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`Dwight S. Seferos – Curriculum Vitae
`BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
`1. PERSONAL
`University Address:
`80 St. George Street
`Toronto, ON, M5S 3H6
`416-946-0285
`2. DEGREES
`Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara
`Advisor: Guillermo C. Bazan
`B.S. in Chemistry, Western Washington University
` Advisor: Gary M. Lampman
`3. EMPLOYMENT
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`Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
`Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
`Cross-appointed, Department of Chemical
` Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto
`Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
`Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
`Advisor: Chad A. Mirkin
`4. HONORS
`Harry Gray Award for Creative Work in Inorganic Chemistry
`Polymer Chemistry Pioneering Investigator
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`PMSE Young Investigator, ACS
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`Green Ribbon Award
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`CSC Strem Chemicals Award for Pure or Applied Inorganic Chemistry
`Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (renewal)
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`Chemical Society Reviews Emerging Investigator
`Chemistry of Materials Editorial Advisory Board
`ChemPlusChem Early Career Series
`Dalton Transactions New Talent Americas
`Connaught Innovation Award
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`NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement
`Macromolecules Editorial Advisory Board
`Emerging Materials Chemistry Investigators Symposium, CSC
`CNC-IUPAC Travel Award
`Polymer Chemistry Emerging Investigator
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`Chemical Communications Emerging Investigator
`J. Mater. Chem. Emerging Investigator
`Early Excellence Author Profile in J. Phys. Org. Chem.
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`5. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
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`B. ACADEMIC HISTORY
`6A. RESEARCH ENDEAVORS
`Polymer Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Solar Energy
`6B. RESEARCH AWARDS
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`6C. PATENTS and APPLICATIONS
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`17. US Provisional Patent Application No. 62/599,461; “Organic Triptycene-based frameworks
`useful for lithium ion batteries”, Seferos, D. S.; Schon, Tilley, A. Y.; An, S. Priority Date:
`December 2017
`16. US62/290,228 Provisional Patent Application “Bio-Inspired Polyflavin Electrodes for
`Energy Storage Devices”, Dwight Seferos, Tyler Schon and Colin Bridges. Priority Date:
`February 2016
`15. WO 2015154190; Seferos, D. S.; DiCarmine, P.; Schon, T. Conjugated Polymers, and
`Synthesis, and Use thereof.
`14. WO 2015070353; Seferos, D. S.; Schon, T. DiCarmine, P. Polyfullerenes useful as
`electrodes for high power supercapacitors.
`13. US 20140273339; Seferos, D. S,; Djukic, B., Tevtia, A. Semiconductor Polymers.
`12. US Patent 9,035,016 (Issued May 19th, 2015); Seferos, D. S.; Djukic, B.; Abdelrahman, A.
`I. Preparation and use of conjugated polymer compositions for solar cell applications.
`11. US Patent 8,809,487 (Issued August 19th, 2014); Seferos D. S; Djukic, B. Process for
`manufacture of conjugated polymer compositions for solar cells applications.
`10. WO 2014067016 A1 2014058; Seferos, D. S.; Jahnke, A. A. 3-Substitued Tellurophenes
`and Related Compounds.
`9. WO 201216794 A1 20121202; Seferos, D. S.; Gao, D.; Hollinger, J; Li L. Conjugated
`Copolymers Useful in Electronics.
`7. US 20130045416 A1 20130221; Seferos, D. S.; Bridges, C.; DiCarmine, P. M. Gold micro-
`and nanotubes, their synthesis and use.
`8. US Provisional Patent Application No. 61/553,638; Seferos, D. S.; Gao, D.; Hollinger, J; Li
`L. Composite Materials for use in Solar Cells.
`6. CA 2741914 A1 20121202; Seferos, D. S.; Hollinger, J.; Li, L. Fully Conjugated Phase-
`Separable Block Copolymers.
`5. US 20110111974 A1 20110512; Mirkin, C. A.; Prigodich, A. E.; Seferos, D. S. Short Duplex
`Probes for Enhanced Target hybridization.
`4. US 20100294952 A1 20101125; Mirkin, C. A.; Jones, M. R.; Millstone, J. E.; Giljohann, D.
`A.; Seferos, D. S.; Young, K. L. Controlled Agent Release and Sequestration.
`3. WO2008/151049; 2008/0306016; Mirkin, C. A.; Giljohann, D. A.; Seferos, D. S. Nucleic
`Acid Functionalized Nanoparticles for Therapeutic Applications
`2. US Patent 9,139,827 (Issued September 22, 2015); Mirkin, C. A.; Seferos, D. S; Giljohann,
`D. A. Polyvalent RNA-Nanoparticle Compositions. Also issued in Japan.
