Publications

Ye, T., Sun, Y.-Y., Kocherga, M., Nesmelov, A., Schmedake, T.A. and Zhang, Y. Degradation Kinetics of Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Materials from Micro-Raman Spectroscopy and Density-Functional Theory: The Case of β-ZnTe(en)0.5. Small 2023, 2302935. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202302935

Brotherton, A. R., Shibu, A., Meadows, J. C., Sayresmith, N. A., Brown, C. E., Ledezma, A. M., Schmedake, T. A., Walter, M. G., Leveraging Coupled Solvatofluorochromism and Fluorescence Quenching in Nitrophenyl-Containing Thiazolothiazoles for Efficient Organic Vapor Sensing. Adv. Sci. 2023, 10, 2205729. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202205729

Peloquin, D.M.; Bimukhanov, A.N.; Aldongarov, A.A.; Merkert, J.W.; Donovan-Merkert, B.T.; Schmedake, T.A. Spectroelectrochemical and Theoretical Study of [Si(ttpy)2](PF6)4: A Potential Polychromatic Electrochromic Dye. Molecules 2022, 27, 8521. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27238521

Kocherga, M.; Boyle, K. M.; Merkert, J.; Schmedake, T. A.; Walter, M. G.; Exploring the molecular electronic device applications of synthetically versatile silicon pincer complexes as charge transport and electroluminescent layers. Mater. Adv., 2022, 3, 2373-2379. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MA00737H

Earnhardt, A. W.; Boyle, K. M.; Adams, T.; Walter, M. G.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Adeyemi, A.; Merkert, J.; Bimukhanov, A. N.; Aldongarov, A. A.; et al. Bipolar charge transport in a robust hexacoordinate organosilane. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2022, 961, 122208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2021.122208

Ye, T; Kocherga, M.; Sun, Y.-Y.; Nesmelov, A.; Zhang, F.; Oh, W.; Huang, X.-Y.; Li, J.; Beasock, D.; Jones, D.S.; Schmedake, T.A.; Zhang, Y.; II–VI Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Nanostructures with Greatly Enhanced Optoelectronic Properties, Perfectly Ordered Structures, and Shelf Stability of Over 15 Years, ACS Nano 2021, 15 (6), 10565–1057. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.1c03219

Nesmelov, A.; Lee, D.; Bejger, C.; Kocherga, M.; Lyles, Z.; Greenier, M.K.; Vitallo, A.A.; Kaouk, G.; Jones, D.S.; Schmedake, T.A. Accessing new microporous polyspirobifluorenes via a C/Si switch. Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 9846 – 9849.

Li, Y. Z.; Kocherga, M.; Park, S.; Lata, M.; McLamb, M.; Boreman, G.; Schmedake, T. A.; Hofmann, T., Optical dielectric function of Si(2,6-bis(benzimidazol-2 ‘-yl)pyridine)(2) determined by spectroscopic ellipsometry. Optical Materials Express 2019, 9 (8), 3469-3475.

Bimukhanov, A.N.; Aldongarov, A.A.; Schmedake, T.A. DFT calculation of optical properties of new neutral hexacoordinated Si(bzimpy)2 complexes. Eurasian Journal of Physics and Functional Materials, 2019, 3(2), 183-190.

Kocherga, M.; Castaneda, J.; Walter, M. G.; Zhang, Y.; Saleh, N. A.; Wang, L.; Jones, D. S.; Merkert, J.; Donovan-Merkert, B.; Li, Y. Z.; Hofmann, T.; Schmedake, T. A., Si(bzimpy)2 – a hexacoordinate silicon pincer complex for electron transport and electroluminescence. Chem. Commun. 2018, 54 (100), 14073-14076.

Lee, D. A.; Peloquin, D. M.; Yapi, E. W.; McMinn, L. A.; Merkert,J. W.; Donovan-Merkert, B. T.; Vitallo, A. A.; Peterson, A. R.; Jones, D.S.; Ceccarelli, C.; Schmedake, T. A., “Tetramethylsilanoviologen”: Synthesis, characterization, and hydrolysis of a silolodipyridinium ion. Polyhedron 2017, 133, 358-363.

Peloquin, D. M.; Schmedake, T. A., Recent advances in hexacoordinate silicon with pyridine-containing ligands: Chemistry and emerging applications.  Coordination Chemistry Reviews 2016, 323, 107.

