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MOHAMMAD A. OMARY
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Professor of Chemistry |
Telephone:(940) 565-2443 |
EDUCATION
Postdoctoral/ Inorganic chemistry
Ph.D./ Physical Inorganic chemistry
M.S./ Electrochemistry
B.S./ Chemistry
EXPERIENCE
2006-present Associate Professor of Chemistry,
2001-2006 Assistant
Professor of Chemistry,
1999- 2001 Research Associate,
1997-1999 Faculty Fellow,
Summer 1998 Visiting Assistant Professor,
MEMBERSHIP
IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
o American Chemical
Society
o Inter-American Photochemical Society
o Sigma Xi (an international
scientific research honors society)
o Alpha Chi Sigma (a national
chemistry professional fraternity)
HONORS AND AWARDS
o Early tenure and
promotion,
o I-APS Young
Investigator Award, Inter-American Photochemical Society, 2006
o NSF CAREER Award,
o Who's Who in Sciences
and Higher Education,
o Robert A. Welch Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, Texas A&M
University, 1999-2001
o Environmental Protection Agency Fellowship, Texas A&M
University, 1999-2001
o Colby Faculty
Fellowship,
Colby College, 1997-1999
MAJOR GRANTS
o U.S. Department of Energy, $2,269,095 (including cost
share and subcontract to UT-Dallas), 2006-2009.
o CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, $527,000 for March 2004- February 2009.
o Robert A. Welch Foundation, $150,000 for 2005-2008; all direct cost.
o Major Research Instrumentation, National Science Foundation, $200,000 for 2006- 2008
(with other UNT-CAS colleagues).
o Advanced Technology Program,
(with F. P. Gabbaï, TAMU) for January 2004-August
2006;
all direct cost.
o Robert A. Welch Foundation, $150,000 for 2002-2005; all direct cost.
DEPARTMENT COMMITTEES
Graduate Recruiting Committee (2001-present; committee
chair 2004-2005); Graduate Affairs Committee (2001-present); Search committees
(several, including chair of junior faculty search committee, 2006/2007).
PAST AND PRESENT GROUP MEMBERS (Present members underlined)
· Graduate students: Oussama Elbjeirami (Ph.D., 2006); Joshua M. Hudson (Ph.D., 2007); Ravi
K. Arvapally (2002-present); Pankaj Sinha (M.S., 2007); Huigo
Lai (M.S., 2003); Refaie M. Kassab (2002-2004); M. W. Alexander Gonser
(2003-2005); Wei-Hsuan Chen
(2003-present); Stephen Boateng (M.S., 2007); John J. Determan (2004-present); Sharon E. Hogue
(2004-2005); Ushasree Kaipa
(2005-present); Sreekar Marpu
(2005-present); Kristin Sherman (2006-present); Gustavo Salazar
Garza (2006-present); Charles L. Browning (2006-present); Nisa T. Satumtira
(2006-present).
· Undergraduate students: S. Matthew Dowling (2001-2004); Kathy
D. Hines (2001-2004); Mark F. Doyal (Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science
(TAMS) student: 2001-2003); Matthew A. Franzman (NSF-REU student, Summer
2003); Johnson Korie (2003-2004); Maha G. Eldabaja (2004-present); Jessica L.
Menke (NSF-REU student, Summer 2004); Dustin M. Jenkins (NSF-REU
student, Summer 2005); Kennyth Randle (2005-2006); Jeffrey Ross (2006); Roy McDougald (2006-present); Jacob Getto (TAMS student: 2006-present);
Nesreen Alzoghoul (2007-present); Eunice Kimwaki (2007-present);
Marie Eastlund (2007-present); Tim Onken (NSF-REU student, Summer 2007).
· Postdoctoral fellows and visiting
professors: Dr. Chi Yang (2004-present); Dr. Oussama Elbjeirami (2006-present);
Prof. Hassan Rabaa (2005; 2006);
Prof. Manal Rawashdeh-Omary (2001-2004); Prof. Bradley W. Smucker (2004).
