B.S. Chemistry (1964) University of California, Los Angeles
Ph.D. Chemistry (1968) Harvard University
Physical-Organic Chemistry
Email: engel@rice.edu
Phone: (713) 348-4087
Office: George R. Brown Hall, E200F
|
|
Paul Engel
Professor of Chemistry
Research Statement
We are investigating the chemistry of free radical initiators and inhibitors of polymerization.
Selected Publications
Mukerjee, A.; Combs, R.; Chattopadhyay, J.; Abmayr, D. W.; Engel, P. S.; Billups, W. E.; "Attachment of Nitrogen and Oxygen Centered Radicals to Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Salts." Chem. Mater., 20 (2008): 7339-7343.
Alvarez, N. T.; Kittrell, C., Schmidt, H. K.; Hauge, R. H.; Engel, P. S.; Tour, J. M. "Selective Photochemical Functionalization of Surfactant-Dispersed Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes in Water." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130 (2008): 14227-14233.
Engel, P. S.; Billups, W. E.; Abmayr, D. W.; Tsvaygboym, K.; Wang, R. "The Reaction of Carbon Nanotubes with Organic Peroxides." J. Phys. Chem. C, 112 (2008): 695-700.
Chattopadhyay, J.; Chakraborty, S.; Mukherjee, A.; Wang, R.; Engel, P. S.; Billups, W. E. "SET Mechanism in the Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes." J. Phys. Chem. C, 111(48) (2007): 17928-17932.
Wang, R.; Cherukuri, P.; Duque, J. G.; Leeuw, T. K.; Lackey, M. K.; Moran. C. H.; Moore, V. C.; Conyers J. L; Smalley, R. E.; Schmidt, H. K; Weisman, R. B.; Engel, P. S "SWNCT PEG-eggs: Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Biocompatible Shell-Crosslinked Micelles." Carbon, 45 (2007): 2388-2394.
Engel, P. S.; Tsvaygboym, K.; Bachillo, S.; Smith W. B.; Jiang, J-J, Chignell, C. F.; Motten, A. G. "Photorearrangement of alpha-Azoxy Ketones and Triplet Sensitizaion of Azoxy Compounds." J. Org. Chem, 70 (2005): 2598.
Engel, P.S.; Ying, Y-M.; He, S-L. "An Aliphatic Bifunctional Free Radical Initiator. Synthesis of a Block Copolymer from an Azoperester by Sequential Thermal and Photochemical Initiation." Macromolecules, 36 (2003): 3821-3825.
Temenoff, J.S.; Shin,H.; Conway, D.E.; Engel, P.S.; Mikos, A. G. "In Vitro Cytotoxicity of Redox Radical Initiators for Crosslinking of Oligo(Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Funarate) Macromers." Biomacromolecules, 4 (2003): 1605-1613.
Engel, P.S.; Duan, S.; He, S.-L.; Tsvaygboym, K.: Wang, C.; Wu, A.; Ying, Y.-M.; Smith, W.B. "The Free Radical Chemistry of the Azoxy Group." Arkivoc (2003): 89-108.
P.S. Engel, L. Pan, Y. Ying, and L.B. Alemany. "Thermolysis of Free-Radical Initiators: tert-Butylazocumene and Its 1,3 and 1,4-Bisazo and 1,3,5-Trisazo Analogues." JACS, 123 (2001): 3706-3715.
Presentations
Speaker. "The Free Radical Chemistry of the Azoxy Group." McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA. (February 18, 2004) With S. Duan, S.-L. He, K. Tsvaygboim, C.-R. Wang, A.-Y. Wu, Y.-M Ying, and W. B. Smith.
"Intramolecular Radical Reactions of the Azoxy Group." Gomberg 2000, Ann Arbor, Michigan. (June 25-29, 2000)
Theses
David Abmayr, Ph.D. "Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Induced Decomposition of Peroxides and Non-covalent Encapsulation into Water-Soluble PEG-eggs." (2008).(Thesis or Dissertation Director)
Hee Park, Ph.D. "Measurement of the Trapping Rate Constants and Product Studies of Quinone Derivative Inhibitors with alpha-Phenethyl Radicals." (2008).(Thesis or Dissertation Director)
|
