PAVEL ANZENBACHER, JR. Associate Professor and Sloan Research Fellow Office: 411 PSLB Laboratory: 517 PSLB BGSU, Department of Chemistry Bowling Green, OH  43403 Phone: (419) 372-2080 Fax: (419) 372-9809 pavel@bgnet.bgsu.edu

2006-present Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, BGSU 2000-2006 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, BGSU 1997-2000 Postdoctoral Associate, Prof. J. L. Sessler, Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin 1996-1997 Assistant Professor, Institute of Chemical Technology, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Prague, Czech Republic. 1992-1996 Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry , Czech Academy of Sciences. Doctor of Philosophy in Organic chemistry. 1988-1992 Charles University at Prague, Faculty of Natural Sciences, M.S. in Organic chemistry.

Research Projects

Smart materials are materials capable of a specific response to an external stimulus such as changes in temperature, moisture, pH, or electric and magnetic fields by a predictable and controled change(s) in some of their fundamental properties. Smart materials are poised to emerge from the lab in a wide range of medical, defense, and industrial applications. Understanding and using these advanced materials in your new product development efforts may make the difference between success and failure in today's intensely competitive markets.

OLED materials	Anion Sensors	Sensor Arrays	Sensors for TNT	Conductive polymers

The research in Anzenbacher research group is, in general, focused on the development of advanced photonic materials in two main areas: supramolecular materials for molecular sensing and materials that can be used in fabrication of flat displays and energy-efficient interior lights. Specifically, we study supramolecular aspects of anion binding and sensing, and use the generated knowledge for the preparation of materials that can be used for for fabrication of fluorescence-based optical sensors, and synthesis of artificial dyes and pigments. Recently, we have started developing anion-sensor chips utilizing chromogenic conductive polymers and other smart materials capable of signaling the presence of anion by change in color and/or luminescence. The research in the field of optical sensing led us also to synthesize materials that react to the presence of explosives. Naturally, we have developed also sensor chip for vapors of explosives. Last but not least, the group also works on the design and synthesis materials (chromophores and charge-transport materials) for use in OLEDs. We are pursuing synthesis and fabrication of OLEDs for application as light sources in solid-state lighting (SSL) and flat displays. These materials are mostly of the small-molecular nature such as organometallic complexes and organic chromophores. For the purpose of solid-state lighting, we are pursuing bright white-light emitting OLEDs (WOLEDs) and OLED architectures that allow fabrication of stable large devices (with 1×1 inch pixels). In collaboration with other scientists we also pursue the synthesis of various chromophores, fluorophores and dyes, mostly for organic electroluminescence and sensor applications, but also to enhance our understanding of photonic materials design.

As a departing platform for our research we utilize methods of organic and organometallic synthesis to prepare new photonic materials. We use methods of molecular spectroscopy to investigate the properties of prepared compounds and materials (NMR, MS and IR spectroscopy). We also use methods of optical spectroscopy (both steady state and time-resolved, absorption and fluorescence/luminescence) as well as optical microscopy to investigate the materials but also induce or observe chemical and photophysical changes in the investigated materials.

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