FORMER
MENTORS
· Ph.D. Advisor Howard H. Patterson, Professor of Chemistry,
· Postdoctoral Advisor John P. Fackler,
Jr., Distinguished Professor of Chemistry,
COLLABORATORS SINCE
2001
Paul S. Bagus (U.
North Texas); Alan L. Balch (U. California, Davis); Philip Coppens
(SUNY-Buffalo); Thomas R. Cundari (U. North Texas); H. V. Rasika Dias (U. Texas,
Arlington); Kim R. Dunbar (Texas A&M U.); François P. Gabbaï (Texas A&M
U.); Bruce E. Gnade (U. Texas, Dallas); Zhibing Hu (U. North Texas); Moon J.
Kim (U. Texas, Dallas); Arup Neogi (U. North Texas); Trent Selby (U. North
Texas); Nigel D. Shepherd (U. North Texas); Bradley W. Smucker (Austin
College); Angela K. Wilson (U. North Texas).
PUBLICATIONS
52.
Elbjeirami, O.; Omary, M. A.
“Photochemistry of Neutral Isonitrile Gold(I) Complexes: Modulation of
Photoreactivity by Aurophilicity and p-Acceptance Ability”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, available online. PDF
51.
Arvapally, R. K.; Sinha, P.; Hettiarachchi, S. R.; Coker, N. L.; Bedel, C. E.;
Patterson, H. H.; Elder, R. C.; Wilson, A. K.; Omary, M. A. “Photophysics of Bis(thiocyanato)gold(I)
Complexes: Intriguing Structure-Luminescence Relationships”, J. Phys.
Chem. C 2007,
111, 10689-10699. PDF
50.
Elbjeirami, O.; Burress, C. N.; Gabbaï, F. P.; Omary, M. A. “Simultaneous External and Internal Heavy-Atom
Effects in Binary Adducts of 1-Halonaphthalenes with Trinuclear Perfluoro-ortho-phenylene Mercury(II): A
Structural and Photophysical Study”, J. Phys. Chem. C 2007,
111, 9522-9529. PDF
49.
Omary, M. A.; Colis, J. C.
F.; Larochelle, C. L.; Patterson, H. H. “Optical Memory and Multi-step
Luminescence Thermochromism in Single Crystals of K2Na[Ag(CN)2]3”, Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 3798-3800. PDF
48.
Elbjeirami, O.; Yockel, S.; Campana, C. F.; Wilson, A. K.; Omary, M. A. “Photophysics and Bonding in Neutral Gold(I)
Organometallic Complexes with an Extended Aurophilic Supramolecular Structure”, Organometallics 2007, 26, 2550-2560. PDF
47.
Burress, C. N.; Bodine, M. I.; Elbjeirami, O.; Reibenspies, J. H.; Omary, M. A.; Gabbaï, F. P.
“Enhancement of External Spin-Orbit Coupling Effects Caused by Metal-Metal
Cooperativity”, Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 1388-1395. PDF
46.
Yang, C.; Messerschmidt, M.; Coppens, C.; Omary,
M. A. “Trinuclear Gold(I) Triazolates: A New Class of Wide-Band Phosphors
and Sensors”, Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 6592-6594. PDF
45.
Barakat, K. A.; Cundari, T. R.; Rabaâ, H.; Omary, M. A. “Disproportionation
of Gold(II) Complexes. A Density Functional Study of Ligand and Solvent
Effects”, J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110, 14645-14651. PDF
44.
Grimes, T.; Omary, M. A.; Dias, H. V. R.; Cundari, T. R. “Intertrimer
and Intratrimer Metallophilic and Excimeric Bonding in the Ground and
Phosphorescent Excited States of Trinuclear Coinage Metal Pyrazolates: A
Computational Study”, J. Phys. Chem. A 2006, 110, 5823-5830. PDF
43.
Chen, W. –H.; Reinheimer, E. W.; Dunbar, K. R.; Omary, M. A. “Coarse- and Fine-Tuning the Electronic Energies of
Triimine Platinum (II) Square Planar Complexes”, Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 2770-2772. PDF
42.
Sinha, P.; Wilson, A. K.; Omary, M. A. “Beyond a T-Shape”, J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 12488-12489. PDF
41.
