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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
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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
Logo of Collaborative Research: Tailoring Electron and Spin Transport in Single Molecule Junctions funding agency
2023 $165.4KActive
Collaborative Research: Tailoring Electron and Spin Transport in Single Molecule Junctions
Logo of Electronic Structure in Single Molecule Transport funding agency
2017 $507.5K
Electronic Structure in Single Molecule Transport
Logo of New Solution-Processable Phthalocyanine Derivatives with Near-Infrared Absorbing Condensed Phase Morphologies: Application to Organic Solar Cells funding agency
2015 $325.5K
New Solution-Processable Phthalocyanine Derivatives with Near-Infrared Absorbing Condensed Phase Morphologies: Application to Organic Solar Cells
Logo of Active Assembly of Nanomaterials: Artificial Microtubules funding agency
2014 $40.0K
Active Assembly of Nanomaterials: Artificial Microtubules
Logo of Active Assembly of Nanomaterials: Artificial Microtubules funding agency
2012 $155.0K
Active Assembly of Nanomaterials: Artificial Microtubules
Logo of Active Assembly of Nanomaterials: Artificial Microtubules funding agency
2011 $75.0K
Active Assembly of Nanomaterials: Artificial Microtubules
Logo of Center for Interface Science, Hybrid Solar- Electric Materials (CIS:HSEM) funding agency
2009 $13.0M
Center for Interface Science, Hybrid Solar- Electric Materials (CIS:HSEM)
Logo of Acquisition of a Cyber-Enabled 400 MHz NMR Spectrometer for Researched Education and Outreach at the University of Arizona funding agency
2009 $471.2K
Acquisition of a Cyber-Enabled 400 MHz NMR Spectrometer for Researched Education and Outreach at the University of Arizona
Logo of Dendritic Hydrogel Actuators for a Liquid Drug Delivery Patch funding agency
2009 $300.0K
Dendritic Hydrogel Actuators for a Liquid Drug Delivery Patch
Logo of REU Site: Collaborative Research in the Chemical Sciences at the University Of Arizona funding agency
2009 $226.8K
REU Site: Collaborative Research in the Chemical Sciences at the University Of Arizona
Technologies / Patents
Logo of Super Elastic Epoxy Hydrogel
2019Super Elastic Epoxy Hydrogel 
Logo of Smart Polymer Materials with Excess Reactive Molecules
2018Smart Polymer Materials with Excess Reactive Molecules 
Logo of Organic Photovoltaic Devices Comprising Solution-Processed Substituted Metal-Phthalocyanines and Exhibiting Near-Ir Photo-Sensitivity
2016Organic Photovoltaic Devices Comprising Solution-Processed Substituted Metal-Phthalocyanines and Exhibiting Near-Ir Photo-Sensitivity 
Logo of Conjugated Side-Strapped Phthalocyanines and Methods for Producing and Using the Same
2016Conjugated Side-Strapped Phthalocyanines and Methods for Producing and Using the Same 
Logo of Organic Photovoltaic Devices Comprising Solution-Processed Substituted Metal-Phthalocyanines and Exhibiting Near-IR Photo-Sensitivity
1899Organic Photovoltaic Devices Comprising Solution-Processed Substituted Metal-Phthalocyanines and Exhibiting Near-IR Photo-Sensitivity 
News
2007Science Foundation Arizona Awards Small Business Catalytic Grants to Four UA Projects 
2002Homeland Security Grants Awarded 
Publications (101)
Recent
2021Dual Defect-Passivation Using Phthalocyanine for Enhanced Efficiency and Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells. 
2021Correlated Energy-Level Alignment Effects Determine Substituent-Tuned Single-Molecule Conductance. 
2020Correction to “Unsupervised Segmentation-Based Machine Learning as an Advanced Analysis Tool for Single Molecule Break Junction Data” 
2020Sterically driven metal-free oxidation of 2,7-di-tert-butylpyrene 
2020Unsupervised Segmentation-Based Machine Learning as an Advanced Analysis Tool for Single Molecule Break Junction Data 
2019Molecular Design Strategy in Developing Titanyl Phthalocyanines as Dopant-Free Hole-Transporting Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells: Peripheral or Nonperipheral Substituents? 
