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Ronald L. Elsenbaumer
Professor
Chancellor, IPFW
Office: Kettler Hall, Room 166 IPFW Fort Wayne, IN 46805, Email: chancellor@ipfw.edu, Phone: 260 481 6105, FAX: n/a
# Electrically Conductive Polymers # Mechanistic Organic and Polymer Chemistry # Materials Science of Conjugated Polymers # Corrosion # Organic Superconductors
"Corrosion Protection of Metals Using Electrically Conductive Polymers," Wei-Kang Lu, Sanjay Basak and Ronald L. Elsenbaumer, in Handbook of Conductive Polymers, T. A. Skotheim, J. Reynolds, and R. L. Elsenbaumer, eds., Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, NY, 1997, pp 881-920.
"Synthesis, Characterization, and Electrical Properties of Poly (1-alkyl-2,5- pyrrylene vinylenes): New Low Band Gap Conducting Polymers," In Tae Kim and Ronald L. Elsenbaumer, Macromolecules 2000, 33, 6407-6411.
"Poly(alkyl thiophene-3-carboxylates). Synthesis, Properties and Electroluminescence Studies of Polythiophenes Containing a Carbonyl Group Directly Attached to the Ring," Martin Pomerantz, Yang Cheng, Ramesh K. Kasim, and Ronald L. Elsenbaumer, Journal of Materials Chemistry 1999, 9, 2155.
"The Tuning of Heterocyclic Isomerization: Additional Routes to Extended Donors," Ronald L. Meline and Ronald L. Elsenbaumer, Synthetic Metals 1999, 102, 1658-1661.
"Synthesis and Characterization of Poly(2,6-Quinoline Vinylene)," Ramesh K. Kasim, Sripadma Satyanarayana and Ronald L. Elsenbaumer, Synthetic Metals 1999, 102, 1059.
"Novel Heterocyclic Coordination Polymers: Synthesis and Characterization," Sripadma Satyanarayana and Ronald L. Elsenbaumer, Synthetic Metals 1999, 102, 1470-1471.
"Poly(3-Alkylthiophenes): Optimizing Conductivity as a Function of Regioregularity, Dopant, and Casting Solvent," Ronald L. Meline, Ramesh K. Kasim, Wei-Kang Lu, and Ronald L. Elsenbaumer, Synthetic Metals 1999, 101, 446.
"N-Methylated Poly(nonylbithiazole): A New n-Dopable Conjugated Polymer," M. David Curtis, Haitao Cheng, Jo Anna Johnson, John I. Nanos, Ramesh Kasim, Ronald Elsenbaumer, Lebzylisbeth Gonzalez and David C. Martin, Chem. Mater. 1998, 10, 13.
"An Expedient, Cost Effective Large Scale Synthesis of Tetrathiafulvalene," Ronald L. Meline and Ronald L. Elsenbaumer, J. Chem. Soc, Perkin Trans. I 1998, 2467.
"Synthesis, Characterization and Properties of Conjugated Poly(1-Alkyl-2,5-Pyrrlene Vinylene)," In Tae Kim and Ronald L. Elsenbaumer, Mat. Res. Soc. 1998, 488, 665-670.
"Convenient Syntheses of 1-Alkyl-2,5-bis(thiophenylmethylene)pyrroles Using the Mannich Reaction," In Tae Kim and Ronald L. Elsenbaumer, Tetrahedron Letts. 1998, 39, 1087.
"Simple Method for Fabricating Polymer Light Emitting Diodes," Ramesh K. Kasim, Martin Pomerantz and Ronald L. Elsenbaumer, Chemistry of Materials 1998, 10, 235.
"Solution Processible Poly(1-Alkyl-2,5-pyrrylene vinylenes): New Low Band Gap Conductive Polymers," In Tae Kim and Ronald L. Elsenbaumer, J.C.S. Chem. Commun. 1998, 327.
"High Yield Conversion of Tetrathiafulvalene Into Bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene and Derivatives of TTF," Ronald L. Meline and Ronald L. Elsenbaumer, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. I 1997, 3575.
"Direct Syntheses of Tetrathiafulvalene and Bis(ethylenedithio)-tetrathiafulvalene By a Non-coupling Route From 1,4,5,8-Tetrathianaphthalene," Ronald L. Meline and Ronald L. Elsenbaumer, Synthesis 1997, 617.
"Electron Rich Thienylene-Vinylene Low Band Gap Polymers" Yueping Fu and Ronald L. Elsenbaumer, Chemistry of Materials 1997, 9, 1720.
"Investigation of Device Failure in Polymer Light Emitting Diodes," Ramesh K, Kasim, Yang Cheng, Martin Pomerantz, and Ronald L. Elsenbaumer, Synthetic Metals 1997, 85, 1213.
"Forward/Reverse dc bias or ac Electroluminescence in Poly(p-phenylene vinylene) Prepared via Sulfonium-salt and Xanthate Routes," Ramesh K. Kasim and Ronald L. Elsenbaumer, Synthetic Metals 1997, 85, 1291.
"A Convenient Non-Coupling Synthesis of Bis(ethylenedithio)- tetrathiafulvalene," Ronald L. Meline and Ronald L. Elsenbaumer, Synthetic Metals 1997, 86, 1845.
"Isolation, Characterization and Polymerization of Monosubstituted p-Quinodimethanes Made from Thiophene Derivatives," Haitao Cheng and Ronald L. Elsenbaumer, Polym. Mat.: Sci. Engr. 1996, 75, 293.
"New Precursors and Polymerization Route for the Preparation of High Molecular Weight Poly(3,4-Dialkoxy-2,5-Thienylenevinylenes): Low Band Gap Conductive Polymers," H. Cheng and R. L. Elsenbaumer, J.C.S. Chem. Commun. 1995, 1451.
B.S. Purdue University (1973)
Ph.D. Stanford University (1978)