Omary, M. A.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Gonser, M. W. A.; Elbjeirami, O.;
Grimes, T.; Cundari, T. R.; Diyabalanage, H, V. K.; Palehepitiya Gamage, C. S.;
Dias, H. V. R. “Metal Effect on the
Supramolecular Structure, Photophysics, and Acid/Base Character of Trinuclear
Pyrazolato Coinage Metal Complexes”, Inorg.
Chem. 2005, 44, 8200-8210. PDF JOURNAL
COVER; URL: http://pubs.acs.org/journals/inocaj/covers/44/articleWindow.inocaj.111405.html
40.
Burress, C.; Elbjeirami, O.; Omary, M. A.; Gabbaï, F. P.
“Five-Order-of-Magnitude Reduction of the Triplet Lifetimes of N-Heterocycles by Complexation to a
Trinuclear Mercury Complex”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127,
12166-12167. PDF
39.
Mohamed, A. A.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Omary, M. A.; Fackler, J. P.,
Jr. “External heavy-atom effect of gold in a supramolecular acid-base p stack” Dalton Trans. 2005, 2597–2602.
38.
Vorontsov, I. I.; Kovalevsky, A. Yu.; Chen, Y-S.; Graber, T.; Novozhilova, I.
V.; Omary, M. A.; Coppens, P. “Shedding Light on the Structure of a
Photo-induced Transient Excimer by Time-resolved Diffraction” Phys. Rev.
Lett. 2005, 94, 193003/1–193003/4.
37.
Dias, H. V. R.; Diyabalanage, H. V. K.; Eldabaja, M. G.; Elbjeirami, O.;
Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Omary, M. A. “Brightly Phosphorescent Trinuclear
Copper(I) Complexes of Pyrazolates: Substituent Effects on the Supramolecular
Structure and Photophysics”, J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 2005, 127, 7489-7501. PDF
36.
Omary, M. A.; Sinha, P.; Bagus, P.S.; Wilson, A.K. “Electronic Structure
of Mercury Oligomers and Exciplexes: Models for Long-range/Multi-center Bonding
in Phosphorescent Transition Metal Compounds”, J. Phys. Chem. A 2005,
109, 690-702. PDF
35.
Omary, M. A.; Mohamed, A. A.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Fackler, J. P.,
Jr. “Photophysics of Supramolecular Binary Stacks Consisting of Electron-rich
Trinuclear Au(I) Complexes and Organic Electrophiles” Coord. Chem. Rev. 2005, 249, 1372-1381.
34.
Elbjeirami, O.; Omary, M. A.; Stender, M.; Balch, A. L. “Anomalous
structure-luminescence relationship in phosphorescent gold(I) isonitrile
neutral complexes” Dalton Trans. 2004, 3173 - 3175.
33.
Omary, M. A.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Diyabalanage, H. V. K.; Dias, H. V.
R. “Blue Phosphors of Dinuclear and Mononuclear Copper (I) and Silver(I)
Complexes of 3,5-Bis(trifluoromethyl)pyrazolate and the Related
Bis(pyrazolyl)borate” Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 8612-8614. PDF
32.
Hettiarachchi, S. R.; Patterson, H. H.; Omary, M. A. “"Write/Read/Erase"
with Laser Irradiation of Dicyanoargentate(I) Doped and Pure
31.
Dunbar, K. R.; Schelter, E. J.; Palii, A. V.; Ostrovsky, S. M.; Mirovitskii, V.
Y.; Hudson, J. M.; Omary, M. A.; Klokishner, S. I.; Tsukerblat, B. S.
“Unusual Magnetic Behavior of Six-Coordinate, Mixed-Ligand Re(II) Complexes:
Origin of a Strong Temperature Independent Paramagnetism” J. Phys. Chem. A 2003, 107, 11102-11111. PDF
30.
Barakat, K. A.; Cundari, T. R.; Omary, M. A. “Jahn-Teller Distortion in
the Phosphorescent Excited State of Three-coordinate Au(I) Phosphine Complexes”
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125,
14228-14229. PDF
29.