2019Zinc Phthalocyanine–Phosphonic Acid Monolayers on ITO: Influence of Molecular Orientation, Aggregation, and Tunneling Distance on Charge-Transfer Kinetics 
2017Axially Bound Ruthenium Phthalocyanine Monolayers on Indium Tin Oxide: Structure, Energetics, and Charge Transfer Properties 
20162-Photon characterization of optical proteolytic beacons for imaging changes in MMP activity in a mouse model of aneurysm 
2015Dendritic near-IR absorbing zinc phthalocyanines for antimicrobial photodynamic therapy 
2015Influence of Molecular Orientation on Charge Transfer Processes at Phthalocyanine/Metal Oxide Interfaces and Relationship to Organic Photovoltaic Performance 
2015Asymmetric ZnPc-TEG photosensitizers: the effect of Pc substitution on phototoxicity 
2015Modification of alkyne-functionalized asymmetric phthalocyanines by CuI-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition 
2015Solution Processed Titanyl Phthalocyanines as Donors in Solar Cells: Photoresponse to 1000 nm 
2014Asymmetric ZnPc–rhodamine B conjugates for mitochondrial targeted photodynamic therapy 
2013Modeling the microstructurally dependent mechanical properties of poly(ester-urethane-urea)s 
2013An efficient reverse Diels-Alder approach for the synthesis of N-alkyl bismaleimides 
2012Vanillin and o-vanillin oligomers as models for dendrimer disassembly 
2012Electron Transfer Processes in Zinc Phthalocyanine-Phosphonic Acid Monolayers on ITO: Characterization of Orientation and Charge Transfer Kinetics By Waveguide Spectroelectrochemistry 
2012Molecular engineering of polymer actuators for biomedical and industrial use 
2012Study of a smart polymer medical device, product development obstacles and innovative solutions 
2011Thermally reversible dendronized linear ab step-polymers via click chemistry 
2011Phosphonic acid functionalized asymmetric phthalocyanines: synthesis, modification of indium tin oxide, and charge transfer 
2011Polymeric endoaortic paving: Mechanical, thermoforming, and degradation properties of polycaprolactone/polyurethane blends for cardiovascular applications. 
2011Peripheral substitution of a near-IR-absorbing soluble phthalocyanine using click chemistry 
2010Effect of Crosslinker Length and Composition on the Hydrophobicity and Thermomechanical Response of Acrylate-Based Shape-Memory Polymers 
2010Improved iterative synthesis of linearly disassembling dendrons 
2010Solvent-free synthesis of soluble, near-IR absorbing titanyl phthalocyanine derivatives 
2010Convergent synthesis of geometrically disassembling dendrimers using Cu(I)-catalyzed C-O bond formation 
2010Frustration of condensed phase aggregation of naphthalocyanine by dendritic site-isolation 
2010Thermally reversible dendronized step-polymers based on sequential Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition and diels-alder click reactions 
2010Polymeric 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. 
2009Chiral amine-imine ligands based on trans-2,5-disubstituted pyrrolidines and their application in the palladium-catalyzed allylic alkylation 
2009Solution and thin-film aggregation studies of octasubstituted dendritic phthalocyanines 
2009Asymmetric phthalocyanine synthesis by ROMP-capture-release 
2009Modification of symmetrically substituted phthalocyanines using click chemistry: Phthalocyanine nanostructures by nanoimprint lithography 
2009Site-isolated, intermolecularly photocrosslinkable and patternable dendritic quinacridones 
2008EAP hydrogels for Pulse Actuated Cell System (PACS) architectures in drug delivery infusion pumps 
2008Impact of click chemistry strategies on the synthesis of dendritic systems: Chromophore modification and disassembling systems 
2007Synthesis and degradation of photolabile dendrimers based on o-nitrobenzyl ether photolabile cores 
2007Energy Harvesting in Synthetic Dendrimer Materials 
2007EAP hydrogels for pulse-actuated cell system (PACS) architectures 
2007Dendrimers based on thermally reversible furan-maleimide Diels-Alder adducts 
2005Langmuir and grafted monolayers of photochromic amphiphilic monodendrons of low generations 
2005Dendritic incorporation of quinacridone: solubility, aggregation, electrochemistry, and solid-state luminescence 
2005Synthesis and characterization of BHT-derived tert-butyl dendrons 
2005Dendrimer disassembly as a new paradigm for the application of dendritic structures 
