Thomas Smith

Research Details

Research Interests
  • Organic chemistry
  • Polymer chemistry

Personal Information

Contact Information
Room 08-2254
Phone: (585)475-7982
Fax: (585)475-7800
Email: twssch@rit.edu

Department of Chemistry
58 Lomb Memorial Dr.
Rochester, NY 14623-5603
Title and Degrees
Professor of Chemistry and Microsystems Engineering

BS Chemistry, John Carroll University, 1969
PhD Chemistry, University of Michigan, 1973

Scholarships/Awards

  • American Chemical Society - ACS Fellow (2012)
  • American Chemical Society, Polymer Division - Fellow - Polymer Division ACS (2012)

Publications

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

    Smith, T.W., Imidazole Polymers Derived from Ionic Liquid 4-Vinylimidazolium Monomers: Their Synthesis and Thermal and Dielectric Properties, Molecules, ASAP, ma300862t (2013)

    Smith, T.W., Bis(trifluoromethyl)carbinol polynorbornene as a pseudo-polyelectrolyte in multilayered films, Thin Solid Films, 520, pp. 6170-6173 (2012)

    Smith, T.W.; Ayubali, M.; Kotlarchyk, M.; Langner, A., Synthesis of KDP Nanocrystals in Micellar Solutions of Block Copolymers of Poly(styrene) and Poly(oxyethylene), Polymer Preprints, 47, 464 (2006)


CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

    Smith, T.W., PVDF-based polymer blend films for fuel cell membranes, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Advance Materials for Fuel Cells, MRS, 2012, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, pp. 1384- (2013)