White-Morris, R. L.; Olmstead, M. M.; Balch, A. L.; Elbjeirami, O.; Omary,
M. A. “Orange Luminescence and Structural Properties of Three Isostructural
Halocyclohexylisonitrilegold(I) Complexes”, Inorg.
Chem. 2003, 42, 6741-6748. PDF
28.
Dias, H. V. R.; Diyabalanage, H. V. K.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Franzman, M.
A.; Omary, M. A. “Bright Phosphorescence of a Trinuclear Copper (I)
Complex: Luminescence Thermochromism, Solvatochromism, and “Concentration
Luminochromism”” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003,
125, 12072-12073. PDF HIGHLIGHTED IN THE ACS FEATURE JOURNAL “HEART
CUT”; URL: http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=heartcut%5carchive%5c111703_heartcut.html#4
27.
Maspero, A.; Kani, I.; Mohamed, A. A.; Omary, M. A.; Staples, R. J.;
Fackler, J. P., Jr. "Syntheses and Structures of Dinuclear Gold(I)
Dithiophosphonate Complexes and the Reaction of the Dithiophosphonate Complexes
with Phosphines: Diverse Coordination Types", Inorg. Chem. 2003,
42, 5311-5319. PDF
26.
Smucker, B. W.; Hudson, J. M.; Omary, M. A.; Dunbar, K. R. “Structural,
Magnetic, and Optoelectronic Properties of Diimine-dithiolato Pt(II) and Pd(II)
Complexes and their Charge-Transfer Adducts with Nitrile Acceptors”, Inorg.
Chem. 2003, 42, 4714-4723. PDF
25.
Omary, M. A.; Kassab, R. M.; Haneline, M. R.; Elbjeirami, O.; Gabbaï,
F. P.; “Enhancement of the Phosphorescence of Organic Luminophores Upon
Interaction with a Mercury Trifunctional Lewis Acid”, Inorg. Chem. 2003,
42, 2176-2178. PDF
24.
Assefa, Z.; Omary, M. A.; McBurnett, B. G.; Mohamed, A. A.; Patterson,
H. H.; Staples, R. J.; Fackler, J. P., Jr. "Syntheses, Structure and
Photoluminescence Properties of the 1-Dimensional Chain Compounds [(TPA)2Au][Au(CN)2]
and (TPA)AuCl (TPA = 1,3,5-Triaza-7-phosphaadamantane)" Inorg. Chem.
2002, 41, 6274-6280. PDF
23.
Hettiarachchi, S. R.; Rawashdeh-Omary,
M. A.; Kanan, S. M.; Omary, M. A.; Patterson, H. H.; Tripp, C. P.
“Spectroscopic Studies on “Exciplex Tuning” for Dicyanoaurate(I) Ions Doped in
Potassium Chloride Crystals” J. Phys.
Chem. B 2002, 106,
10058-10064. PDF
22. Fischer, P.; Lucas, B.; Omary, M. A.; Larochelle, C. L.; Patterson, H. H. “Reversible Luminescence Thermochromism in Dipotassiumsodium
Tris[dicyanoargentate(I)] and the Role of Structural Phase Transitions” J. Solid State Chem. 2002, 168, 267-274.
21. Kani, I.; Omary, M. A.;
Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Lopez-Castillo, Z.; Flores, R.; Akgerman, A.; Fackler, J. P., Jr. “Homogeneous catalysis in supercritical carbon
dioxide with rhodium catalysts tethering fluoroacrylate polymer ligands”, Tetrahedron
2002, 58, 3923-3928.
20. Rawashdeh-Omary,
M. A.; Omary, M. A.; Fackler, J. P.,
Jr. "Argento-aurophilic
Bonding in Organosulfur Complexes. The
Molecular and Electronic Structures of the Heterobimetallic Complex AgAu(MTP)2"
Inorg. Chim. Acta (special issue) 2002, 334,
376-384. INVITED ARTICLE.
