Curriculum Vitae - Daniel J. Dyer

Group Information

I. Education.

Ph. D. Department of Chemistry. University of Colorado, Boulder. 1991-1996.

Dissertation Title: "Design and Synthesis of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals for Nonlinear Optic and Electrooptic Device Applications " Advisor: Prof. David M. Walba.

B.A. Chemistry. University of Minnesota, St. Paul. 1991.

II. Professional Experience.

Associate Professor (2003 – Present)

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

Assistant Professor (1998 – 2003)

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

Postdoctoral Fellow (1997-1998).

The Beckman Institute. California Institute of Technology.

Advisor: Dr. Seth R. Marder.

•Synthesis of fluorescent polymers via 2-Photon initiated polymerization.

•Synthesis and characterization of liquid crystals for optical limiting.

Postdoctoral Fellow (1996-1997).

IBM Almaden Research Center and Stanford University.

Advisor: Dr. Robert J. Twieg.

•Synthesis of poled polymers for second order nonlinear optic applications.

•Synthesis of highly birefringent liquid crystalline materials for flat panel displays.

•Studies on the effects of chiral polymer networks in cholesteric liquid crystalline materials.

Research Assistant (1991-1996).

Department of Chemistry. University of Colorado, Boulder.

Advisor: David M. Walba.

•Design and synthesis of ferroelectric liquid crystals for nonlinear optic device applications.

•Studies of liquid crystal monolayers on graphite via scanning tunneling microscopy.

•Synthesis and characterization of high performance liquid crystals for micro-display applications.

Research Assistant (1990-1991).

Department of Chemistry. University of Minnesota, St. Paul.

Advisor: Paul G. Gassman

• Successfully synthesized and characterized several homologs of bicyclo[2.1.0]pentane.

III. Awards & Honors

NSF – Career Award (2001)

SIU – Faculty Undergraduate Teaching Fellowship (2001)

3M – Nontenured Faculty Award (2000 & 2001)

ORAU – Ralph-Powe Junior Faculty Award (2000)

Chair – Southern Illinois Section of the American Chemical Society (2003)

IV. Teaching Interests.

Organic Chemistry; Materials Chemistry; Organic Thin Films and Polymers; Nanotechnology.

V. Research Group

Students Who Have Completed Master’s Theses and Doctoral Dissertations Under My Direction:

Total number of student’s that have graduated - M.S. = 4, Ph.D. = 0.

2001 - Christopher Landorf, M.S.; The Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Noncentrosymmetric Hydrogen Bonding Liquid Crystals.

2002 - Rituparna Paul, M.S.; Modification of Substrates with Polymer Brushes Formed via Photoinitiated Surface Polymerization.

Yanping Cao, M.S.; Hydrogen Bond Stabilization of Self-Assembled Monolayers and Multilayers of Organic Thiols on Gold. Co-Advisor – Lichang Wang.

Paul Sandrock, M.S.; Free Radical Addition Reactions of CBrCl₃ with Aryl Acetylenes; Co-Advisor – Cal Meyers.

Students Who are Working Towards Master’s & Doctoral Degrees Under My Direction:

Total number of student’s - M.S. = 3, Ph.D. = 3.

Jianxin Feng, Ph.D.; Surface Initiated Polymerization from Gold and Silicon.

Jeremy Wolf, M.S.; Lateral Substitution in Hydrogen Bonding Liquid Crystalline Polymers.

Chenguang Li, Ph.D.; Design and Synthesis of Hydrogen Bonding Liquid Crystalline Polymers.

Songwen Xie, Ph.D.; Synthesis of Small Estrogenic Carboxylic Acids and a Study of their in vivo and in vitro Activities; Co-Advisor – Cal Meyers.

Aaron McLean, M.S.; Undecided; Co-Advisor – Cal Meyers.

Emma Conlin, M.S.; Undecided.

Surendra Kumar Puli, M.S..; Undecided.

Ruisong Xu, Ph.D.; Synthesis of Fluorescent Biosensors.

Undergraduate’s Who Have Performed Research Under My Direction:

Total number - 11

1999 - Jim Simpson, Jeff Jacobsen, Corey Feirheiley

2000 - Wei Xie, Jeremy Wolf

2001 - Brad Brown, Emily Surprenant

2002 - Emma Conlin, Jonathan Maas, Craig Conner, Ven Ney Wong

2003 - Ven Ney Wong

2004 - Ven Ney Wong

Postdoctoral Fellows and Visiting Scholars:

Total number - 2

2001-2002 - Rolf Schmidt

2000-2002 - Tongfeng Zhao

VI. Research.

Research Interests and Specialties.

