College of Science
Center for Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Chemistry                           

MARVIN LEE ILLINGSWORTH

Professor  
Department of Chemistry
85 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY 14623-5603

Phone:  (585) 475-2486
Voice message:  (585) 475-2497
Fax:  (585) 475-5766

Email:  mlisch@rit.edu

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND                         

• NASA Faculty Research Associate;

  1993-98

• Postdoctoral Research  (Transition Metal Complexes of the Ambidentate Ligand APPY;  J. Burmeister)

  1981;  U. Delaware

• Ph. D.  (Inorganic/Polymer Chemistry)

  1980; U. Massachusetts, Amherst        

• B.S. (Chemistry)

  1972; Lafayette College

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• Step growth polymerization, grafting, imidization
  
  
• Inert atmosphere synthesis, including glovebox, glove bag, vacuum manifold, vacuum tube, syringe, Schlenk
  
  
• Thin films via MOCVD, sol-gel
  
  
• Transition metal complexes
  
  
• Characterization, including FT-IR, NMR (1D, 2D, multinucl), TGA, DSC, UV-vis, XRD, Mass spec, TLC, LC, FC, Plasma ashing

AWARDS

• NASA Excellence in Research (2)      
                          
• NASA JOVE Visiting Faculty (NASA Lewis Research Center)   
                     
• Sigma Xi

SELECTED  RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS          

• Synthesis of ODA-PMDA and LARC-IA copolymers
  
  
• PAA and PI copolymers with 50% (mol) pendent groups
  
  
• Atomic oxygen erosion studies on complexes and composites
  
  
• Preparation of tin oxide and PZT oxide ceramics

INORGANIC/POLYMER SYNTHESIS LABORATORY

GOALS  and  APPLICATIONS

• Acquaint potential collaborators with materials-oriented synthetic capabilities recently added to our laboratory
  
  
• Adapt these capabilities to collaborators’ applications; prepare prototype materials
  
  
• Perform first generation characterizations on prototype materials;  transfer data;  collaborators assess whether further in-house characterizations are warranted

LABORATORY
FACILITIES  and  EQUIPMENT

• High temperature furnaces (1100 C), programmable forced air oven (330 C),
  Spin coater (to 10,000 rpm), glovebox, self-calibrating balance (0.1 mg), digital thermometer, Dell computer, acquired ’98-’99 or later
  
  
• SPI-Plasma Prep II barrel-type asher
  
  
• Optical microscope with digital camera and image processing software
  
  
• FT-IR, 300 MHz NMR, UV-Vis, GC-Mass Spec, TGA, DSC, and film DMA, tensile, flexural, and impact mechanical test equipment

RECENT PUBLICATIONS