Matthew T. Rawls - Postdoc
Matthew Rawls received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, in 2000 where he worked on high-temperature water organic synthesis with Professor Liz Gron. In 2001, he began Ph.D. research with Professor Michael Elliott at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. While working at CSU, he studied photoinduced charge separation in donor-chromophore-acceptor systems, focusing on the kinetics of the electron transfer processes. Also, he studied the spin chemistry of these systems by looking at magnetic-field effects of charge recombination.
Current Research Activities
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Self-assembled organic semiconductors
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Proton-coupled electron transfers
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Photoelectrocatalytic films (PECat)
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Bio-inspired catalysts for photodriven fuel formation.
Education and Experience
| 2007 | National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
| 2001–2006 | Colorado State University (Professor C. Michael Elliott). Ph.D.dissertation title: "Charge Separation in Self-Assembled and Covalently Bound Donor-Chromophore-Acceptor Species." |
| 1996–2000 | Hendrix College (Professor Liz Gron), B.A, Chemistry. Research Focus: "High Temperature Water Organic Synthesis." |
Selected Publications
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J.M. Weber, M.T. Rawls, V.J. MacKenzie, B.R. Limoges, C.M. Elliott, "High Energy and Quantum Efficiency in Photoinduced Charge Separation," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129, 313-320.
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M.T. Rawls, G. Kollmannsberger, C.M. Elliott, and U.E. Steiner, "Spin Chemical Control of Photoinduced Electron-Transfer Processes in Ruthenium(II)-Trisbipyridine-Based Supramolecular Triads: 2. The Effect of Oxygen, Sulfur, and Selenium as Heteroatom in the Azine Donor," J. Phys. Chem. A, accepted Feb. 2, 2007.
Other Team Members
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