Peloquin, D. M.; Dewitt, D. R.; Patel, S. S.; Merkert, J. W.; Donovan-Merkert, B. T.; Schmedake, T. A., Spectroelectrochemistry of tris(bipyridyl)silicon(IV): ligand localized reductions with potential electrochromic applications. Dalton Transactions 2015, 44 (43), 18723-18726.

Maguylo, C.; Chukwu, C.; Aun, M.; Monroe, B.; Ceccarelli, C.; Jones, D. S.; Merkert, J. W.; Donovan-Merkert, B. T.; Schmedake, T. A., Exploring the structure and redox activity of hexacoordinate bis(bipyridyl)silicon(IV) complexes. Polyhedron 2015, 94, 52-58.

Nurakhmetov, T. N.; Kuterbekov, K. A.; Daurenbekov, D. H.; Zhanbotin, A. Z.; Betekbaev, A. A.; Kainarbay, A. Z.; Schmedake, T. A.; Kuterbekov, M. K., Solar Radiation Conversion With Mesoporous Silica Activated by Rare-Earth Ions. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering-Transactions of the ASME 2015, 137 (6).

Lee, D. A.; Moon, S. K.; Sizeland, A. N.; Gould, N. W.; Gbarbea, E. M.; Owusu, D.; Jones, D. S.; Schmedake, T. A., Synthesis and Characterization of a Dipyridocatecholate Silicon Complex, Inorganic Chemistry Communications 2013, 33 (0), 125-128.

Nurakhmetov, T. N.; Kuterbekov, K. A.; Schmedake, T. A.; Zhanbotin, A.; Kainarbay, A.; Salihodja, J. M.; Zhunusbekov, A. M.; Pazylbek, S.; Bekmyrza, K.; Daurenbekov, D.; Baitemirova, A., Luminescent materials based on nanoparticles of silicon dioxide for solar cells. In International Conference on Functional Materials and Nanotechnologies 2013, Brik, M.; Zazubovits, S.; Kikas, A.; Parna, R., Eds. 2013; Vol. 49.

Alston, J. R.; Brokaw, D.; Overson, C.; Schmedake, T. A.; Poler, J. C., Hybrid SWCNT – NiO composites for supercapacitor applications. MRS Online Proc. Libr. 2013, 1552 (Nanostructured Metal Oxides for Advanced Applications), opl.2013.624, 7 pp.

Suthar, B.; Aldongarov, A.; Irgibaeva, I. S.; Moazzen, M.; Donovan-Merkert, B. T.; Merkert, J. W.; Schmedake, T. A., Electrochemical and spectral properties of hexacoordinate polypyridyl silicon complexes. Polyhedron 2012, 31 (1), 754-758.

Zhanbotin, A.; Soriano, R. B.; Ikonen, A. K.; Nurakhmetov, T. N.; Schmedake, T. A., Luminescent Mesoporous Colloidal Silica: A Nanoporous Substrate For Photosensitization Of Lanthanide Ions. Materials Letters 2011, 65 (1), 10-12.

Liu, K.; Schmedake, T. A.; Tsu, R., Experimental determination of the band structure of photonic crystals of colloidal silica spheres. Physics Letters A 2009, 373 (21), 1885-1890.

Zhanbotin, A.; Nurakhmetov, T.N.; Schmedake, T.A., Chemistry And Optical Properties Of Luminescent Mesoporous Colloidal Silica. Russian Physics Journal 2009, 52, Number 8/2, 369-372

Irgibaeva, I.; Aldongarov, A.; Barashkov, N.; Schmedake, T., Study of Spectral Properties of Bis (1,10-phenanthroline) Silicon Hexacoordinated Complexes by Density Functional Theory. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry 2008, 108, (14), 2641-2647.
 
Liu, K.; Schmedake, T. A.; Tsu, R., A comparative study of colloidal silica spheres: Photonic crystals versus Bragg’s law. Physics Letters A 2008, 372, (24), 4517-4520.

Soriano, R. B.; Kpatcha, E.; Jakob, A. M.; Merkert, J. W.; Carlin, C. M.; Schmedake, T. A. Long life-time emission in luminescent colloidal silica.  Applied Physics Letters 2007, 91, 091909.

