Dr. Michael Stollenz
Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kennesaw State University

Flexible Ethylene-Bridged Bis(amidines) and Bis(amidinates) as Versatile Supramolecular Assemblies and Ligands for Highly Luminescent Cu^I Arrays
Thursday November 10th, 2022 in Hand 1144

Abstract: The Stollenz Group is interested in the construction of molecular strings and wires embedded in molecular entities that consist of linearly arranged transition metal atoms, specifically those who support closed-shell MI∙∙∙MI d10∙∙∙d10 interactions (M = Cu, Ag, Au). This is due to fascinating luminescence properties that make these linear assemblies highly interesting not only for applications as molecular wires in applications in molecular machines and nanomaterials, but also in molecular/organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs). The basis for these molecular frameworks are polydentate amidines that have attracted considerable attention as building blocks for biomedical reagents, redox-switchable chromophores and fluorophores, and as versatile ligands in coordination chemistry. This presentation will be about our quest for designing molecular strings and coils, and related coordination chemistry.

Bio: Michael Stollenz received his Diplom in Chemistry (equivalent to M.S.) from the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (Germany) in 1998. As a Graduate Fellow (Landesgraduiertenstipendiat) of the Free State of Thuringia, he earned his doctoral degree in Jena with Professor Dirk Walther in 2003. After postdoctoral appointments in Spain (Valencia), Germany (Göttingen), and the US (Texas A&M University), followed by a position of an Assistant Research Scientist and Lecturer at Texas A&M, he joined Kennesaw State University as an Assistant Professor in August 2015. He was promoted to an Associate Professor with tenure in March 2021. His research interests focus on oligonuclear complexes of the late 3d and 4d transition metals and their applications in materials sciences and homogeneous catalysis.

Please join us for a reception with Dr. Stollenz at 3:00 PM in Hand 1134.