Education

• 1966 Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, Kent State University
• 1961 B.S. Chemistry, Kent State University

Research Interests

Synthetic and structural studies in diverse areas of chemistry, supramolecular, and nanotechnology: dendrimers; metallosuperstructures.

Contact Information

Dr. George R. Newkome
The University of Akron
Goodyear Polymer Center, Rm. 529
Akron, Ohio 44325-4717

Email: newkome@uakron.edu
Voice: (330) 972-6458
Fax: (330) 972-2413

Recent Publications

Terpyridines: Synthesis, Complexation and Applications in Supramolecular, Polymer and Materials Science, Wiley/VCH Verlag, Weinheim, Germany, 2006. (with Drs. Ulrich S. Schubert & Harald Hofmeier, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)

Volume Editor, and Member of the Editorial Board, Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry III,, Elsevier Ltd., Oxford, Seven-Membered and Larger Rings and Fused Derivatives, Volume 13, 587 pages, 2008 and Eight-membered and larger Heterocyclic Rings and their Fused Derivatives, other Seven-membered rings, Volume 14, 1115 pages, 2008.

1. Newkome, G. R. “Eight-Membered and Larger Rings”, in “Progress in Hetero-cyclic Chemistry,” Gribble, G. W.; Gilchrist, T. L. eds., Pergamon Press, 2007, 18, 430-448.
2. Hwang, S.-H.; Newkome, G. R. Part 141†. "Metallodendrimers and Their Potential Utilitarian Applications", Frontiers in Transition Metal-Containing Polymers, Abd-El-Aziz, A. S. and Manners, I., eds., John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2007, Chapter 10, pp 399-438.
3. Wang, P.; Moorefield, C. N.; Li, S.; Manríquez, J.; Shreiner, C. D.; Bustos, E.; Hartley, A. L.; Godínez, L.A.; Newkome, G. R. "Synthesis of a water-soluble hexameric metallomacrocycle and its oxidized single-wall carbon nanotubes composite," J. Mater. Chem. 2007, 17, 3023-3029.
4. Wang, P.; Moorefield, C. N.; Jeong, K.-U.; Hwang, S.-H.; Li, S.; Cheng, S. Z. D.; Newkome, G. R. "Dendrimer-Metallomacrocycle Composites: Nanofiber Formation by Multi-Ion Pairing", Adv. Mater. 2008, 20, 1381-1385.
5. Eryazici, I.; Wang, P.; Moorefield, C. N.; Panzer, M.; Durmas, S.; Shreiner, C. D.; Newkome, G. R. "Design and multiple charged molecular packing of a dinuclear chair-like metallomacrocycle: [FeII2(3,5,-bis(2,2':6',2''-terpyridine-4'-phen-3-yl)toluene)2][4PF6¯]", Dalton Trans. 2007, 626-628.
6. Hwang, S.-H.; Moorefield, C. N.; Wang, P.; Kim, J.-Y.; Lee, S.-W.; Newkome, G. R. "Synthesis and photophysical properties for fluorescent hexameric metallo-macrocycles: Zinc(II)-mediated self-assembly of bis(terpyridine) ligands", Inorg. Chim. Acta 2007, 360, 1780-1784.
7. Sun, J.; Newkome, G. R.; Moorefield, C. N.; Russo, P. S. "Surface Properties of a Series of Amphiphilic Dendrimers with Short Hydrophobic Chains," Langmuir 2008, 24, 1858-1862.
8. Cho, T. J.; Shreiner, C. D.; Hwang, S.-H.; Moorefield, C. N.; Courneya, B.; Godínez, L. A.; Manriquez, J.; Jeong, K.-U.; Cheng, S. Z. D.; Newkome, G. R. "5,10,15,20-Tetrakis[4'(terpyridinyl)phenyl]porphyrin and its RuII complexes: Synthesis, photovoltaic properties, self-assembled morphology, Chem. Commun. 2007, (43) 4456-4458.
9. Hwang, S.-H.; Shreiner, C. D.; Moorefield, C. N.; Newkome, G. R. "Recent Applications for Metallodendrimers", New J. Chem. 2007, 31 (7), 1192-1217.
10. Newkome, G. R. “Eight-Membered and Larger Rings”, in “Progress in Hetero-cyclic Chemistry,” Gribble, G. W.; Gilchrist, T. L. eds., Pergamon Press, 2007, 19, 465-483.
11. Newkome, G. R.; Shreiner, C. D. "Poly(amidoamine), Poly(propylenimine), and Related Dendrimers and Dendrons Possessing Different 1 ? 2 Branching Motifs: An Overview of Divergent Procedures," Polymer, 2008, 49, 1-173.
12. Thérien-Aubin, H.; Zhu, X. X.; Moorefield, C. N.; Kotta, K.; Newkome, G. R. "Effect of Ionic Binding on the Self-Diffusion of Anionic Dendrimers and Hydrophilic Polymers in Aqueous Solutions As Studied by Pulsed Gradient NMR Techniques," Macromolecules, 2007, 40 (10) 3644-3649.
13. Newkome, G. R.; Moorefield, C. N.; Wang, P.; Li, S.; Lu, X. "Nanomolecular architectures: The application of crystal engineering to metallodendritic assembly," Polym. Preprint, 2007, 48 (2), 631-632.
14. Zhang, W.-B.; Tu, Y.; Ranjan, R.; Horn, R. M. V.; Leng, S.; Wang, J.; Polce, M. J.; Wesdemiotis, C.; Quirk, R. P.; Newkome, G. R.; Cheng, S. Z. D. ""Clicking" Fullerene with Polymers: Synthesis of [60]Fullerene End-Capped Polystyrene", Macromolecules 2007, 41 (3), 515-517.
15. Newkome, G. R. “Eight-Membered and Larger Rings”, in “Progress in Hetero-cyclic Chemistry,” Gribble, G. W.; Gilchrist, T. L. eds., Pergamon Press, 2008, 20, 459-475.
16. Hwang, S.-H.; Moorefield, C.N.; Newkome, G. R. "Dendritic Macromolecules for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes", Chem. Soc. Rev. 2008, 37 (11), 2543-2557.
17. Li, S.; Moorefield, C. N.; Wang, P.; Shreiner, C. D.; Newkome, G. R. "Construction of Trimeric Hexagon-like Macrocycles through Bis-terpyridine Ligand-Fe(II) Complexation", Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2008, (19), 3328-3334.
18. Eryazici, I.; Moorefield, C. N.; Newkome, G. R. "Square Planar Pd(II), Pt(II), and Au(III) Terpyridine Complexes: Their Synthesis, Physical Properties, Supra-molecular Constructs, and Biomedical Activities", Chem. Rev. 2008, 108 (6), 1834-1895.
19. Zhang, W.-B.; Tu, Y.; Ranjan, R.; Horn, R. M. V.; Leng, S.; Wang, J.; Polce, M. J.; Wesdemiotis, C.; Quirk, R. P.; Newkome, G. R.; Cheng, S. Z. D. "An efficient, mild, and modular approach to stable, well-defined fullerene polymers via "click" chemistry", Polym. Prepr. 2008, 49 (1), 137-138.