`1. US Patent 8,507,200 (Issued August 13, 2013); Mirkin, C. A.; Seferos, D. S.; Giljohann, D.
`A. Particles For Detecting Intracellular Targets. Also issued in Europe, Mexico, Japan,
`Australia, and Europe.
`C. SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL WORK
`7A. REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
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`109. Obhi, N. K.; Peda, D. M.; Kynaston, E. L.; Seferos, D. S. Exploring the graft-to synthesis
`of all conjugated comb copolymers using azide-alkyne click chemistry. Macromolecules
`2018, DOI: 10.102/acs.macromol.8b00138.
`108. Yan, H.; Ye, S.; Seferos, D. S. Unusual performance increase in polymer solar cells by
`cooling a hot donor/acceptor ink in a good solvent. ACS Appl. Mater. Int. 2018, 10, 979-
`984 (6 pages).
`107. Shi, Y.; Zhang, L.; Schon, T. B.; Li, H.; Fan, C.; Li, X.; Wang, H.; Wu, X.; Xie, H.; Sun,
`H.; Seferos, D.S.; Zhang, J. Porous carbon with willow-leaf-shaped pores for high-
`performance supercapacitors. ACS Appl. Mater. Int. 2017, 9, 42699-42707 (8 pages).
`106. Pahlanvanlu, P.; Tilley, A. J.; McAllister B.T.; Seferos, D. S. Microwave synthesis of
`thionated naphthalene diimide-based small molecules and polymers. J. Org. Chem. 2017,
`82, 12337-12345 (9 pages)
`105. Pensack, R. D.; Crieco, C.; Purdum, G.E.; Mazza, S. M.; Tilley, A. J.; Ostroumov, E.E.;
`Seferos, D. S.; Loo, Y-L.; Asbury, J. B.; Anthony, J. E.; Scholes, G. D. Solution-
`processable, crystalline materials for quantitative singlet fission. Mater. Horiz. 2017, 4,
`915-923 (9 pages).
`104. Miltenburg, M. B.; Schon, T. B.; Kynaston, E. L.; Manion, J. G.; Seferos, D. S.
`Electrochemical polymerization of functionalized graphene quantum dots. Chem. Mater.
`2017 29, 6611-6615 (5 pages).
`103. Sun, A.; Yang, Z.; Wei, M.; Sun, W.; Li, X.; Ye, S.; Zhao, Y.; Tan, H.; Kynaston, E. L.
`Schon, T. B.; Yan, H.; Lu, Z.-H.; Ozin, G. A.; Sargent, E. H.; Seferos, D. S. Chemically
`addressable perovskite nanocrystals for light-emitting applications. Adv. Mater. 2017, #
`1701153. (6 pages).
`102. Pollit, A. A.; Obhi, N. K.; Lough, A. J.; Seferos, D. S. Evaluation of an external initiating
`Ni(II) diamine catalyst for electron deficient p-conjugated polymers. Poly. Chem. 2017, 8,
`4108-4113. (6 pages).
`101. Dang, M. T.; Grant, T. M.; Yan, H.; Seferos, D. S.; Lessard, B. H.; Bender, T. P. Bis(tri-n-
`alkylsilyl oxide) silicon phthalocyanines: A Start to Establishing a Structure Property
`Relationship as both Ternary Additives and Non-Fullerene Electron Acceptors in Bulk
`Heterojunction Organic Photovoltaic Devices. J. Mat. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 12168-12182. (15
`pages)
`100. McAllister, B. T.; Schon, T. B.; DiCarmine, P. M.; Seferos, D. S. A Study of Fused-Ring
`Thienopyrazine Polymers as n-Type Materials for Organic Supercapacitors. Polymer
`Chemistry, 2017, 8, 5194-5202 (9 pages). Invited for special issue: Pioneering
`Investigators.
`99. Carrera, E. I.; Seferos, D. S. Ring-Opening of π-Delocalized 2,5-Diphenyltellurophene by
`Chemical or Self-Sensitized Aerobic Photooxidation. Organometallics 2017, 36, 2612-
`2621. (10 pages) Invited for special issue: Tailoring the optoelectronic properties of
`organometallic compounds with main group elements.
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`98. Schon, T. B; Tilley, A. J.; Kynaston, E. L.; Seferos, D. S. Three-Dimentional Arylene
`Diimide Frameworks for Highly Stable Lithium Ion Batteries. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces
`2017, 9, 15631-15637. (7 pages)
`97. Shida, N.; Okazaki, D.; Kurioka, T.; Nishiyama, H.; Seferos, D. S.; Tomita, I.; Inagi, S.