19. Burini, A.; Fackler, J. P., Jr.; Galassi, R.;
Macchioni, A.; Omary, M. A.; Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Pietroni, B. R.;
Sabatini, S.; Zuccaccia, C. “19F,
1H-HOESY and PGSE NMR Studies of Neutral Trinuclear Complexes of AuI
and HgII: Evidence for Acid-Base Stacking in Solution”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124,
4570-4571. PDF
18. Guzel, B.; Omary, M. A.;
Fackler, J. P., Jr.; Akgerman, A. “Synthesis and Characterization of
{[(COD)Rh(bis-(2R,3R)-2,5-diethylphospholanobenzene)] BARF} for Use in
Homogeneous Catalysis in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide”, Inorg. Chim. Acta
2001, 325, 45–50.
17. Rawashdeh-Omary,
M. A.; Omary, M. A.; Patterson, H.
H.; Fackler, J. P., Jr. “Excited-State Interactions for [Au(CN)2-]n
and [Ag(CN)2-]n Oligomers in Solution.
Formation of Luminescent Gold-Gold Bonded Excimers and Exciplexes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 11237-11247. PDF
16. Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Omary,
M. A.; Fackler, J. P., Jr.; Galassi, R.; Pietroni, B. R.; Burini, A.
“Chemistry and Optoelectronic Properties of Stacked Supramolecular Entities of
Trinuclear Gold(I) Complexes Sandwiching Small Organic Acids" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 9689-9691. PDF
15. Omary. M. A.;
Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Chusuei,
C. C.; Fackler, J. P., Jr.; Bagus, P. S. "Electronic Structure Studies of
Six-atom Gold Clusters" J. Chem. Phys. 2001, 114,
10695-10701.
14. Burini, A.;
Fackler, J. P., Jr.; Galassi, R., Grant,
T. A.; Omary, M. A.; Rawashdeh-Omary,
M. A.; Pietroni, B. R.; Staples, R. J. “Supramolecular Chain Assemblies
Formed by Interaction of a p Molecular Acid
Complex of Mercury with p-Base Trinuclear Gold
Complexes " J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000,
122, 11264-11265. PDF
13. Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Omary, M.
A.; Patterson, H. H. “Oligomerization of Au(CN)2- and
Ag(CN)2- Ions in Solution via Ground-State Aurophilic and
Argentophilic Bonding", J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 10371-10380. PDF
11. Burini, A.; Bravi, R.; Fackler, J. P.,
Jr.; Galassi, R.; Grant, T. A.; Omary.
M. A.; Pietroni, B. R.; Staples, R. J. “Luminescent Chains Formed from
Neutral, Triangular Gold Complexes Sandwiching Tl(I) and Ag(I)” Inorg. Chem. 2000, 39,
3158-3165. PDF
10. Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Omary, M.
A.; Shankle, G. E.; Patterson, H. H. “Luminescence Thermochromism in Dicyanoargentate(I)
Ions Doped in Alkali Halide Crystals”: J. Phys. Chem. B. 2000,
104, 6143-6151. PDF
9. Kanan,
S. M.; Omary, M. A.; Patterson, H.
H., Matsuoka, M. Anpo, M.
"Characterization of the Excited States Responsible for the Action
of Silver(I)-Doped ZSM-5 Zeolites as Photocatalysts for Nitric Oxide
Decomposition": J. Phys. Chem. B. 2000, 104, 3507-3517. PDF
8. Larochelle, C.
L.; Omary, M. A.; Patterson, H. H.; Fischer, P.; Fauth, F.; Allenspach, P.; Lucas, B.;
Pattison, P. “Optical, Synchroton X-Ray, and Neutron Diffraction Investigations
of Structural Changes in the Layered Compound K2Na[Ag(CN)2]3”:
Solid State Commun. 2000, 114, 155-160.
7. Omary, M. A.; Patterson, H. H.,
"Electronic Spectroscopy: Luminescence Theory": Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy & Spectrometry. Academic Press,
6. Omary, M. A.; Hall, D. R.; Shankle, G. E.; Siemiarczuck,
A.; Patterson, H. H. “Luminescent Homoatomic
Exciplexes in Dicyanoargentate(I) Ions Doped in Alkali Halide Crystals: 2. "Exciplex Tuning" by
Varying the Dopant Concentration” J.
