Charles Shaw: Graduate Student, University of Michigan Macromolecular Science and Engineering Program
Research Summary:
Current research is focused on electronic transport in organic semiconductor materials. The mechanisms of electron transport in these materials are not well understood, and the role defect structures play in transport are, likewise, not well understood.
Materials of current interest include a number of functionalized pentacene and thienoacene (fused thiophene) derivatives which exhibit liquid-crystalliine mesophases. These liquid-crystalline mesophases provide a greater class of defect structures for study, while also making available a variety of processing routes for controlling the structure of thin films of these materials.
Structural characterization of these materials is conducted with a variety of techniques, namely transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. Electrical characerization of these materials is performed by measuring mobility of thin-film, field-effect transistors using these materials in the active layer.
Studies of these materials are conducted with collaborations with the Matzger Research Group at the University of Michigan and the Anthony Research Group at the University of Kentucky.
Education:
- BS Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 2005
- BS Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 2005
- MS Macromolecular Science & Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2008
Affiliations:
- 2005-Present: Martin Research Lab, University of Michigan
- 2004-2005: Computer-Aided Engineering Lab, Carnegie Mellon University
Scientific Society Memberships:
- American Physical Society
- Sigma Pi Sigma
- Pi Tau Sigma
Recent Abstracts:
- , Thermotropic Liquid-Crystalline Phases of α, α'-Dioctyl Pentathienoacene, APS March Meeting 2007
- , Layered Tetrahedral Meshing of Thin-Walled Solids with Element Size Controlled Based on Wall Thickness, ACM Symposium on Solid and Physical Modeling 2005
Recent Publications:
- , Thermal And Mechanical Cracking In bis(triisopropylsilylethnyl) Pentacene Thin Films, Journal Of Polymer Science B: Polymer Physics 44 (24), 3631-3641, 2006
- , Layered Tetrahedral Meshing of Thin-Walled Solids For Plastic Injection Molding FEM, Computer-Aided Design, 38 (4), 315-326, 2006