`Anodic Chlorination of Selenophene-Containing Polymers: Reaction efficiency and
`Selective Reaction of Single Segment in Rod-Rod Diblockcopolymer. ChemElectroChem
`2017, 4, 1824-1827 (4 pages).
`96. Manion, J. G.; Gao, D.; Brodersen, P. M.; Seferos, D. S. Insulating Polymer Additives in
`Small Molecule Solar Cells: How they are tolerated and their use as potential interlayers. J.
`Mater. Chem. C. 2017, 5, 3315-3322.
`95. Kynaston, E. L.; Fang, Y.; Manion, J. G. Obhi, N. K.; Perepichka, D. F. Seferos, D. S.
`Patchy Nanofibers form the Thin Film Self-Assembly of a Conjugated Diblock Copolymer.
`Angew. Chem. 2017, 56, 6152-6156.
`94. Razzell-Hollis, J.; Fleichli, F.; Jahnke, A. A.; Stingelin, N.; Seferos, D. S.; Kim, J.-S. Effect
`of Side-Chain Length and Shape on Polytellurophene Molecular Order and Shape. J. Phys.
`Chem. C. 2017, 121, 2088.
`93. George R. McKeown, Yuan Fang, Nimrat K. Obhi, Joseph G. Manion, Dmitrii F.
`Perepichka, and Dwight S. Seferos. Synthesis of Macrocyclic Poly(3-hexylthiophene) and
`Poly(3-heptylselenophene) by Alkyne Homocoupling. ACS Macro Lett., 2016, 5, 1075-
`1079. (5 pages). ACS Editors Choice.
`92. Sean K. Liew, Aleksandra Holownia, Andrew J. Tilley, Elisa I. Carrera, Dwight S. Seferos,
`and Andrei K. Yudin. A Study of Boratriazaroles: An Underdeveloped Class of
`Heterocycles. J. Org. Chem., 2016, 81, 10444.
`91. Li, P.; Carrera, E. I.; Seferos, D. S. Synthesis of Diphenylchalcogenophene diboronic acid
`bis(pinicol) esters and halogen photoelimination from
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`annihilation. ChemPlusChem 2016, 81, 917-921. (5 pages) Invited for the 2016 Early
`Career Series.
`90. Garrett, G. E.; Carrera, E. I.; Seferos, D. S.; and Taylor, M. S. Anion Recognition by a
`Bidentate Chalcogen Bond Donor Chem. Comm., 2016, 52, 9881-9884. (4 pages)
`89. Schon, T. B.; Tilley; A. J.; Bridges, C. R.; Miltenburg, M. B.; Seferos, D. S. Bio-derived
`Polymers for Sustainable Lithium-Ion Batteries. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2016, DOI:
`10.1002/adfm.201602114 (8 pages)
`88. Ryan D. Pensack, Evgeny E. Ostroumov, Andrew J. Tilley, Samuel Mazza, Christopher
`Grieco, Karl J. Thorley, John B. Asbury, Dwight S. Seferos, John E. Anthony, and Gregory
`D. Scholes; Observation of Two Triplet-Pair Intermediates in Singlet Exciton Fission. J.
`Phys. Chem. Lett. 2016, 7, 2370-2375. (6 pages)
`87. Schon, T. B.; McAllister, B. T.; Li, P.-F.; Seferos, D. S. The Rise of Organic Electrode
`Materials for Energy Storage. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2016 DOI: 10.1039/C6CS00173D. (60
`pages) Invited for the 2016 Emerging Investigator Issue.
`86. Yan, H.; Manion, J. G.; Yuan, M.; García de Arquer, F. P; McKeown, G. R.; Beaupré, S.;
`Leclerc, M.; Sargent, E. H.; Seferos, D. S.; Increasing Polymer Solar Cell Fill Factor by
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`Trap-filling with F4-TCNQ at Parts Per Thousand Concentration. Adv. Mater. 2016, 30,
`6491-6496. (6 pages)
`85. Ye, S.; Steube, M.; Carrera, E. I.; Seferos, D. S.; What Limits the Molecular Weight and
`Controlled Synthesis of Poly(3-hexyltellurophene)s? Macromolecules 2016, 49, 1704-
`1711. (8 pages)
`84. Carrera, E. I.; Lanterna, A. E.; Lough, A. J.; Scaiano J. C.; Seferos, D. S.; A Mechanistic
`Study of the Halogen Addition and Photoelimination from p-Conjugated Tellurophenes. J.
`Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 2678-2689. (12 pages)
`83. Li, P.; Qian, C.; Lough, A. J.; Ozin, G. A.; Seferos, D. S. Permanently Porous Hydrogen-
`Bonded Frameworks of Rod-like Thiophenes, Selenophenes, and Tellurophenes Capped
`with MIDA Boronates. Dalton Transactions, 2016,  45,  9754 – 9757. (4 pages) Invited for
`the 2016 New Talent Americas Issue.
`82. Kozycz, L. M.; Guo, C.; Manion, J. G.; Tilley, A. J.; Lough, A. J.; Li, Y.; S. Seferos. D.
`S. Enhanced electron mobility in crystalline thionated naphthalene diimides. J. Mater.
`Chem. C, 2015, 3, 11505-11515. (11 pages)
`81. Bridges, C. R.; Guo, C.; Yan, H.; Miltenburg, M. B.; Li, P.; Yuning Li.; Seferos, D. S.
`Conjugated Polymers with Switchable Carrier Polarity. Macromolecules, 2015, 48, 5587-
`5595. (9 pages)
`80. Li, P. F.; Schon, T. B.; Seferos, D. S.; Thiophene, Selenophene, and Tellurophene-based
`Three-Dimensional Organic Frameworks. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 9361-9366. (6
`pages)
`79. Pensack, R. D. Tilley, A. J.; Parkin, S. R.; Lee, T. S.; Payne, M. M.; Gao, D.; Jahnke, A.
`A.; Oblinsky, D. G.; Li, P. F.; Anthony, J. E.; Seferos, D. S.; Scholes, G. D.. Exciton
`Delocalization Drives Rapid Singlet Fission in Nanoparticles of Acene Derivatives. J. Am.
`Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 6790-6803. (14 pages)
`78. Han Yan, H.; Song, Y.; McKeown, G. R.; Scholes, G. D.; Seferos, D. S. Adding
`Amorphous Content to Highly Crystalline Polymer Nanowire Solar Cells Increases
`Performance. Adv. Mater. 2015, 27, 3484-3491. (8 pages)
`77. Tilley, A. J.; Guo, C.; Miltenburg, M. B.; Schon, T. B.; Yan, H.; Li, Y.; Seferos, D. S.;
`Thionation Enhances the Electron Mobility of Perylene Diimide for High Performance n-
`Channel Organic Field Effect Transistors. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2015, 25, 3321-3329. (9
`pages)
`76. McDowell, J. J.; Gao, D.; Seferos, D. S.; Ozin, G. Synthesis of poly(spirosilabifluorene)
`copolymers and their improved stability in blue emitting polymer LEDs over non-spiro
`analogs. Polym. Chem., 2015, 6, 3781-3789. (9 pages)
`75. Gao, D., Gibson, G. L.; Hollinger, J.; Li, P.; Seferos, D. S. ‘Blocky’ donor–acceptor
`polymers containing selenophene, benzodithiophene and thienothiophene for improved
`molecular ordering. Polym. Chem., 2015, 6, 3353-3360. (8 pages) Invited for the 2015
`Emerging Investigator Issue.
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`74. Garrett, G. E.; Gibson, G. L.; Straus, R. N.; Seferos, D. S.; Taylor, M. S. Chalcogen
`Bonding in Solution: Interactions of Benzotelluradiazoles with Anionic and Uncharged
`Lewis Bases. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 4126-4133. (8 pages)
`Jahnke, A. A.; Yu, L.; Coombs, N.; Scaccabarozzi, A.; DiCarmine, P. M.; Amassian, A.;
`Stingelin, N.; Seferos, D. S. Polytellurophenes Provide Imaging Contrast to Unravel the
`Structure Property-Function Relationships in Semiconductor:Insulator Polymer Blends. J.
`Mater. Chem. C. 2015, 3, 3767-3773. (7 pages)
`72. Smith, A. M.; Marbella, L. E.; Johnston, K. A.; Hartmann, M. J.; Crawford, S. E.; Kozycz,
`L. M.; Seferos, D. S.; Millstone, J. E. Quantitative Analysis of Thiolated Ligand Exchange
`on Gold Nanoparticles Monitored by 1H NMR Spectroscopy. Anal. Chem., 2015, 87, 2771-
`2778. (8 pages)
`71. Mahrok, A. K.; Carrera, E. I.; Tilley, A. J.; Ye, S.; Seferos, D. S. Synthesis and
`photophysical properties of platinum-acetylide copolymers with thiophene, selenophene
`and tellurophene. Chem. Comm. 2015, 51, 5475-5478. (4 pages) Invited for the 2015
`Emerging Investigator Issue.
