Wayne L. Gladfelter

Inorganic & Organometallic Chemistry

Nanoscience & Materials Chemistry

Researchers in the Gladfelter group are working on projects at the interface of inorganic and materials chemistry. In one project they collaborate with the Professor David Blank and his group to understand the mechanism of charge separation in dye-sensitized solar cells. The project involves preparing dyads comprising metal oxide nanocrystals and organic or inorganic dye molecules. Using ultrafast spectroscopic methods the excited state electron transfer rates are measured allowing insight into the reaction mechanism.

In another project, group members in collaboration with Professor Jason Goodpaster are studying the mechanism of chemical vapor deposition and related processes using computational methods.