Bryn Mawr College

Department of Chemistry

Jonas I. Goldsmith jigoldsmit@brynmawr.edu

Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Since 2005

Office: Park Science Center 262
Lab: Park Science Center 178
Phone: 610-526-5137
Fax: 610-526-5086

Mailing Address:
Department of Chemistry
Bryn Mawr College
101 N. Merion Avenue
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

BACKGROUND

Education:
B.A. (Chemistry) Swarthmore College, 1996
M.S. (Inorganic/Physical Chemistry) Cornell University, 1999 (Advisor: Prof. H. D. Abruña)
Ph.D. (Inorganic/Physical Chemistry) Cornell University, 2002 (Advisor: Prof. H. D. Abruña)

Experience:
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pennsylvania, 2002-3 (Advisor: Prof. A. T. Johnson & Professor A. G. MacDiarmid)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, 2003-4
Postdoctoral Researcher, Princeton University, 2004-5 (Advisor: Prof S. Bernhard)

TEACHING
Fall 2005: Chem 103 (General Chemistry)
                 Chem 321/521 (Topics in Nanoscience)


RESEARCH
My research program combines the techniques of inorganic, physical and synthetic chemistry to develop and investigate
novel transition metal complex-based nanostructures. Research in the Goldsmith Group will utilize electrochemical and
spectroscopic techniques to probe the interactions of transition metal complexes with surfaces and to develop applications
including nanoelectronics and solar energy conversion.

• Synthesis and Electrochemistry of Novel Transition Metal Complexes

       •Coupling reactions will be used to synthesize bifunctional ligands. The aromatic portion of each ligand is
          π-stacking interactions with carbon surfaces

       •The ligands above can be synthesized with a variety of aromatics such as naphthalene and anthracene
          and polypyridyls such as bipyridine and phenanthroline can be utilized in addition to the terpyridine
          shown above

       •Complexes of these ligands with transition metals such as ruthenium and cobalt will be synthesized

•These complexes will be used to functionalize carbon surfaces as seen here Funct Surf.jpg

       • Electrochemical techniques including cyclic voltammetry and the use of an electrochemical quartz crystal
          microbalance (EQCM) will be used to study the thermodynamics, kinetics and dynamics of the
          adsorption process.

• Investigations of cobalt-based electron relays for solar energy-based
    hydrogen production

       •Details to come......

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