Science & Engineering Faculty Directory: Samson A. Jenekhe

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Professor of Chemical Engineering, Professor of Materials Science, and Professor of Chemistry
Chemical Engineering
University of Rochester
Dept. of Chemical Engineering
206 Gavett Hall, Box 270166
Rochester, NY 14627-0166

Phone: (716) 275-2281
FAX: (716) 442-6686
Email: jenekhe@che.rochester.edu
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B.S. Michigan Technological Univ. 1977
M.S. Univ. of Minnesota 1980
Ph.D. Univ. of Minnesota 1984

Samson A. Jenekhe

Description of Research

My research in Polymer Science and Engineering is focused on:

1. Electronic and Optoelectronic Polymers (synthesis and processing;

molecular engineering of properties; structure-property relationships;

photophysics; photochemistry; photoconductivity; charge transport;

luminescence; quantum confinement; nonlinear optical properties;

electronic and optoelectronic devices). 2. Self-Assembling Polymer

Systems (supramolecular polymer science; self-assembling polymer

microstructures; self-assembly of synthetic polymers; self-assembly

of periodic/ordered mesostructures; photonic band gap mesostructures;

rod-coil block copolymers; polymer blends; multifunctional and smart

materials; hydrogen-bonded polymer aggregates). 3. Polymer Device

Engineering (polymer thin film device fabrication; polymer/polymer

heterojunctions; polymer/polymer and polymer/metal interfaces;

nanolayered thin films; light emitting diodes; photodetectors;

photovoltaic cells; electrochromic cells).

Recent Papers or Publications

(1) S. A. Jenekhe and J. A. Osaheni, "Excimers and Exciplexes of Conjugated Polymers," Science, 265, 765-768 (1994).

(2) S. A. Jenekhe and X. L. Chen, "Self-Assembled Aggregates of Amphiphilic Rod-Coil Block Copolymers and their Solubilization and Encapsulation of Fullerenes," Science, 279, 1903-1907 (1998).

(3) S. A. Jenekhe and X. L. Chen, "Self-Assembly of Ordered Microporous Materials from Rod-Coil Block Copolymers," Science, 283, 372-375 (1999).

Special Honors or Awards

Undergraduate Academic Scholarship, 1974 - 1977.

Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society, 1976.

Honeywell Star Inventor Award, 1986.

Outstanding Young Man of America Award, 1987.

21ST Annual New Horizons in Physics Lecturer, SUNY - New Paltz, Fall 1990.

Distinguished Lecturer, Materials Directorate, Air Force Materials Laboratory, Dayton, OH, June 1994.

The Weissberger-Williams Lecturer, Eastman Kodak Research Laboratories, Rochester, NY, Nov., 1996.

Macromolecules, Editorial Advisory Board, 1994-1996.

Chemistry of Materials, Editorial Advisory Board, 1997 - present.

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