`70. Carrera, E. I and Seferos, D. S. Semiconducting Polymers Containing Tellurium:
`Perspectives Towards Obtaining High-Performance Materials. Macromolecules, 2015, 48,
`297-308. (12 pages) Invited Perspective Article.
`69. Pollit, A. A.; Bridges, C. R.; Seferos, D. S. Evidence for the Chain-Growth Synthesis of
`Statistical π-Conjugated Donor–Acceptor Copolymers. Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2015,
`36, 65-70. (6 pages)
` Carrera, E. I.; Seferos, D. S. Efficient Photoelimination from dibromo, dichloro, and
`difluoro tellurophenes. Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 2092-2096. (5 pages)
`67. Kozycz, L. M.; Gao, D.; Tilley, A. J.; Seferos, D. S. One Donor – Two Acceptor (D-A1)-
`(D-A2) Random Terpolymers Containing Perylene Diimide, Naphthalene Diimide and
`Carbazole Units. J. Poly. Sci. A., 2014, 23, 3337-3345. (9 pages)
`66. Lessard, B. H.; Dang, J. D.; Grant, T. M. Gao, D.; Seferos, D. S.; Bender, T. P. Bis(tri-n-
`hexylsilyl oxide) Silicon Phthalocyanine: A unique Additive in Ternary Bulk
`Heterojunction Organic Photovoltaic Devices. ACS Appl. Mater. Int., 2014, 6, 15040–15051.
`(12 pages)
`65. Yan, H.; Hollinger, J.; Bridges, C. R. Al-Faouri, T.; Seferos, D. S. Doping P3HT
`Nanowires with selenophene increases the performance of polymer nanowire solar cells.
`Chem. Mater, 2014, 26, 4606-4611. (6 pages)
` Hollinger, J.; Seferos, D. S. Morphology Control of Selenophene–Thiophene Block
`Copolymers Through Side Chain Engineering. Macromolecules, 2014, 47, 5002-5009.
`63. Gibson, G. L.; Gao, D.; Jahnke, A. A.; Sun, J.; Tilley, A. J. Seferos, D. S. Molecular weight
`and end capping effects on the optoelectronic properties of structurally related ‘heavy atom’
`donor-acceptor polymers. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 14468-14480. (13 pages)
`62. Bridges, C. R.; Yan, H.; Pollit, A. A. Seferos, D. S. Controlled Synthesis of fully p-
`Conjugated Donor-Acceptor Block Copolymers Using a Ni(II) Diimine Catalyst. ACS
`Macro Lett. 2014, 3, 671-674 (4 pages)
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`61. Tilley, A. J.; Pensack, R. D.; Lee, T.; Djukic, B. Scholes, G. D.; Seferos, D. S. Ultrafast
`Triplet Formation in Thionated Perylene Diimides. J. Phys. Chem. C. 2014, 118, 9996 –
`10004. (9 pages)
`60. DiCarmine, P. M.; Schon, T. B.; McCormick, T. M.; Klein, P.; Seferos, D. S. Donor-
`Acceptor Polymers for High Energy and High Power Electrochemical Supercapacitors. J.
`Phys. Chem. C. 2014, 118, 8295-8307. (13 pages)
`59. Hollinger, J.; Gao, D.; Seferos, D. S. Selenophene Electronics. Isr. J. Chem. 2014, 54, 440-
`453. (14 pages) Invited Contribution in Memory of Michael Bendikov.
`58. Gibson G. L.; Seferos, D. S. Heavy-Atom Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Polymers.
`Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2014, 215, 811-823. (13 pages) Invited Trend Article.
`57. Pensack, R. D.; Song, Y.; McCormick, T. M.; Jahnke, A. A.; Hollinger, J.; Seferos, D. S.;
`Scholes, G. D. Evidence for the Rapid Conversion of Primary Photoexcitations to Triplet
`States in Seleno- and Telluro- Analogs of Poly(3-hexylthiophene). J. Phys. Chem. B, 2014,
`118, 2589-2587. (3 pages)
`56. Chen, S; Sun, B.; Hong, W.; Yan, Z.; Aziz, H.; Meng, Y. Hollinger, J.; Seferos, D. S.; Li,
`Y. Impact of N-substitution of a carbazole unit on the molecular packing and charge
`transport of DPP-carbazole copolymers. J. Mater. Chem. C, 2014, 2, 1683-1690. (8 pages)
`55. Gao, D; Hollinger, J; Jahnke, A. A.; Seferos, D. S. Influence of Selenophene-Thiophene
`Phase-Separation on Solar Cell Performance. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 6058-6063. (6
`pages) Invited Contribution for the Emerging Investigator Themed Issue.
