Dominic McGrath

Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry-Sci | Professor, BIO5 Institute | Member of the Graduate Faculty

Research Area

materials science, nanotechnology, nanomaterials, active assembly, organic chemistry, photodynamic therapy, organic electronics, charge transfer, dendritic, surface chemistry

Collaborative Research: Tailoring Electron and Spin Transport in Single Molecule Junctions
Active·2023·$165.4K / $330.9K·
External
Co-Investigator (COI)
nanotechnology, spintronics, molecular electronics, materials science, quantum computing
Electronic Structure in Single Molecule Transport
2017·$253.7K / $507.5K·
External
Co-Investigator (COI)
nanotechnology, electronics, chemistry, physics, materials science
New Solution-Processable Phthalocyanine Derivatives with Near-Infrared Absorbing Condensed Phase Morphologies: Application to Organic Solar Cells
2015·$325.5K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
organic solar cells, near-infrared absorbing, phthalocyanine derivatives, solution-processable
Active Assembly of Nanomaterials: Artificial Microtubules
2014·$40K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
nanomaterials, artificial, microtubules, active assembly, nanotechnology
Active Assembly of Nanomaterials: Artificial Microtubules
2012·$155K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
nanomaterials, active assembly, artificial microtubules, nanotechnology, materials science

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Recent

Dual Defect-Passivation Using Phthalocyanine for Enhanced Efficiency and Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells.

2021

perovskite solar cells, phthalocyanine, solar cell stability, defect passivation, solar cell efficiency

Correlated Energy-Level Alignment Effects Determine Substituent-Tuned Single-Molecule Conductance.

2021

single-molecule conductance, energy level alignment, substituent tuning, correlated effects, electronic structure

Sterically driven metal-free oxidation of 2,7-di-tert-butylpyrene

2020

oxidation, organic chemistry, steric effects, metal-free catalysis, pyrene derivatives

Unsupervised Segmentation-Based Machine Learning as an Advanced Analysis Tool for Single Molecule Break Junction Data

2020

machine learning, data analysis, segmentation, unsupervised learning, molecular analysis

Molecular Design Strategy in Developing Titanyl Phthalocyanines as Dopant-Free Hole-Transporting Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells: Peripheral or Nonperipheral Substituents?

2019

molecular design, perovskite solar cells, titanyl phthalocyanines, hole-transporting materials, dopant-free

Zinc Phthalocyanine–Phosphonic Acid Monolayers on ITO: Influence of Molecular Orientation, Aggregation, and Tunneling Distance on Charge-Transfer Kinetics

2019

surface chemistry, organic electronics, molecular self-assembly, charge transfer, thin films

Axially Bound Ruthenium Phthalocyanine Monolayers on Indium Tin Oxide: Structure, Energetics, and Charge Transfer Properties

2017

surface chemistry, materials science, electrochemistry, nanotechnology, physical chemistry

2-Photon characterization of optical proteolytic beacons for imaging changes in MMP activity in a mouse model of aneurysm

2016

imaging, mmp activity, aneurysm, optical, proteolytic beacons

Solution Processed Titanyl Phthalocyanines as Donors in Solar Cells: Photoresponse to 1000 nm

2015

solar cells, organic electronics, photoactive materials, donor-acceptor systems, photoresponse

Influence of Molecular Orientation on Charge Transfer Processes at Phthalocyanine/Metal Oxide Interfaces and Relationshito Organic Photovoltaic Performance

2015

charge transfer, molecular orientation, organic photovoltaic, interface, metal oxide

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Synthetic and Mechanistic Organic Chemistry
Polymer Chemistry
Lectures in Organic Chemistry
Honors Lectures in Organic Chemistry

Organic Semiconductors via Pyrene Oxidation with High Yield and No Metal Catalyst
2020·Technology
Additive for Improving the Efficiency and Stability of Organic Perovskite Materials for Electronics, including Photovoltaics
2020·Technology
Super Elastic Epoxy Hydrogel
2019·Patent
High-Efficiency, Stable Organic Thin Film Hole Transporting Material for Perovskite Solar Cells
2019·Technology
Smart Polymer Materials with Excess Reactive Molecules
2018·Patent

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Dominic McGrath

Research Area

Grants(11)

Collaborative Research: Tailoring Electron and Spin Transport in Single Molecule Junctions

Electronic Structure in Single Molecule Transport

New Solution-Processable Phthalocyanine Derivatives with Near-Infrared Absorbing Condensed Phase Morphologies: Application to Organic Solar Cells

Active Assembly of Nanomaterials: Artificial Microtubules

Active Assembly of Nanomaterials: Artificial Microtubules

Publications(99)

Dual Defect-Passivation Using Phthalocyanine for Enhanced Efficiency and Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells.

Correlated Energy-Level Alignment Effects Determine Substituent-Tuned Single-Molecule Conductance.

Sterically driven metal-free oxidation of 2,7-di-tert-butylpyrene

Unsupervised Segmentation-Based Machine Learning as an Advanced Analysis Tool for Single Molecule Break Junction Data

Molecular Design Strategy in Developing Titanyl Phthalocyanines as Dopant-Free Hole-Transporting Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells: Peripheral or Nonperipheral Substituents?

Zinc Phthalocyanine–Phosphonic Acid Monolayers on ITO: Influence of Molecular Orientation, Aggregation, and Tunneling Distance on Charge-Transfer Kinetics

Axially Bound Ruthenium Phthalocyanine Monolayers on Indium Tin Oxide: Structure, Energetics, and Charge Transfer Properties

2-Photon characterization of optical proteolytic beacons for imaging changes in MMP activity in a mouse model of aneurysm

Solution Processed Titanyl Phthalocyanines as Donors in Solar Cells: Photoresponse to 1000 nm

Influence of Molecular Orientation on Charge Transfer Processes at Phthalocyanine/Metal Oxide Interfaces and Relationshito Organic Photovoltaic Performance

Collaborations(16)

Brian LeRoy

Robert Norwood

John Schaibley

Jeffrey Pyun

Marvin Slepian

News(2)

Science Foundation Arizona Awards Small Business Catalytic Grants to Four UA Projects

Homeland Security Grants Awarded

Courses(4)

Synthetic and Mechanistic Organic Chemistry

Polymer Chemistry

Lectures in Organic Chemistry

Honors Lectures in Organic Chemistry

Techs/Patents(14)

Organic Semiconductors via Pyrene Oxidation with High Yield and No Metal Catalyst

Additive for Improving the Efficiency and Stability of Organic Perovskite Materials for Electronics, including Photovoltaics

Super Elastic Epoxy Hydrogel

High-Efficiency, Stable Organic Thin Film Hole Transporting Material for Perovskite Solar Cells

Smart Polymer Materials with Excess Reactive Molecules