Jonathan Rochford

Research Associate
 

Chemistry Department
Building 555
Brookhaven National Laboratory
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

Phone: (631) 344-4357
FAX:    (631) 344-5815
e-mail: rochford@bnl.gov

Thermal, Photo- and Radiation-Induced Reactions in Condensed Media

RESEARCH INTERESTS

The design and synthesis of inorganic/organometallic catalysts for small molecule activation.
Photophysical and electrochemical characterization of new materials.

EDUCATION

B.A. Dublin City University, Ireland, 2000.
Ph.D. Dublin City University, 2005.

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

Postdoctoral Associate in laboratory of Prof. Elena Galoppini, Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University, New Jersey, 2005-2007.
Research Scientist, Ntera Ltd., Dublin, Ireland, 2007.
Research Associate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2007-present.

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

1.  “Tetrachelate Porphyrin Chromophores for Metal Oxide Semiconductor Sensitization: The effect of Spacer Length and Anchoring Group Position” Rochford J.; Chu D.; Hagfeldt A.; Galoppini, E.

J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 4655.

2.  “Redox Control of meso-Zn(II)Ferrocenylporphyrin Based Fluorescence Switches” Rochford J.; Botchway S.; Rooney A. D.; Pryce M. T.

Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 7247.

3.  “Fast Electron Transport in MOCVD-Grown Dye-Sensitized ZnO Nanorod Solar Cells” Galoppini E.; Rochford J.; Chen H.; Saraf G.; Lu Y.; Hagfeldt A.; Boschloo G.

J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110, 16159.

4.  “Pyrene-Terminated Phenylenethynylene Rigid Linkers Anchored to Metal Oxide Nanoparticles” Taratula O.; Rochford J.; Piotrowiak P.; Galoppini E.; Carlisle R. A.; Meyer G. J.

J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110, 15734.

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