Phys. Chem. B. 1999, 103, 3845-3853. PDF
5. Omary, M. A.; Patterson, H. H. “Luminescent Homoatomic Exciplexes in Dicyanoargentate(I)
Ions Doped in Alkali Halide
4. Omary, M. A.; Webb, T. R.; Assefa, Z.;
Shankle, G. E.; Patterson, H. H. “Crystal Structure, Electronic Structure, and
Temperature-Dependent Raman Spectra of Tl[Ag(CN)2]: Evidence for Ligand-Unsupported Argentophilic Interactions” Inorg. Chem. 1998, 37, 1380-1386. PDF
3. Omary, M. A.; Patterson, H. H.
“Temperature-Dependent Photoluminescence Properties of Tl[Ag(CN)2]. Formation of Luminescent Metal-Metal-Bonded
Inorganic Exciplexes in the
2. Omary, M. A.; Patterson, H. H.;
Shankle, G. “Photoluminescence and Electronic Structure Studies to Probe
Metal-Metal Interactions in Thallium Dicyanoargenate (I): A New Low Dimensional
1. Al-Abdallah, M.
M.; Omary, M. A. “Anodic behavior of
cobalt in methanol-, ethanol- and acetonitrile-water in the presence of
hydrochloric acid and sodium perchlorate”:
Anticorrosion Methods Mater. 1990, 37, 4-5.
INVITED TALKS
34. Illuminating
Molecules, “Phosphorescent
OLEDs and PLEDs Based on d10 Molecular Materials”, An
international symposium during the 39th Central Regional American Chemical
Society Meeting, Covington, Kentucky, May 20-23, 2007, CRM-491.
32.
31. Symposium
on Chemical Utilization of Solar Energy, “Polyimine d8 donor
complexes and adducts with organic acceptors for optoelectronic applications”, 62nd
Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Houston Westchase
Marriott Hotel, Houston, Texas, October 20-21, 2006.
30.
29.
28.
27. 17th
Inter-American Photochemical Society Meeting, “Bright, Tunable Coinage
Metal Phosphors”,
26. Georgia
Institute of Technology - Cherry
Emerson Seminar Series, “Brightly-Phosphorescent and
Strongly-Absorbing Coinage Metal Complexes: Fundamentals and Potential
Applications for Light-Emitting Diodes and Solar Energy Conversion”,
25. JSPS–UNT
Joint International Symposium on Nanoscale Materials for Optoelectronics and
Biotechnology, “Fundamental and Applied Photonic Studies of
Phosphorescent Small- and Macro-Molecules”, University of North
24.
23. Naval
Research Laboratory, “Photonic
Processes in Small and Macromolecules”, Optical Sciences Division,
22. International
Symposium on Excited State Processes in Electronic and Bio Nanomaterials, "Custom-making Phosphors
for Solid-State Lighting via Photoinduced Jahn-Teller Distortions, Heavy-atom
Effect, and Energy Transfer", Los Alamos National Laboratory, Santa Fe,
New Mexico, August 8-11 2005.
21. 16th
International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination
Compounds, “Photonic Processes in Closed-Shell and Lanthanide Complexes
in Macromolecules”,
19.
18.
17. University
of Nevada-Reno, “Phosphorescent Transition Metal Complexes for
Light-Emitting and Light-Harvesting Applications”, November 5, 2004.
16. The
15.
14.
13. California
Institute of Technology, “Phosphorescent d10 and d8
Complexes: Fundamentals and Potential Optoelectronic Applications”, October 11,
2004.
12.
11.
10.
9.
8.
7. Southeastern
6.
5. University
of Texas at San Antonio “Huge Excited-State Distortions via the
Jahn-Teller Effect and Photo-induced Metal-Metal Bonding”, March 8, 2004.
4.
3.
2. The
1.
