochondrial targeted photodynamic therapy
2013	Modeling the microstructurally dependent mechanical properties of poly(ester-urethane-urea)s
2013	An efficient reverse Diels-Alder approach for the synthesis of N-alkyl bismaleimides
2012	Vanillin and o-vanillin oligomers as models for dendrimer disassembly
2012	Electron Transfer Processes in Zinc Phthalocyanine-Phosphonic Acid Monolayers on ITO: Characterization of Orientation and Charge Transfer Kinetics By Waveguide Spectroelectrochemistry
2012	Molecular engineering of polymer actuators for biomedical and industrial use
2012	Study of a smart polymer medical device, product development obstacles and innovative solutions
2011	Thermally reversible dendronized linear ab step-polymers via click chemistry
2011	Phosphonic acid functionalized asymmetric phthalocyanines: synthesis, modification of indium tin oxide, and charge transfer
2011	Polymeric endoaortic paving: Mechanical, thermoforming, and degradation properties of polycaprolactone/polyurethane blends for cardiovascular applications.
2011	Peripheral substitution of a near-IR-absorbing soluble phthalocyanine using click chemistry
2010	Effect of Crosslinker Length and Composition on the Hydrophobicity and Thermomechanical Response of Acrylate-Based Shape-Memory Polymers
2010	Improved iterative synthesis of linearly disassembling dendrons
2010	Solvent-free synthesis of soluble, near-IR absorbing titanyl phthalocyanine derivatives
2010	Convergent synthesis of geometrically disassembling dendrimers using Cu(I)-catalyzed C-O bond formation
2010	Frustration of condensed phase aggregation of naphthalocyanine by dendritic site-isolation
2010	Thermally reversible dendronized step-polymers based on sequential Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition and diels-alder click reactions
2010	Polymeric Endoaortic Paving (PEAP): Thermomechanical and Degradation Properties of Polycaprolactone/Polyurethane Blends for Cardiovascular Applications, Ashton, J.H.; Mertz, J.A.; Harper, J.L.; Slepian, M.J.; Mills, J.L.; McGrath, D.V.; Vande Geest,† J.P.
2009	Chiral amine-imine ligands based on trans-2,5-disubstituted pyrrolidines and their application in the palladium-catalyzed allylic alkylation
2009	Solution and thin-film aggregation studies of octasubstituted dendritic phthalocyanines
2009	Asymmetric phthalocyanine synthesis by ROMP-capture-release
2009	Modification of symmetrically substituted phthalocyanines using click chemistry: Phthalocyanine nanostructures by nanoimprint lithography
2009	Site-isolated, intermolecularly photocrosslinkable and patternable dendritic quinacridones
2008	EAP hydrogels for Pulse Actuated Cell System (PACS) architectures in drug delivery infusion pumps
2008	Impact of click chemistry strategies on the synthesis of dendritic systems: Chromophore modification and disassembling systems
2007	Synthesis and degradation of photolabile dendrimers based on o-nitrobenzyl ether photolabile cores
2007	Energy Harvesting in Synthetic Dendrimer Materials
2007	EAP hydrogels for pulse-actuated cell system (PACS) architectures
2007	Dendrimers based on thermally reversible furan-maleimide Diels-Alder adducts
2005	Langmuir and grafted monolayers of photochromic amphiphilic monodendrons of low generations
2005	Dendritic incorporation of quinacridone: solubility, aggregation, electrochemistry, and solid-state luminescence
2005	Synthesis and characterization of BHT-derived tert-butyl dendrons
2005	Dendrimer disassembly as a new paradigm for the application of dendritic structures
2005	Langmuir monolayers from functionalized amphiphiles with epoxy terminal groups
2004	Phototriggering of geometric dendrimer disassembly: An improved synthesis of 2,4-bis(hydroxymethyl)phenol based dendrimers
2004	Vinyl sulfoxide: A versatile trigger for dendrimer disassembly
2004	Photoswitchable Flexible and Shape-Persistent Dendrimers: Comparison of the Interplay between a Photochromic Azobenzene Core and Dendrimer Structure
2003	Non-aggregating octasubstituted dendritic phthalocyanines
2003	Langmuir Special Issue in Memory of David F. O Brien
