Special Seminar - Dr. Eric Rivard
From Phosphorescence to Catalysis in the Main Group
In this presentation, two new research ventures from our group will be discussed. First, the discovery and properties of rare main group element species (tellurophenes and benzobismoles) that are phosphorescent in the solid state will be described.
1) (a) He, G.; Torres Delgado, W.; Schatz, D. J.; Merten, C.; Mohammadpour, A.; Mayr, L.; Ferguson, M. J.; Brown, A.; Shankar, K.; Rivard, E. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 4587. (b) He, G.; Wiltshire, B. D.; Choi, P.; Savin, A.; Sun, S.; Mohammadpour, A.; Ferguson, M. J.; McDonald, R.; Farsinezhad, S.; Brown, A.; Shankar, K.; Rivard, E. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 5444.
2) (a) Rivard, E. Chem. Lett. 2015, 44, 730. (b) Parke, S. P.; Boone, M. P.; Rivard, E. Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 9485.
3) (a) Lui, M. W.; Paisley, N. R.; McDonald, R.; Ferguson, M. J.; McDonald, R.; Rivard, E. Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 2134. (b) Lummis, P. A.; Momeni, M. R.; Lui, M. W.; McDonald, R.; Ferguson, M. J.; Miskolzie, M.; Brown, A.; Rivard, E. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 9347.