110. Omary, M. A. “Phosphorescent OLEDs and PLEDs Based on d10 Molecular
Materials”, “Illuminating
Molecules” Symposium, 39th Central Regional American Chemical
Society Meeting,
109. Smucker, B. W.;
Batrice, R. J.; Chen, W. –H.; Menke, J. L.; Omary, M. A. “Tuning the
electronic energies of novel m-benzenedithiol-bis(triimineplatinum(II)) complexes”, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March 25-29, 2007, INOR-715.
108. Omary, M. A. “Polyimine d8
donor complexes and adducts with organic acceptors for optoelectronic
applications”, Symposium on Chemical
Utilization of Solar Energy, 62nd Southwest Regional Meeting of the
American Chemical Society, Houston Westchase Marriott Hotel, Houston,
Texas, October 20-21, 2006, SRM-732.
107. Batrice, R. J.; Menke,
J. L.; Chen, W. –H.; Omary, M. A.;
Smucker, B. W. “Syntheses and characterization of novel µ-benzenedithiol
bis(triimineplatinum(II)) complexes”, 62nd
Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Houston
Westchase Marriott Hotel, Houston, Texas, October 20-21, 2006, SRM-301.
106. Omary, M. A. “Fast phosphors of coinage
metal complexes: From small molecules to soft materials” 232nd ACS National Meeting,
105. Yang, C.; Omary, M. A. “Trinuclear d10
metallomacrocycles of triazolates: A new class of fast phosphors and sensors” 232nd ACS National Meeting,
104. Sinha, P.;
Kosuri, D.; Shepherd, N. D.; Wilson, A. K.; Omary, M. A. “Photophysics of three-coordinate Au(I) complexes:
Fundamentals and applications in molecular light-emitting diodes” 232nd ACS National Meeting, San
Francisco, California, September 10-14, 2006, INOR-927.
103. Tekarli, S. M.;
Cundari, T. R.; Omary, M. A. “A
rational design of metallomacrocyclic complexes with superior p acidity and bacisity
vs. organic counterparts: Inorganic rules!”
232nd ACS National Meeting,
102. Marpu, S.; Cai,
T.; Sinha, P.; Hu, Z.; Omary, M. A.
“Phosphorescent hydrogels” 232nd ACS
National Meeting,
101. Elbjeirami, O.; Omary, M. A. “Photophysics and
photochemistry of neutral isonitrile and carbonyl gold(I) complexes” 232nd ACS National Meeting,
100. Burress, C.; Omary, M. A.; Elbjeirami, O.; Gabbai,
F. P. “Cooperativity and heavy-atom effects in phosphorescent supramolecular
materials containing [o-C6F4Hg]3” 232nd ACS National Meeting, San
Francisco, California, September 10-14, 2006, INOR-029.
99. Omary, M. A. “Bright, Tunable Coinage
Metal Phosphors”, 17th Inter-American
Photochemical Society Meeting, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, June 12, 2006. AWARD
TALK (2006 I-APS Young Investigator Award)
98. Yockel, S.;
Elbjeirami, O.; Wilson, A. K.; Omary,
M. A. “The relationship between structure and luminescens of Au(CO)Cl”, 231st ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia,
March 26-30, 2006, PHYS-451.
97. Burress, C. N.;
Elbjeirami, O.; Omary, M. A.; Gabbaï, F. P. “Five-order of magnitude
reduction of the triplet lifetimes of N-heterocycles by complexation to
perfluoro-ortho-phenylene mercury”, 231st
ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, March 26-30, 2006, INOR-042.
96. Grimes, T. V.;
Cundari, T. R.; Omary, M. A. “Modeling of d10 coinage-metal complex excited states”, 231st ACS National Meeting,
95. Jenkins, D. M.;
Arvapally, R. K.; Yang, C.; Omary, M. A. “Solvent and concentration
effects upon the luminescence of [4-(4,6-Dichloro-[1,3,5]triazin-2-yl)-phenyl]-diphenyl-amine”,
231st ACS National Meeting,
94. Jenkins, D. M.;
Randle, K.; Wilson, B.; Hudson, J. M.; Omary, M. A. “In search of a
3-coordinate silver (I) complex with Ag-centered phosphorescence”, 231st ACS National Meeting, Atlanta,
Georgia, March 26-30, 2006, CHED-913.