`54. Schon, T. B.; DiCarmine, P. M.; Seferos, D. S. Polyfullerene Electrodes for High-Power
`Supercapacitors. Adv. Energy Mater. 2014, 4, 1301509 (6 pages).
`53. Carrera, E. I.; McCormick, T. M. Kapp, M.; Lough, A. J.; Seferos, D. S. Thermal and
`Photoreductive Elimination from the Tellurium Center of Pi-Conjugated Tellurophenes.
`Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 13779-13790. (12 pages)
`52. McCormick, T. M.; Schon, T. B.; Carrera, E. I.; Seferos, D. S. Reversible Oxidation of a
`Water-Soluble Tellurophene. Chem. Comm. 2013, 49, 11182-11184. (3 pages)
`51. Samanta, S.; McCormick, T. M.; Schmidt, S. K.; Seferos, D. S.; Woolley, G. A. Robust
`Visible Light Photoswitching with ortho-Thiol Substituted Azobenzenes. Chem. Comm.
`2013, 49, 10314-10316. (3 pages)
`50. Djukic, B; Lough, A. J.; Seferos, D. S. A Highly Electron Deficient Analogue of
`Polyaniline, Soluble Oligomers, and Their Redox Properties. J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78,
`9340-9344. (5 pages)
`49. Bridges, C. R; McCormick, T. M.; Seferos, D. S. Designing and Refining Ni(II)Diimne
`Catalysts Towards the Controlled Synthesis of Electron-Deficient Conjugated Polymers. J.
`Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 13212-13219. (8 pages)
`Highlighted in SYNFACTS 2013, 9, 1175.
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`48. Gibson, G.L.; McCormick, T. M.; Seferos, D. S. Effect of Group-14 and Group-16
`Substitution on the Photophysics of Structurally Related Donor-Acceptor Polymers. J.
`Phys. Chem. C. 2013, 117, 16606-16615. (10 pages)
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`47. Gao, D.; Djukic, B.; Shi, W.; Kozycz, L. M.; Bridges, C. R.; Seferos, D. S. Evolution of
`Electron Mobility of Polymer Solar Cells with Different Fullerene Acceptors. ACS Appl.
`Mater. Int. 2013, 5, 8038-8043. (6 pages)
`46. McCormick, T. M.; Bridges, C. R.; Carrera, E. I.; DiCarmine, P. M.; Gibson, G. L.;
`Hollinger, J.; Kozycz, L. M.; Seferos, D. S. Conjugated Polymers: Evaluating DFT
`Methods for More Accurate Orbital Energy Modeling. Macromolecules, 2013, 46, 3879-
`3886. (8 pages)
`45. Kozycz, L. M.; Gao, D.; Seferos, D. S. Compositional Influence on the Regioregularity and
`Device Parameters of a Conjugated Statistical Copolymer. Macromolecules, 2013, 46, 613-
`621. (9 pages)
`Jahnke, A. A.: Djukic, B.; McCormick, T. M.; Domingo, E. B.; Hellmann, C.; Lee, Y;
`Seferos, D. S. Poly(3-alkyltellurophens are Solution Processable Polyheterocycles. J. Am.
`Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 951-954. (4 pages)
`Highlighted in ACCN
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`43. Bridges, C. R.; DiCarmine, P. M.; Schon, T.; Seferos, D. S. Template Directed Synthesis of
`Plasmonic Gold Nanotubes with Tunable IR Absorbance. J. Vis. Exp. 2013, 74 e50420.
`42. Hollinger, J; Sun, J.; Karl, D.; Seferos, D. S. Statistical Conjugated Polymers Comprised of
`Optoelectronically Distinct Units. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2013, 34, 437-441. (5 pages)
`41. Bridges, C. R.; DiCarmine, P. M.; Fokina, A.; Huesmann, D.; Seferos, D. S. Synthesis Of
`Gold Nanotubes with Controllable Wall Thickness. J. Mater. Chem. A 2013, 1, 1127-1133.