Design and synthesis of polar organic thin films. Liquid crystals. Electrooptic device applications. Self-assembly of organic materials. Surface initiated polymerization. Ionic liquid crystalline polymers, Hydrogen Bonding in liquid crystals and self-assembled monolayers. Nanoscience & Nanotechnology. Fluorescent biosensors.

Collaborators within the Past 48 Months.

Edgar Arriaga: University of Minnesota, Department of Chemistry; Shaowei Chen: SIUC, Department of Chemistry; Noel Clark: University of Colorado, Dept. of Physics; Matthew McCarroll: SIUC, Dept. of Chemistry; Chuck Rosenblatt: Case Western Reserve University, Dept. of Physics; Ken Singer: Case Western Reserve University, Dept. of Physics; David Walba: University of Colorado, Dept. of Chemistry; Lichang Wang: SIUC, Dept. of Chemistry; Yusuf Yagci, Istanbul Technical University, Department of Chemistry.

VII. Professional Service

Society Memberships

American Association for the Advancement of Science.

American Chemical Society (Organic, Polymer, and Polymer & Materials Science Divisions).

Materials Research Society.

Optical Society of America

Review proposals for these funding agencies

Army Research Office

National Science Foundation

NSF Review Panel on Nanotechnology (2001).

Oak Ridge Associated Universities

Petroleum Research Fund (ACS)

Review papers for these journals.

Advanced Materials

Chemistry of Materials

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Journal of Polymer Science: Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Langmuir

Liquid Crystals

Macromolecular Chemistry & Physics

Macromolecules

Materials Research Bulletin

Polymer

Wiley-VCH Scientific Publishing

Offices Held:

Chair-Elect, American Chemical Society – Southern Illinois Local Section (2002).

Chair, American Chemical Society – Southern Illinois Local Section (2003).

Past Chair, American Chemical Society – Southern Illinois Local Section (2004).

VIII. Publications

Journal Articles

33. Maclennan, J.E.; Muller, D.; Shao, R.-F.; Coleman, D.; Dyer, D.J.; Walba, D.M.; Clark, N.A. “Field-Control of the Surface Electroclinic Effect in Chiral Smectic A Liquid Crystals”, E. Liq. Cryst. Comm. 2004, Jan/12, 10:55:15.32.

32. Dyer, D.J. “Patterning of Gold Substrates by Surface Initiated Polymerization”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2003, 13, 667-670. (Invited)

31. Dyer, D.J.; Feng, J. “Responsive Polymer Substrates by Nanoengineering with Surface Initiated Polymerization”, Polymer Preprints 2003, 44(2), 230-231.

30. Cao, Y.; Ge, Q.; Dyer, D.J.; Wang, L. “Steric Effects on the Adsorption of Alkylthiolate Self-Assembled Monolayers on Au(111)”, J. Phys. Chem. B 2003, 107, 3803-3807.

29. Dyer, D.J.; Feng, J.; Paul, R.; Schmidt, R.; Zhao, T. “Photoinitiated Polymerization of Styrene from Alkylthiolate Self-Assembled Monolayers: Kinetics and Grafting Density”, Polymer Preprints 2003, 44(1), 433-434.

28. Feng, J.; Dyer, D.J. “Effect of Initiator Structure on Photochemical Polymerization of Styrene from Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold”, Polymer Preprints 2003, 44(1), 516-517.

27. Dyer, D.J.; Wolf, J.; Li, C.; Landorf, C.; Brown, B.; Maas, J.; Conlin, E.; Zhao, T. “Design and Synthesis of Noncentrosymmetric Hydrogen Bonded Main Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers: Towards Polar Order in Organic Thin Films”, Polymer Preprints 2003, 44(1), 578-579.

26. Dyer, D.J.; Li, C.; Wolf, J.; Landorf, C.; Zhao, T. “Surface Alignment of Hydrogen Bonded Main Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers”, Polymer Preprints 2003, 44(1), 713-714.

