| |
 McMaster Distinguished Research Professor
Executive Director, Center for Photochemical Sciences
Office: 132 Overman Hall
Phone: (419) 372-2034
Email: neckers@photo.bgsu.edu
Personal site: Visit
Biographical Facts
Joined the faculty in 1973
Ph.D., University of Kansas (1963)
A.B., Hope College (1960)
Research Interests
One area of research uses visible light photoinitiators synthesized in my
laboratory to form photopolymers. We want to develop new photopolymerization
systems and understand the molecular details of how polymerization occurs
after the absorption of light. We are also interested in controlling polymerization
in all dimensions from the surface of a developing system. This has many
applications such as three-dimensional imaging and direct laser writing. In the general area of laser-initiated photopolymerization, we are concerned
with: investigating the photochemistry of molecules which initiate polymerization
by either free radical mechanisms or cationic mechanisms after they absorb
radiation; synthesis of new photoinitiators and new monomers which can be
photopolymerized; development of new photosensitive materials and composite
materials; and studying the process of photopolymerization by new transient
spectroscopic techniques.
Selected Publications
Merzlikine, A. G.; Voskresensky, S. V.; Danilov, E. O.; Fedorov, A. V.; Rodgers, M. A. J.; Neckers, D. C. Observation of the two triplet state conformations of alkyl phenylglyoxylates. Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 2004, 3, 892-897.
Merzlikine, A. G.; Voskresensky, S. V.; Neckers, D. C. Analysis
of Time-resolved FTIR Spectra of Alkyl Phenylglyoxylates: Implications on
the Photoinitiation Step in Acrylate Polymerization. Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., submitted for publication.
Shah, B. K.; Gusev, A.; Rodgers, M. A. J.; Neckers, D. C. Ultrafast Pump–Probe Studies of tert-Butyl Aroylperbenzoates and Triplet Energy Interception by the O–O Bond. J. Phys. Chem. A 2004, 108, 5926-5931.
Shah, B. K.; Neckers, D. C. Polymerization initiation and transient spectrometric studies of water-soluble and -insoluble tert-butyl aroylperbenzoates. J.Photochem. Photobiol., A,2005, 170, 195-201.
Wex, B.; Kaafarani, B. R.; Kirschbaum, K.; Neckers, D. C. Synthesis of the anti and syn Isomers of Thieno [f,f’]bis[1]benzothiophene. Comparison of the Optical and Electrochemical Properties of the anti and syn Isomers. J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70, 4502-4505.
|
|