2003	Geometric Disassembly of Dendrimers: Dendritic Amplification
2003	Dendrimer disassembly by benzyl ether depolymerization
2002	Langmuir-Blodgett monolayers from lower generation amphiphilic monodendrons
2002	Dendrimer isolation of chromphores for photonic applications
2002	Low generation photochromic monodendrons on a solid surface
2002	Microstructure of amphiphilic monodendrons at the air-water interface
2002	Synthesis of photolabile dendrimer cores
2002	Molecular packing of amphiphiles with crown polar heads at the air-water interface
2002	Hydrobenzoin-based rigid chiral polymer
2002	Photochromic dendrimers containing six azobenzenes
2001	Intralayer reorganization of photochromic molecular films
2000	Synthesis and chiroptical analysis of optically active chiral shell dendrons
2000	Photoresponsive Langmuir monolayers from azobenzene-containing dendrons
2000	Olefin metathesis for dendrimer assembly
2000	Langmuir monolayers from azobenzene-containing dendrons
2000	Macromolecular isomers of azobenzene-containing photochromic dendrimers
2000	Effect of macromolecular isomerism on the photomodulation of dendrimer properties
2000	Shape-persistent azobenzene-containing dendrimers
2000	Photolabile dendrimers using o-nitrobenzyl ether linkages
2000	Synthesis of spiropyran based photoresponsive dendrimers
2000	Toward chiral polyhydroxylated dendrimers. Preparation and chiroptical properties
1999	Driving dendrimers with light: Dendrimers with azobenzene central linkers
1999	Photoresponsive azobenzene-containing dendrimers with multiple discrete states
1999	Synthesis of amphiphilic photoresponsive dendrons
1999	Mild and convenient oxidation of aromatic heterocyclic primary alcohols by 4-acetylamino-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxoammonium perchlorate
1998	Driving dendrimers with light
1998	Platinum-macrocycle co-catalysts for the electrochemical oxidation of methanol
1998	Effect of Covalently Incorporated Azobenzenes on Dendrimers
1998	Toward photoresponsive dendritic self-assembly
1998	Synthesis of optically active chiral shell dendrons
1997	ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS OF A SERIES OF CHIRAL AB2 MONOMERS FOR DENDRIMER CONSTRUCTION
1997	Constitution, configuration, and the optical activity of chiral dendrimers
1997	Asymmetric Synthesis of a Series of Chiral AB sub 2 /sub Monomers for Dendrimer Construction
1997	Photoresponsive dendrimers
1997	Synthesis and characterization of new amine-imine ligands based on trans-2,5-disubstituted pyrrolidines
1997	Toward an understanding of the high enantioselectivity in the osmium-catalyzed asymmetric dihydroxylation. 4. Electronic effects in amine-accelerated osmylations
1996	Toward chiral dendrimers with highly functionalized interiors. Dendrons from synthetic AB sub 2 /sub monomers
1996	Synthesis of optically active chiral dendrimers with 1,2-diol linkages
1996	AN APPROACH TO HIGHLY FUNCTIONALIZED DENDRIMERS FROM CHIRAL, NON-RACEMIC SYNTHETIC MONOMERS
1994	The mechanism of aqueous ruthenium(II)-catalyzed olefin isomerization
1993	Reinvestigation of the infrared spectra of oxoosmium(VI) esters by isotopic labeling
1993	Chain transfer during the aqueous ring-opening metathesis polymerization of 7-oxanorbornene derivatives
1992	Aqueous Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of carboximide-functionalized 7-oxanorbornenes
1991	Aqueous ruthenium(II) complexes of functionalized olefins: The X-ray structure of Ru(H sub 2 /sub O) sub 2 /sub (η sup 1 /sup (O):η sup 2 /sup (C,C′)-OCOCH sub 2 /sub CH=CHCH sub 3 /sub ) sub 2 /sub
1991	Aqueous ring-opening metathesis polymerization of exo-N-methyl-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-ene-2,3-dicarboximide
1986	Identification and determination of millimolar C sub 6 /sub -C sub 8 /sub alkenes in the corresponding alkanes [4]
1986	C-C bond cleavage in hydrocarbons by iridium complexes
1985	Thermal and photochemical catalytic dehydrogenation of alkanes with [IrH sub 2 /sub (CF sub 3 /sub CO sub 2 /sub )(PR sub 3 /sub ) sub 2 /sub ] (R = C sub 6 /sub H sub 4 /sub F-p and cyclohexyl)

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