`(7 pages)
`40. Li, L.; Hollinger, J.; Gueren, G. Seferos, D. S. Synthesis and Network-Like Self Assembly
`of Porphyrin-Polyselenophene Complexes, ChemPhysChem. 2012, 13, 4110-4115. (6
`pages)
`39. Wong, M.; Hollinger, J.; Kozycz, L. M.; McCormick, T. M.; Yu, L.; Burns, D. C.; Seferos,
`D. S. An Apparent Size Exclusion Quantification Limit of Conjugated Polymers Reveals a
`Molecular Weight Limit in the Synthesis of Externally Initiated Polythiophenes, ACS
`Macro. Lett. 2012, 1, 1266-1269. (4 pages)
`38. Gao, D.; Hollinger, J.; Seferos, D. S. Selenophene-Thiophene Solar Cells with
`Thermostable Nanostructures, ACS Nano, 2012, 6, 7114-7121. (8 pages)
`37. Kozycz, L. M.; Gao, D.; Hollinger, J.; Seferos, D. S. Donor–Donor Block Co-Polymers for
`Organic Solar Cells, Macromolecules, 2012, 45, 5823-5832. (10 pages)
`Top 10 most read article July – Sept 2012
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`36. Hollinger, J.; DiCarmine, P. M.; Karl, D.; Seferos, D. S. Heterocycle Induced Phase-
`Separation in Conjugated Polymers. Macromolecules, 2012, 45, 3772-3778. (7 pages)
`35. Bridges, C. R.; DiCarmine, P. M.; Seferos, D. S. Solution-Suspendable Hollow Gold
`Nanotubes. Chem. Mater. 2012, 24, 963-965. (3 pages)
`Highlighted in MRS Bulletin 2012, 49, 464-465. (2 pages)
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` McCormick, T. M.; Jahnke, A. A.; Lough, A. J.; Seferos, D. S. Tellurophenes with
`Delocalized pi-systems and their Extended Valence Adducts. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134,
`3542-3548. (7 pages)
`33. Gibson, G. L.; McCormick, T. M.; Seferos, D. S. Atomistic Band Gap Engineering in
`Donor-Acceptor Polymers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 539-547. (9 pages)
`32. Li, L.; Hollinger, J; Jahnke, A. A. Petrov, S.; Seferos, D. S. Polyselenophenes with Distinct
`Crystallization Properties. Chem. Sci. 2011, 2, 2306-2310. (5 pages) (Front Cover Piece)
`31. Gao, D.; Seferos, D. S. Size-Dependent Behavior of Polymer Solar Cells Measured Under
`Partial Illumination. Sol. Energy Mater. 2011, 95, 3516-3519. (4 pages)
`30. DiCarmine, P. M.; Fokina, A.; Seferos, D. S. Solvent/Electrolyte Control of the Wall
`Thickness of Template Synthesized Nanostructures. Chem. Mater. 2011, 23, 3787-3794. (8
`pages)
`29. Li, L.; Hollinger, J; Coombs, N.; Petrov, S.; Seferos, D. S. Nanocrystal Self-Assembly with
`Rod-Rod Block Copolymers. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 8148-8152. (5 pages)
` Selected as ‘Hot Paper’ by the Editors
`Jahnke, A. A.; Seferos, D. S. Polytellurophenes. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2011, 32, 943-
`951. (9 pages) (Invited Feature Article, Front Cover Piece).
`Highlighted in Materials Views, June 1, 2011.
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`27. Huesmann, D.; DiCarmine, P. M.; Seferos, D. S. Template-Synthesize Nanostructure
`Morphology Influenced by Building Block Structure. J. Mater. Chem. 2011, 21, 408-413.
`(6 pages)
`Jahnke, A. A.; Howe, G.; Seferos, D. S. Polytellurophenes with properties that are
`controlled by Te-Coordination. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 10140-10144. (5 pages)
` Hollinger, J.; Jahnke, A. A.; Coombs, N.; Seferos, D. S. Controlling Phase Separation and
`Optical Properties
`in Conjugated Polymers Through Selenophene-Thiophene
`Copolymerization. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 8546-8547. (9 pages)
`Highlighted in Nature Chemistry, doi:10.1038/nchem.748
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`Postdoctoral Research (Northwestern University)
`24. Prigodich, A. E.; Lee, O.-S.; Daniel, W. L.; Seferos, D. S.; Schatz, G. C.; Mirkin, C. A.
`Tailoring DNA Structure To Increase Target Hybridization Kinetics on Surfaces. J. Am.
`Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 10638-10641. (4 pages)
`23. Giljohann, D. A.; Seferos, D. S.; Massich, M. D.; Daniel, W. L.; Patel, P. C.; Mirkin, C. A.;
`Gold Nanoparticles for Biology and Medicine, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 3280-3294.
