[BK21 Seminar] Prof. Robert Jerard Gilliard, Jr. (University of Virginia, USA)_2021.05.26

♧ Speaker : Prof. Robert Jerard Gilliard, Jr. (University of Virginia, USA)

♧ Date : 2021. 5. 26 (WED), 9:00 AM 

♧URL: https://zoom.us/j/98702298720?pwd=ZEZ1U2syb0grZ1hORkhKLzhJd1RzZz09

 

Electronic Tuning in the Main-Group:

From Subvalent Organometallics to Novel π-Electron Materials

 

Research efforts in the Gilliard laboratory span diverse areas of chemical synthesis related to the activation of inert chemical bonds, energy storage, and molecular hybrid materials chemistry. Our work with s-block metals has resulted in a number of advances in the low-valent and hydridic chemistry of the alkaline earth metals (e.g., beryllium, magnesium), including molecular models for hydrogen storage. Recently, we have begun to study heterocycles “doped” with p-block elements for the development of new π-electron materials with unusual bonding and photophysical properties. This has led to the first examples of pyrene-fused N-heterocyclic germylenes and boranes, thermochromic and thermoluminescent borafluorene materials, and stable borafluorene radicals. Our primary goal has been to isolate molecules in rare electronic states and to provide a link between structure and function. This presentation will highlight our most recent results in these research areas.

 

Host : Prof. Eunsung Lee