25. Paul, R.; Schmidt, R.; Dyer, D.J. “Synthesis of Ultrathin Films of Polyacrylonitrile by Photoinitiated Polymerization from Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold”, Langmuir., 2002, 18, 8719-8723.

24. Paul, R.; Schmidt, R.; Feng, J.; Dyer, D.J. “Photoinitiated Polymerization of Styrene from Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold. II. Grafting Rates and Extraction”, J. Polym. Sci; Part A: Polym. Chem. 2002, 40, 3284-3291.

23. Chen, S.; Pei, R.; Zhao, T.; Dyer, D.J. “Nanoparticle Assemblies By Metal Ion-Pyridine Chelation and Their Rectified Quantized Charging in Aqueous Solutions”, J. Phys. Chem. B 2002, 106, 1903-1908.

22. Schmidt, R.; Zhao, T.; Green, J.B.; Dyer, D. J. “Photoinitiated Polymerization of Styrene from Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold”, Langmuir 2002, 18, 1281-1287.

21. Dyer, D.J.; Zhao, T.; Green, J.B. “Surface Initiated Photopolymerization from Gold”, Polymer Preprints , 2001, 42(2), 178.

20. Shao, R.-F.; Maclennan, J.E.; Clark, N.A.; Dyer, D.J.; Walba, D.M. "Giant surface electroclinic effect in a chiral smectic A liquid crystal," Liq. Cryst. 2001, 28, 117-123.

19. Landorf, C.; Simpson, J.; Jacobsen, J.; Dyer, D.J. “Design and Synthesis of Noncentrosymmetric Organic Thin Films with Hydrogen Bonded Main Chain Polymers”. Poly. Mat. Sci. - Preprints 2000, 83, 172-173.

18. You, E; Twieg, R.J.; Dyer, D.J.; Lee, V.Y. "Synthesis and Properties of Liquid Crystals Containing the 4-Pyridone and Methylene-1,4-Dihydropyridine Structure Unit", Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. Sci. Technol. Sect. A-Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 1999, 332, 2909-2916.

17. Cumpston, B. H.; Ananthavel, S. P.; Barlow, S.; Dyer, D. J.; Ehrlich, J. E.; Erskine, L. L.; Heikal, A. A.; Kuebler, S. M.; Lee, I.-Y.; McCord-Maughon, D.; Qin, J.; Röckel, H.; Rumi, M.; Wu, X.-L.; Marder, S. R.; Perry, J. W. “Two-Photon Polymerization Initiators for Three-Dimensional Optical Data Storage and Microfabrication”, Nature 1999, 398, 51-54.

16. Dyer, D.J.; Lee, V.Y.; Twieg, R.J. “A New Class of Liquid Crystals: Methylene-1,4-Dihydropyridines”, Liq. Cryst. 1998, 24, 271-281.

15. Dyer, D.J.; Lee, V.; Twieg, R.J. “The Forgotten Liquid Crystals of Daniel Vörlander: A New Look at Mesogenic 4-Pyridones”, Liq. Cryst. 1997, 23, 551-560.

14. Dyer, D.J.; Schröder, U.P.; Chan, K.-P.; Twieg, R.J. “Polymer Stabilized Reflective Cholesteric Displays: Effects of Chiral Polymer Networks on Reflectance Properties”, Chem. Mater. 1997, 9, 1665-1669.

13. Prêtre, Ph.; Sidick, E.; Knoesen, A.; Dyer, D.J.; Twieg, R.J. “Optical Dispersion Properties of Tricyanovinylaniline Polymer Thin Films for Ultrashort Optical Pulse Diagnosis”, Poly. Prep. 1997, 38, 969-970.

12. Stevens, F.; Dyer, D.J.; Walba, D.M.; Shao, R.; Clark, N.A. “Dynamics of Vacency Defects in 2-D Crystalline Monolayers Under Chiral Smectic Thin Films Studied by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy”, Liq. Cryst. 1997, 22, 531-532.

11. Walba, D.M.; Stevens, F.; Dyer, D.J.; Parks, D.C.; Clark, N.A.; Wand, M.D. “Imaging Chiral Molecules by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy”, Enantiomer 1996, Vol. 1, 267-280.

10. Stevens, F.; Dyer, D.J.; Müller, U; Walba, D.M. “Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Images of a Novel Dimeric Liquid Crystal on Graphite”, Langmuir 1996, 12, 5625-5629.

