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Professor DeArmond's research concerns unique electronic and magnetic properties of metal chelate systems as [Ru(2,2'-bipyridine)₃]²⁺. The localization of charge resulting form the addition of electrons or the photoexcitation of the species has been characterized by a variety of spectroscopic and electrochemical methods. Professor De Armond's group will exploit some aspects of the charge localization. Photoelectro-chemical measurements at the interface of two liquids may permit efficient generation of photoreduced reagents for solar energy water splitting reactions. Pendant metal complex oligomers with [sigma] electron backbone will be used as charge storage and redox materials while [Pi] electron backbone materials can provide redox conduction and also electronic conduction. Two dimensional ordered molecular films produced by Langmuir-Blodgett methods containing hydrophobic transition metal complexes can provide a new source material for thin films capable of a functional response. This functional response, the concentration variation and the multilayer capability of these films can provide a starting point for molecular electronics devices.


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		M. KEITH DE ARMOND, Ph.D. B.S. (DePauw) 1958; Ph.D. (Arizona) 1962; Postdoctoral (Illinois) 1963; Sabbatical (Bologna) 1977 kdearmon@nmsu.edu
Professor DeArmond's research concerns unique electronic and magnetic properties of metal chelate systems as [Ru(2,2'-bipyridine)₃]²⁺. The localization of charge resulting form the addition of electrons or the photoexcitation of the species has been characterized by a variety of spectroscopic and electrochemical methods. Professor De Armond's group will exploit some aspects of the charge localization. Photoelectro-chemical measurements at the interface of two liquids may permit efficient generation of photoreduced reagents for solar energy water splitting reactions. Pendant metal complex oligomers with [sigma] electron backbone will be used as charge storage and redox materials while [Pi] electron backbone materials can provide redox conduction and also electronic conduction. Two dimensional ordered molecular films produced by Langmuir-Blodgett methods containing hydrophobic transition metal complexes can provide a new source material for thin films capable of a functional response. This functional response, the concentration variation and the multilayer capability of these films can provide a starting point for molecular electronics devices.
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