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Dr. Tom Schmedake
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Department of Chemistry
UNC Charlotte
9201 University City Boulevard
Charlotte, NC 28223

704-687-5177
tschmeda@uncc.edu

Project Descriptions

  • Project 1 – Fluorescent Sensors for Photoinduced Electron Transfer
  • Project 2 – Light-Activated Multifunctional Silica-Based Nanoparticles for Therapeutic Applications
  • Project 3 – Light Effect Transistors (LETs) in Photonic Integrated Circuits
  • Project 4 – Developing therapeutic nanomaterial architectures towards their clinical translation
  • Project 5 – Synthesis of Inorganic Materials and Compounds
  • Project 6 – Oxide Nanostructures Based Nonmetal Plasmonic Materials
  • Project 7 – Superatomic Secondary Building Units (SBUs) for Framework Solids
  • Project 8 – Dynamic RNA Nanoparticles and Reconfigurable Nanoassemblies with Controllable Immunological Properties
  • Project 9 – Reconfigurable RNA-based Supra-assemblies

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Funding provided by NSF-REU program through NSF Award #1757619

Project 1 - Fluorescent Sensors for Photoinduced Electron Transfer

December 02, 2018 by Tom Schmedake
Categories: Updates

The purpose of this project is to study the fluorescent properties and photochemistry of thiazolothiazole viologens for solar energy applications. In particular we will study the photoinduced electron transfer events from a donor chromophore to an acceptor thiazolothiazole viologen (TTz). We will monitor these dynamics by studying the fluorescence both of the donor and acceptor molecules.

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Project 2 - Light-Activated Multifunctional Silica-Based Nanoparticles for Therapeutic Applications

December 02, 2018 by Tom Schmedake
Categories: Updates

The purpose of this project is to develop novel multifunctional silica-based hybrid nanoparticles with outstanding properties for photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photodynamic inactivation (PDI) applications.

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Project 3 - Light Effect Transistors (LETs) in Photonic Integrated Circuits

December 02, 2018 by Tom Schmedake
Categories: Updates

The purpose of this project is to develop novel applications of LETs in photonic integrated circuits (PICs).Read more…

Project 4 - Developing therapeutic nanomaterial architectures towards their clinical translation

December 02, 2018 by Tom Schmedake
Categories: Updates

The overall objective of this project is to identify the design rules for fabricating organized gold nanoclusters that have the desired chemical, physical, and optical properties for cancer theranostics, but can also undergo controlled disassembly in vivo to facilitate their complete clearance from the body to ensure their safe application.

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Project 5 - Synthesis of Inorganic Materials and Compounds

December 02, 2018 by Tom Schmedake
Categories: Updates

The goal of this project is to synthesize, characterize, and study the properties of new inorganic compounds that have novel photochemical, electronic, or biomimetic applications.Read more…

Project 6 - Oxide Nanostructures Based Nonmetal Plasmonic Materials

December 02, 2018 by Tom Schmedake
Categories: Updates

The goal of this project is to synthesize one-dimensional (1D) oxide nanostructures using chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and study their plasmonic properties for plasmon enhanced photocatalytic applications.Read more…

Project 7 - Superatomic Secondary Building Units (SBUs) for Framework Solids

December 02, 2018 by Tom Schmedake
Categories: Research ProjectsUpdates

The main goal of this project is to use synthetic molecular clusters as building blocks to assemble a new class of multi-dimensional coordination solids.

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Project 8 - Dynamic RNA Nanoparticles and Reconfigurable Nanoassemblies with Controllable Immunological Properties

December 02, 2018 by Tom Schmedake
Categories: Updates

The goal of this project is to investigate new designing principles for engineering programmable RNA nanoassemblies that can be activated in response to various stimuli and have controllable immunological properties.

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Project 9 - Reconfigurable RNA-based Supra-assemblies

December 02, 2018 by Tom Schmedake
Categories: Updates

Despite the existing variety of RNA (and DNA) nanoparticles (NPs) and computational tools for their design, the use of RNA NPs as modular building blocks for constructing RNA networks has never been systematically investigated. To address this need and thereby shift the existing paradigm, the goal of this project is to develop an RNA-based, programmable networking platform that simultaneously encodes targeted biophysical, mechanical, and biochemical properties through networks with multiple independently programmable architectural parameters.

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