Education and Professional Experience

Elena Galoppini
Professor of Chemistry


1996-present    Rutgers University

Spring 2006      Visiting Professor  Center of Molecular Devices,

                       Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden

1994-1996        Postdoctoral Fellow University of Texas at Austin.

1994                Ph.D University of Chicago. Advisor: Philip E. Eaton.

1989                Laurea in Chimica, Università di Pisa, Italy


Scholarships, Fellowships, Awards

2006 Kavli Frontiers of Sciences Fellow (National Academy of Sciences)
1997 Distinguished Service Award, New York Italian Consulate
1995 Alan Berman Research Publications Award, Naval Research Laboratory

Publications 2003-present

1. Zn(II) Tetraarylporphyrins Anchored to TiO2, ZnO and ZrO2 Nanoparticle Films Through Rigid-Rod Linkers, Rochford, J. ; Galoppini, E. Langmuir, (Article) 2008, 24, , 5366

2. Heavy Atom Effects on Anthracene-Rigid-Rod Excited States Anchored to Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Giaimo, J. M.; Rowley, J. G.; Meyer, G. J.; Wang D.; Galoppini, E. Chemical Physics 2007, 339, 146-153.

3. Tripodal Pyrene Chromophores for Semiconductor Sensitization: New Footprint Design Thyagarajan, S.; Liu, A.; Famoyin, O. A.; Lamberto M.; Galoppini, E. Tetrahedron (Article) 2007, 63, 7550-7559. doi:10.1016/j.tet.2007.05.055


4. Ru(II)-Polypyridyl Complexes Bound to Nanocrystalline TiO2 Films Through Rigid-Rod Linkers: Effect of the Linkers Length on Electron Injection Rates Piotrowiak, P.; Galoppini, E.; Wang D.; Myahkostupov, M. J. Phys. Chem. C (Letter); 2007, 111, 2827-2829. DOI: 10.1021/jp0679257


5. Tetrachelate Porphyrin Chromophores for Metal Oxide Semiconductor Sensitization: Effect of the Spacer Length and Anchoring Group Position Rochford, J.; Chu, D.; Hagfeldt, A.; Galoppini, E. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (Article) 2007 129, 4655-4665. DOI: 10.1021/ja068218u


6. Calculated Optoelectronic Properties of Ruthenium Tris-Bipyridine Dyes Containing Oligophenyleneethynylene Rigid Rod Linkers in Different Chemical Environments Lundqvist, M. J.; Galoppini, E.; Meyer, G. J.; Persson P. J. Phys. Chem. A (Article) 2007, 111, 1487-1497. DOI: 10.1021/jp064219x


7. Fast Electron Transport in Metal Organic Vapor Deposition Grown Dye-sensitized ZnO Nanorod Solar Cells Galoppini, E.; Rochford, J.; Chen, H.; Saraf, G.; Lu, Y.; Hagfeldt, A.; Boschloo, G. J. Phys. Chem. B. (Letter) 2006, 110, 16159 – 16161. DOI: 10.1021/jp062865q


8. Pyrene-Terminated Phenylenethynylene Rigid Linkers Anchored to Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Taratula, O.; Rochford, J.; Piotrowiak, P.; Galoppini, E.; Carlisle, R. A.; Meyer, G. J. J. Phys. Chem. B. (Article) 2006, 110, 15734-15741. DOI: 10.1021/jp0623847


9. Tuning Open Circuit Photovoltages with Tripodal Sensitizers Clark, C. C.; Meyer, G. J.; Wei, Q.; Galoppini, E. J. Phys. Chem. B (Letter) 2006, 110, 11044-11046. DOI: 10.1021/jp064219x


10. Binding Studies of Molecular Linkers to ZnO Nanotips Taratula, O.; Galoppini E.; Wang, D.; Chu, D.; Zhang, Z.; Chen, H.; Saraf, G.; Lu, Y. (Article) J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110, 6506-6515. DOI: 10.1021/jp0570317


11. Synthesis of Novel Rigid-Rod and Tripodal Azulene Chromophores Lamberto, M.; Pagba, C.; Piotrowiak, P.; Galoppini E. Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46, 4895-4899. doi:10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.05.034