2005Langmuir monolayers from functionalized amphiphiles with epoxy terminal groups 
2004Phototriggering of geometric dendrimer disassembly: An improved synthesis of 2,4-bis(hydroxymethyl)phenol based dendrimers 
2004Vinyl sulfoxide: A versatile trigger for dendrimer disassembly 
2004Photoswitchable Flexible and Shape-Persistent Dendrimers: Comparison of the Interplay between a Photochromic Azobenzene Core and Dendrimer Structure 
2003Non-aggregating octasubstituted dendritic phthalocyanines 
2003Langmuir Special Issue in Memory of David F. O Brien 
2003Geometric Disassembly of Dendrimers: Dendritic Amplification 
2003Dendrimer disassembly by benzyl ether depolymerization 
2002Langmuir-Blodgett monolayers from lower generation amphiphilic monodendrons 
2002Dendrimer isolation of chromphores for photonic applications 
2002Low generation photochromic monodendrons on a solid surface 
2002Microstructure of amphiphilic monodendrons at the air-water interface 
2002Synthesis of photolabile dendrimer cores 
2002Molecular packing of amphiphiles with crown polar heads at the air-water interface 
2002Hydrobenzoin-based rigid chiral polymer 
2002Photochromic dendrimers containing six azobenzenes 
2001Intralayer reorganization of photochromic molecular films 
2000Synthesis and chiroptical analysis of optically active chiral shell dendrons 
2000Photoresponsive Langmuir monolayers from azobenzene-containing dendrons 
2000Olefin metathesis for dendrimer assembly 
2000Langmuir monolayers from azobenzene-containing dendrons 
2000Macromolecular isomers of azobenzene-containing photochromic dendrimers 
2000Effect of macromolecular isomerism on the photomodulation of dendrimer properties 
2000Shape-persistent azobenzene-containing dendrimers 
2000Photolabile dendrimers using o-nitrobenzyl ether linkages 
2000Synthesis of spiropyran based photoresponsive dendrimers 
2000Toward chiral polyhydroxylated dendrimers. Preparation and chiroptical properties 
1999Driving dendrimers with light: Dendrimers with azobenzene central linkers 
1999Photoresponsive azobenzene-containing dendrimers with multiple discrete states 
1999Synthesis of amphiphilic photoresponsive dendrons 
1999Mild and convenient oxidation of aromatic heterocyclic primary alcohols by 4-acetylamino-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxoammonium perchlorate 
1998Driving dendrimers with light 
1998Platinum-macrocycle co-catalysts for the electrochemical oxidation of methanol 
1998Effect of Covalently Incorporated Azobenzenes on Dendrimers 
1998Toward photoresponsive dendritic self-assembly 
1998Synthesis of optically active chiral shell dendrons 
1997ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS OF A SERIES OF CHIRAL AB2 MONOMERS FOR DENDRIMER CONSTRUCTION 
1997Constitution, configuration, and the optical activity of chiral dendrimers 
1997Asymmetric Synthesis of a Series of Chiral AB sub 2 /sub Monomers for Dendrimer Construction 
1997Photoresponsive dendrimers 
1997Synthesis and characterization of new amine-imine ligands based on trans-2,5-disubstituted pyrrolidines 
1997Toward an understanding of the high enantioselectivity in the osmium-catalyzed asymmetric dihydroxylation. 4. Electronic effects in amine-accelerated osmylations 
1996Toward chiral dendrimers with highly functionalized interiors. Dendrons from synthetic AB sub 2 /sub monomers 
1996Synthesis of optically active chiral dendrimers with 1,2-diol linkages 
1996AN APPROACH TO HIGHLY FUNCTIONALIZED DENDRIMERS FROM CHIRAL, NON-RACEMIC SYNTHETIC MONOMERS 
1994The mechanism of aqueous ruthenium(II)-catalyzed olefin isomerization 
1993Reinvestigation of the infrared spectra of oxoosmium(VI) esters by isotopic labeling 
1993Chain transfer during the aqueous ring-opening metathesis polymerization of 7-oxanorbornene derivatives 
1992Aqueous Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of carboximide-functionalized 7-oxanorbornenes 
1991Aqueous 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 
1991Aqueous ring-opening metathesis polymerization of exo-N-methyl-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-ene-2,3-dicarboximide 
1986Identification and determination of millimolar C sub 6 /sub -C sub 8 /sub alkenes in the corresponding alkanes [4] 
1986C-C bond cleavage in hydrocarbons by iridium complexes 
1985Thermal 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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