Liu, K.; Schmedake, T. A.; Daneshvar, K.; Tsu, R., Interaction of CdSe/ZnS quantum dots: Among themselves and with matrices. Microelectronics Journal 2007, 38, (6-7), 700-705.

Poler, J.;  Donovan-Merkert, B.T.;  Davies, A.;  El-Kouedi, M.;  Krueger, J.;  Smith, S.;  Stokes, E.; and Schmedake, T. A.  “Efforts to Implement a PhD degree program in Nanoscale Science at UNC Charlotte”, in Education in Nanoscience and Engineering, edited by R. Carpenter, S. Seal, N. Healy, N. Shinn, W. Braue (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 931E, Warrendale, PA, 2006), p. 0931-KK04-04.

Jakob, A. M.; Schmedake, T. A., A novel approach to monodisperse, luminescent silica spheres. Chemistry of Materials 2006, 18, (14), 3173-3175.

Poler, J. C.; Schmedake, T. A.; Ye, W., Cross-sectional AFM study of etching kinetics of oxidized porous silicon. Physica Status Solidi A: Applied Research 2004, 201, (4), 756-761.

Leites, L. A.; Bukalov, S. S.; Mangette, J. E.; Schmedake, T. A.; West, R., 80Conformational polymorphism of solid tetramesityldisilene Mes2Si:SiMes2 (Raman, UV-vis, IR and fluorescence study). Spectrochimica Acta, Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 2003, 59A, (9), 1975-1988.

Cunin, F.; Schmedake, T. A.; Link, J. R.; Li, Y. Y.; Koh, J.; Bhatia, S. N.; Sailor, M. J., Biomolecular screening with encoded porous-silicon photonic crystals. Nature Materials 2002, 1, (1), 39-41.

Liu, R.; Schmedake, T. A.; Li, Y. Y.; Sailor, M. J.; Fainman, Y., Novel porous silicon vapor sensor based on polarization interferometry. Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical 2002, B87, (1), 58-62.

Schmedake, T. A.; Cunin, F.; Link, J. R.; Sailor, M. J., Standoff detection of chemicals using porous silicon “smart dust” particles. Advanced Materials (Weinheim, Germany) 2002, 14, (18), 1270-1272.

Schmedake, T. A.; Haaf, M.; Paradise, B. J.; Millevolte, A. J.; Powell, D. R.; West, R., Electronic and steric properties of stable silylene ligands in metal(0) carbonyl complexes. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2001, 636, (1-2), 17-25.

West, R.; Schmedake, T. A.; Haaf, M.; Becker, J.; Mueller, T., A disilanyl dianion and a silyl dianion from a stable silylene. Chemistry Letters 2001, (1), 68-69.

Haaf, M.; Schmedake, T. A.; Paradise, B. J.; West, R., Synthesis and reactivity of the stable silylene N,N’-di-tert-butyl-1,3-diaza-2-sila-2-ylidene. Canadian Journal of Chemistry 2000, 78, (11), 1526-1533.

Schmedake, T. A.; Haaf, M.; Paradise, B. J.; Powell, D.; West, R., Two Trigonal Ni(silylene)3 Complexes. Organometallics 2000, 19, (17), 3263-3265.

Haaf, M.; Schmedake, T. A.; West, R., Stable Silylenes. Accounts of Chemical Research 2000, 33, (10), 704-714.

Schmedake, T. A.; Haaf, M.; Apeloig, Y.; Mueller, T.; Bukalov, S.; West, R., Reversible Transformation between a Diaminosilylene and a Novel Disilene. Journal of the American Chemical Society 1999, 121, (40), 9479-9480.

Haaf, M.; Schmiedl, A.; Schmedake, T. A.; Powell, D. R.; Millevolte, A. J.; Denk, M.; West, R., Synthesis and Reactivity of a Stable Silylene. Journal of the American Chemical Society 1998, 120, (49), 12714-12719.

Leites, L. A.; Bukalov, S. S.; Mangette, J. E.; Schmedake, T. A.; West, R., Raman and UV-Vis study of the conformational polymorphism of solid tetramesityldisilene Mes2Si:SiMes2. Mendeleev Communications 1998, (2), 43-44.

Schmedake, T. A.; Welch, L. E., The quantitative analysis of an analgesic tablet: an NMR experiment for the instrumental analysis course. Journal of Chemical Education 1996, 73, (11), 1045-1048.