Publications

Published at Denison University  (Underlined denotes undergraduate co-author):

Madeline Van Winkle, Harper Wallace, Niquana Smith,Andrew T. Pomerene, Michael G. Wood, Bryan Kaehr, Joseph J. Reczek*“Orientation-Dependent Rewritable Optical Information Coding and Encryption in Tunable Organic Materials” Scientific Reports 2020, 10, 15352.

Molly Machines, Ben Cousineau, Sarah Youngs, Joseph J. Reczek,*Stephen Maldonado* “Discovery of Unusually Stable Reduced Viologen via Synergistic Folding and Encapsulation” J. Electrochem. Soc. 2019 166, H825-H834

Madeline Stern, Loryn L. Holokai, Andrew Delahunty, Chelsea R. Martinez and Joseph, J. Reczek*, “Selective Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Symmetric and Asymmetric Substituted Anthraquinones“,  J. Org. Chem., 2018, submitted.

Madeline Van Winkle, David A. Scrymgeour, Bryan Kaehr, and Joseph J. Reczek*, “Laser rewritable dichroics through reconfigurable organic charge-transfer liquid crystals” Advanced Materials 2018, 30, 1706787.  Selected for front cover of the May 17, 2018 issue.

Reczek, J. J., Naphthalenediimide in Modular Columnar Liquid Crystals: Key Component of Donor-Acceptor Columnar Liquid Crystals. in Naphthalenediimide and its Congeners: From Molecules to Materials., 1; Pantos, Dan., Eds; Royal Society of Chemistry: Bath, UK, 2017, 90-113.

Ariana Gray Be, Cheryl Tran, Riley Sechrist, and Joseph J. Reczek, “Strongly dichroic organic films via controlled assembly of modular aromatic charge-transfer liquid crystals” Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 4834-4837.

Annelise C. Thompson, Haley M. Grimm, Ariana Gray Bé, Keenan J. McKnight, and Joseph J. Reczek, “Efficient bromination of naphthalene dianhydride and microwave assisted synthesis of core-brominated naphthalene diimides” Synth. Commun. 2015, 45, 1127-1136.

Leight, Katie R.; Esarey, Brooke E.; Murray, Alex E.; Reczek, Joseph J. “Modular and Predictable Tuning of Absorption Properties in Aromatic Donor-Acceptor Materials” Chem. of Mater. 2012, 24, 3318-3328.

Alvey, Paul M.; Reczek, Joseph J.; Lynch, Vincent; Iverson, Brent L. “A Systematic Study of Thermochromic Aromatic Donor-Acceptor Materials” J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 7682-7690.

Reczek, Joseph J.; Rebolini, Elisa; Urbach, Adam R. “Solid-Phase Synthesis of Peptide-Viologen Conjugates” J. Org. Chem., 2010, 75, 2111-2114.

Reczek, Joseph J.; Kennedy, Aimee A.; Halbert, Brian; Urbach, Adam A. “Multivalent Recognition of Peptides by Modular Self-Assembled Receptors” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 2408-2415.

Published prior to Denison appointment:

Mazzitelli, Carolyn L.; Chu, Yongjun; Reczek, Joseph J.; Iverson, Brent L.; Brodbelt, Jennifer S. “Screening of Threading Bis-Intercalators Binding to Duplex DNA by Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometry” J. Am. Soc. Mass. Spec., 2007, 18(2), 311-321.

Reczek, Joseph J.; Villazor, Karen R.; Lynch, Vincent; Swager, Timothy M.; Iverson, Brent L. ”Tunable Columnar Mesophases Utilizing C2 Symmetric Aromatic Donor-Acceptor Complexes” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128(24), 7995-8002.

Reczek, Joseph J.; Iverson, Brent L. “Using Aromatic Donor Acceptor Interactions to Affect Macromolecular Assembly” Macromolecules, 2006, 39(17), 5601-5603.

Gabriel, Greg; Reczek, Joe; Iverson, Brent. “Now Accepting Donation – Molecular recognition in aqueous solution” Polymer Preprints, 2003, 44(2), 453-454.

Cheng, Ming; Moore, David R.; Reczek, Joseph J.; Chamberlain, Bradley M.; Lobkovsky, Emil B.; Coates, Geoffrey W. “Single-Site β-Diiminate Zinc Catalysts for the Alternating Copolymerization of CO2 and Epoxides: Catalyst Synthesis and Unprecedented Polymerization Activity” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123(36), 8738-8749.

Funding:

Pending:

National Science Foundation, “MRI: Acquisition of a scanning electron microscope with integrated EDS, WDS, and STEM for enhancement of multi-disciplinary undergraduate research and research training” coPI: Reczek, $499,500

Funded:

National Science Foundation, “MRI: Acquisition of a powder X-ray defractometer to enhance research at a primarialy undergraduate institution” PI: Reczek, $105,300, 8/15 – 7/16

National Science Foundation, “RUI: Developing Organic Photoconductive Materials through Modular Design of Self-Assembling Components” $200,000, 8/12 – 7/16.

Petroleum Research Fund, “Aromatic donor-acceptor organocatalysis: noncovalent activation of aryl halides in green palladium cross-coupling reactions” $65,000, 1/13 – 8/17

Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences, The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, “Inspiring the Future: A Cooperative Approach to Increasing Regional Education, Exploration, and Opportunities with the Chemistry of Energy” $34,000, 6/11 – 6/13.

Lindbergh Grant, The Lindbergh Foundation, “Developing Liquid Crystal Solar Cells to Promote Clean, Efficient, and Affordable Energy” $10,580, 7/10 – 8/11.

Cottrell College Science Award, Research Corporation, “Development of Modular Organic Columnar Liquid Crystals as Robust Sensitizers in Low-Cost Solar Cells” $41,682, 1/10 – 8/12.

Presentations and Invited Lectures:

Reczek, Joseph J. “Structural control of modular aromatic charge-transfer liquid crystals leads to strongly dichroic organic films” 251st ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA, United States, March 13-17, 2016, ORGN-646.

Reczek, Joseph J. “Design, assembly, and emergent properties of columnar mixed-stack aromatic donor-acceptor liquid crystals”, Invited talk at the Energy, Materials, Nanotechnology meeting on Liquid Crystals, Orlando FL, February 16-19, 2016.

“Columns of a different color: molecular organic materials by modular design”, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, September 2015.

Reczek, Joseph J. “Highly substituted anthracenes as self-assembly components of new donor-acceptor columnar liquid crystalline materials” 249th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Denver, CO, United States, March 22-26, 2015, ORGN-402.

“Columns of a Different Color: molecular organic materials by modular design” Sandia National Labs, Advanced Materials Lab, Albequerque, NM, November 2014.

Reczek, Joseph J. “Relating component structure to material properties in modular donor-acceptor columnar liquid crystals” 245th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans, LA, United States, April 7-11, 2013, ORGN-120.

Reczek, Joseph J. “Developing new, modular components for the self-assembly of functional donor-acceptor columnar liquid crystalline materials” 243rd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA, United States, March 25-29, 2012, ORGN-742.

“Columns of a Different Color”: The University Maryland Baltimore County, October 2011.

“Tailored, predictable charge-transfer absorbance in modular donor-acceptor columnar liquid crystals” 241st ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Anaheim, CA, United States, March 27-31, 2011, ORGN-673.

“Synthesis of Anthracene Derivatives as Donor-Acceptor Liquid Crystal Components” CERMACS, Cleveland OH, May 2009.

“Designing Aromatic Self-Assembly: From Bio-Mimetic Recognition to Organic Solar Cells” The University of Toledo, April 2009.