93. Omary, M. A.
“Fundamental and Applied Photonic Studies of Phosphorescent Small- and
Macro-Molecules”, JSPS–UNT Joint
International Symposium on Nanoscale Materials for Optoelectronics and
Biotechnology, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, February 1-2,
2006.
92. Omary, M. A. “Dramatic phosphorescence
tuning by multi-faceted strategies”, 230th
ACS National Meeting,
91. Omary, M. A.; Yang, C. “Macromolecular
photophysics in lanthanide and closed-shell transition-metal complexes”, 230th ACS National Meeting, Washington,
D.C., August 28-Sept. 1, 2005, INOR 541.
90. Patterson, H. H.;
Colis, J. C. F.; Richards, C.; Omary, M. A. “Optical memory of single
crystals of dicyanoargentate(I)”, 230th
ACS National Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 28-Sept. 1, 2005, INOR 227.
89. Determan, J.;
Yockel, S.; Grimes, T.; Omary, M.
A.; Bagus, P. S.; Cundari, T. R.; Wilson, A. K. “Transition metal
chemistry: Towards accurate energetic description”, 230th ACS National Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 28-Sept. 1,
2005, PHYS 8.
88. Omary,
M. A. "Custom-making Phosphors for Solid-State Lighting via
Photoinduced Jahn-Teller Distortions, Heavy-atom Effect, and Energy
Transfer", International Symposium
on Excited State Processes in Electronic and Bio Nanomaterials, Los Alamos
National Laboratory, Santa Fe, New Mexico, August 8-11 2005. FEATURED
INVITED SPEAKER (see: http://cnls.lanl.gov/~esp/esp2005.html).
87. Omary, M. A. “Photonic Processes in
Closed-Shell and Lanthanide Complexes in Macromolecules”, 16th International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of
Coordination Compounds,
86. Yang, C.; Omary, M. A. “Photonic Processes in
Closed-Shell and Lanthanide Complexes in Macromolecules”, 16th International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of
Coordination Compounds,
85. Omary,
M. A.; Elbjeirami, O.;
Larkin, S.; Bruce, M. R. M. Bruce, A. E. “Genuine Role of Aurophilic
Bonding on Luminescence and Meosgenic Properties of “Simple” Isonitrile Complexes”, 9th International Symposium on
Metallomesogens, Lake
Arrowhead, California, May 31 to June 3, 2005.
84. Larkin, S.; Bruce, A. E.; Bruce, M. R. M.; Makarov, M. V.; Lemenosvsii, D. A.;
Dyadchenko, V. P.; Elbjeirami,
O.; Omary, M. A. “Structural and Meosgenic Properties of
Gold(I) Thiolate and Isocyanide Complexes”, 9th International Symposium on Metallomesogens, Lake Arrowhead, California, May 31 to June
3, 2005.
83. Burress, C. N.;
Gabbai, F. P.; Elbjeirami, O.; Omary, M.
A. “Heavy atom-induced phosphorescence of organic materials using trimeric
perfluoro-ortho-triphenylene”, 229th ACS
National Meeting, San Diego, California, March 13-17, 2005, INOR-941.
82. Hudson, J. M.;
Omary, M. A.; Reinheimer, E. W.; Dunbar, K. R. “Electronic spectroscopy of d8
(diimmine)(dithiolate) complexes and their potential use as solar cell dyes”, 229th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, California,
March 13-17, 2005, INOR-836.
81. Elbjeirami, O.; Omary, M. A.; Yockel, S.; Wilson, A. K.
“Structure-luminescence relationship of neutral LAuX complexes (L=CO or RNC;
X=halide)” 229th ACS National Meeting,
80. Guo, Z.;
Rawashdeh-Omary, M. A.; Omary, M. A.;
Patterson, H. H. “Oligomerization, exciplex tuning, and energy transfer in dicyano
complexes of Ag(I) and Au(I)” 229th ACS
National Meeting, San Diego, California, March 13-17, 2005, INOR-499.
79. Elbjeirami, O.; Burress, C. N.; Hogue, S. E.; Haneline, M. R.; Gabba