`(15 pages)
`22. Massich, M. D.; Giljohann, D. A.; Seferos, D. S.; Ludlow, L. E.; Horvath, C. M.; Mirkin,
`C. A. Regulating Immune Response Using Polyvalent Nucleic Acid-Gold Nanoparticle
`Conjugates, Mol. Pharmaceutics 2009, 6, 1934-1940. (7 pages)
`21. Zheng D.; Seferos, D. S.; Giljohann, D. A.; Patel P. C.; Mirkin, C. A. Aptamer Nano-Flares
`for Molecular Detection in Living Cells, Nano Lett. 2009. 9, 3259-3261. (3 pages)
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`20. Prigodich, A. E.; Seferos, D. S.; Massich, M. D.; Giljohann, D. A.; Lane, B. C.; Mirkin, C.
`A. Nano-Flares for mRNA Regulation and Detection, ACS Nano 2009, 3, 2147-2152. (6
`pages)
`Jones, M. R.; Millstone, J. E.; Giljohann, D. A.; Seferos, D. S.; Young, K. L.; Mirkin, C. A.
`Plasmonically Controlled Nucleic Acid Dehybridization, ChemPhysChem 2009, 10, 1461-
`1465. (5 pages)
`18. Giljohann, D. A.; Seferos, D. S.; Prigodich, A. E.; Patel, P. C.; Mirkin, C. A. Gene
`Regulation with Polyvalent siRNA-Nanoparticle Conjugates, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131,
`2072-2073. (2 pages)
` Highlighted in New Scientist, 25 February 2009.
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`17. Seferos, D. S.; Prigodich, A. E.; Giljohann, D. A.; Patel, P. C.; Mirkin, C. A. Polyvalent
`DNA Nanoparticle Conjugates Stabilize Nucleic Acids, Nano. Lett. 2009, 9, 308-311. (4
`pages)
`16. Patel, P. C.; Giljohann, D. A.; Seferos, D. S.; Mirkin, C. A. Peptide Antisense
`Nanoparticles. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2008, 105, 17222-17226. (5 pages)
`15. Lee, J.-S.; Seferos, D. S.; Giljohann, D. A. Mirkin, C. A. Thermodynamically Controlled
`Separation of Polyvalent 2-nm Gold Nanoparticle-Oligonucleotide Conjugates. J. Am.
`Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 5430-5431. (2 pages)
`14. Seferos, D. S.; Giljohann, D. A.; Hill, H. D.; Prigodich, A. E.; Mirkin, C. A. Nano-Flares:
`Probes for Transfection and RNA Detection in Living Cells. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129,
`15477-15479. (3 pages)
`Highlighted in Chemical & Engineering News, 2007, 85, 52.
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`Highlighted in Chemistry World, 27 November 2007.
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`13. Giljohann, D. A.; Seferos, D. S.; Patel, P. C.; Millstone, J. E.; Rosi, N. L.; Mirkin, C. A.
`Oligonucleotide Loading Controls
`the Cellular Uptake of DNA-Modified Gold
`Nanoparticles. Nano Lett. 2007, 7, 3818-3821. (4 pages)
`12. Seferos, D. S.; Giljohann, D. A.; Rosi, N. L.; Mirkin, C. A. Locked Nucleic Acid-
`Nanoparticle Conjugates. ChemBioChem, 2007, 8, 1230-1232. (3 pages)
`PhD Research (University of California, Santa Barbara)
`11. Braun, G., Pavel, I., Morrill, A. R.; Seferos, D. S.; Bazan, G. C.; Reich, N. O.; Moskovits,
`M. Chemically Patterned Microspheres for Controlled Nanoparticle Assembly in the
`Construction of SERS Hot Spots. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 7760-7761. (2 pages)
`10. Trammell, S. A.; Lowy, D.; Seferos, D. S.; Bazan, G. C.; Moore, M.; Lebedev, N.
`Heterogeneous Electron Transfer of Quinone-Hydroquinone in Alkaline Solutions at Gold
`Electrode Surfaces: Comparison of Saturated and Unsaturated Bridges,” J. Electroanal.
`Chem. 2007, 606, 33-38. (6 pages)
`Trammell, S. A.; Seferos, D. S.; Moore, M.; Lowy, D. A.; Lebedev, M.; Bazan, G. C.;
`Kushmerick, J. G. Rapid Proton-coupled Electron Transfer of Hydroquinone Through a
`Phenylenevinylene Bridge. Langmuir 2007, 23, 942-948. (7 pages)
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`Seferos, D. S.; Lai, R. Y.; Plaxco, K. W.; Bazan, G. C. alpha,omega-Dithiol
`Oligo(phenylenevinylene)s for the Preparation of High-Quality pi-Conjugated SAMs and
`Nanoparticle Functionalized Electrodes. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2006, 16, 2387-2392. (6 pages)
`Lai, R. Y.; Seferos, D. S.; Baza