Katie McGarry

Time in the Lab

Fall 2008–Summer 2013

Education & Experience

Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (2013)

Thesis: Synthesis and Crystal Design of Rubrene Derivatives for Use in Organic Electronics 

B.S. Chemistry, University of Saint Thomas (2008)

Advisor: J. Thomas Ippoliti

Douglas Group Publications

Intrinsic non-radiative voltage losses in fullerene-based organic solar cells. Nat. Energy 2017, 2, 17053.

Development and Mechanistic Study of Quinoline-Directed Acyl C–O Bond Activation and Alkene Oxyacylation Reactions. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 2972–2983.

 Partial Fluorination as a Strategy for Crystal Engineering of Rubrene Derivatives. Cryst. Growth Des. 2017, 17, 643–658.

Utilizing Carbon Nanotube Electrodes to Improve Charge Injection and Transport in Bis(trifluoromethyl)-dimethyl-rubrene Ambipolar Single Crystal Transistors. ACS Nano 2013, 7, 10245–10256.

Connecting Molecular Structure and Exciton Diffusion Length in Rubrene Derivatives. Adv. Mater. 2013, 25, 3689–3693.

Rubrene-Based Single-Crystal Organic Semiconductors: Synthesis, Electronic Structure, and Charge-Transport Properties. Chem. Mater. 2013, 25, 2254–2263. 

High-Mobility Transistors Based on Single Crystals of Isotopically Substituted Rubrene-d28. J. Phys. Chem. C 2013, 117, 11522–11529. 

Preparation of 6,11-Dihydroxy-5,12-tetracenedione. Org. Prep. Proc. Int. 2011, 43, 360–363.