9. Walba, D.M.; Dyer, D.J.; Chen, X-H.; Müller, U.; Cobben, P.L.; Shao, R.; Clark, N.A. “Design and Synthesis of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals. 25. An Approach to New Materials For Ultra-Fast Electronic Electro-Optic Modulators”, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., Section A 1996, 288, 83-91.

8. Stevens, F.; Dyer, D.J.; Walba, D.M. “Direct Observation of Enantiomorphous Monolayer Crystals from Enantiomers by STM”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1996, 35, 900-901.

7. Walba, D.M.; Dyer, D.J.; Cobben, P.L.; Sierra, T.; Rego, J.A.; Liberko, C.A.; Shao, R.; Clark, N.A. “Design and Synthesis of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals. 22. Side-by-Side Dimers for Nonlinear Optics”, Ferroelectrics 1996, Vol. 179, 211-220.

6. Walba, D.M.; Dyer, D.J.; Sierra, T.; Cobben. P.L.; Shao, R.; Clark, N.A. “Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals for Nonlinear Optics: Orientation of the Disperse Red-1 Chromophore Along the Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Polar Axis”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1996, 118, 1211-1212.

5. Stevens, F.; Dyer, D.J.; Walba, D.M. “Domain Formation and Annealing in an Adsorbed Liquid Crystal Monolayer Observed by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy”, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 1996, 14(1), 38-41.

4. Stevens, F.; Walba, D.M.; Dyer, D.J. “Formation of 2-D Mixed Crystals on Graphite Observed by STM”, Langmuir 1996, 12, 436-440.

3. Walba, D.M.; Dyer, D.J.; Cobben, P.L.; Sierra, T.; Rego, J.A.; Liberko, C.A.; Shao, R.; Clark, N.A. “Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals for Nonlinear Optics: Can We Really Do It?”, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 1995, Vol. 392, 157-161.

2. Dyer, D.J.; Walba, D.M. “Improvement of Thermotropic Liquid Crystallinity by Incorporation of Unsaturated Fatty Alcohol Tail Units”, Chem. Mater. 1994, 6, 1096-1098.

1. Walba, D.M.; Dyer, D.J.; Shao, R.; Clark, N.A.; Vohra, R.T.; More, K.; Thurmes, W.N.; Wand, M.D. "High Performance Electroclinic Materials", Ferroelectrics 1993, Vol. 148, 435-442.

Chapters and Articles in Professional Books.

4. Dyer, D.J.; Feng, J.; Fivelson, C.; Paul, R.; Schmidt, R.; Zhao, T. “Photoinitiated Polymerization from Self-Assembled Monolayers”, in Polymer Brushes, Brittain, W.; Caster, K.; Rühe, J., Eds., Wiley-VCH, 2004, In Press.

3. Landorf, C.; Wolf, J.; Li, C.; Xie, W.; Jacobsen, J.; Simpson, J.; Dyer, D.J. "Design of Polar Organic Liquid Crystalline Thin Films"; In Organic Thin Films for Photonic Applications; Trends in Optics and Photonics Series; Optical Society of America: Washington, D.C. 2002, Vol. 64; 145-152.

2. Prêtre, Ph; Sidick, E.; Wu, L.-M.; Knoesen, A.; Dyer, D.J.; Twieg, R.J. “Optical Dispersion Properties of Tricyanovinylaniline Polymer Thin Films for Ultrashort Optical Pulse Diagnostics”, ACS Symposium Series (San Fransisco Conference) 1998, Vol. 695, 328-341.

1. Dyer, D.J.; Shao, R.; Clark, N.A.; Walba, D.M. “Design and Synthesis of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals. 24. Incorporation of the Disperse Red-1 Chromophore into Side-by-Side Dimers for Nonlinear Optics”, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 1996, Vol. 413, 357-362.

Patents.

2. Walba, D.M.; Dyer, D.J.; Müller, U.; Cobben, P.; Chen, X.-H.; Thurmes, W.; Wand, M. “Mesogenic Materials with Anomalous Birefringence Dispersion and High Second Order Susceptibility (c(2))”, U.S. Patent 6,139,771, Displaytech Inc., 2000.

1. Dyer, D.J.; Twieg, R.J. “Liquid Crystal Display”, U.S. Patent 5783114, IBM Corporation, 1998.