12. Distance Dependence of Heterogeneous Electron Transfer Probed in Ultra-High Vacuum with Femtosecond Transient Absorption Ernstorfer R.; Felber S.; Storck W.; Galoppini E.; Wei Q.; Willig F. Research On Chemical Intermediates (Review) 2005, 31, 643-647. DOI: 10.1163/1568567054908970


13. Femtosecond Two-Photon Photoemission Probing Electron Injection from the Excited Singlet State of Perylene Attached to a Long Rigid Tripod Anchor-Cum-Spacer on Rutile TiO2(110) Gundlach L.; Felber S.; Storck W.; Galoppini E.; Wei Q.; Willig F. Research on Chemical Intermediates (Review) 2005, 31, 39-46. DOI: 10.1163/1568567053146841


14. Excited State Electron Transfer from Ru(II) Polypyridyl Complexes Anchored to Nanocrystalline TiO2 Through Rigid-Rod Linkers Wang, D.; Mendelsohn, R.; Galoppini, E.; Hoertz, P. G.; Carlisle, R. A.; Meyer, G. J. J. Phys. Chem B. (Article) 2004, 108, 16642-16653. DOI: 10.1021/jp047454t


15. Hybrid Photoactive Assemblies: Electron Injection from Host-Guest Complexes into Semiconductor Nanoparticles Pagba, C.; Zordan, G.; Galoppini, E.; Deshayes, K.; Piatnitski, E. L.; Hore, S.; Piotrowiak P. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (Communication) 2004, 126, 9888-9889. DOI: 10.1021/ja0475252


16. Tripodal Ru(II) Complexes with Conjugated and Non-conjugated Rigid-rod Bridges for Semiconductor Nanoparticles Sensitization Wei, Q. Galoppini, E. Tetrahedron (Article) 2004, 60, 8497-8508.
doi:10.1016/j.tet.2004.06.124


17. Invited review. Linkers For Anchoring Sensitizers To Semiconductor Nanoparticles Galoppini, E. Coord. Chem. Rev. 2004, 248, 1283-1297. doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2004.03.016


18. New Epoxy Resins Cured with Tetraaminophenyladamantane (TAPA) Wei, Q.; Lazzeri, A.; Di Cuia, F.; Scalari, M.; Galoppini E. Macromolecular Chemistry & Physics (Article) 2004, 205, 2089-2096.


19. Subpicosecond Photoinduced Charge Injection from "Molecular Tripods" into Mesoporous TiO2 over the Distance of 24 Angstroms Piotrowiak, P.; Galoppini, E.; Wei, Q.; Meyer, G. J.; Wiewior, P. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (Communication) 2003, 125, 5278-5279. DOI: 10.1021/ja034268c


20. Organic Rigid-Rod Linkers for Coupling Chromophores to Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Hoertz P.G.; Carlisle R. A.; Meyer G. J.; Wang, D.; Piotrowiak, P.; Galoppini E. Nanoletters (Letter) 2003, 3, 325-330. DOI: 10.1021/nl025946g


21. Molecular Tectonics. Use of the Hydrogen Bonding of Boronic Acids to Direct Supramolecular Construction Fournier, J.-H.; Maris, T.; Wuest, J. D.; Guo, W.; Galoppini, E. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (Article) 2003, 125, 1002-1006. DOI: 10.1021/ja0276772


22. Functionalization of LDPE by Melt Grafting with Glycidyl Methacrylate and Reactive Blending with Polyamide-6 Wei, Q.; Chionna, D.; Galoppini, E.; Pracella, M. Macr. Chem. and Phys. (Article) 2003, 204, 1123-1133.

OTHER MEDIA


1. TV Interview broadcasted by NJN television Network in 2004
2. Rutgers Connections

http://www.newark.rutgers.edu/occ/pubs/connections/pdf/FallWinter2003.pdf
3. Provost Report http://www.newark.rutgers.edu/occ/pubs/annualreport/Provost_03_04.pdf
4. ORSP report http://orsp.rutgers.edu/downloads/AnnualRpt/FY04AnRpt.pdf
5. The Indicator, April 2004, 85 (4) p.9
6. http://www.nanotechwire.com/news.asp?nid=3269
7. http://urwebsrv.rutgers.edu/medrel/viewArticle.html?ArticleID=5142