Dr. Ravi M. Adhikari Inducted into Cambridge Who's Who

    ERLANGER, KY, August 26, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ --Ravi M. Adhikari, Director of the Department of Chemistry at Angstrom Technologies, Inc., has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for demonstrating dedication, leadership and excellence in organic synthesis, photochemistry, photophysics, nanoparticles and quantum dots for optoelectronic application.

In his position at Angstrom Technologies, Inc., Dr. Adhikari monitors the quality of chemicals and conducts research to develop new and sophisticated security chemicals for various applications. Dr. Adhikari has published more than 15 scientific articles in various peer reviewed scientific journals. Some of them are:

Carbazole-based emitting compounds: Synthesis, photophysical properties and formation of nanoparticles -Dissertation Abstr. Int., B 2009, 69(11), 6863

Photophysical study of blue, green, and orange-red light-emitting carbazoles; The Journal of organic chemistry 2009, 74(9), 3341

Ethynylphenyl-Linked Carbazoles as a Single-Emitting Component for White Organic Light-Emitting Diodes. Chemistry of Materials 2009, 21(19), 4638

Photoinduced hole transfer forming polymer quantum dot nanocomposites. Chemical Communications (Cambridge, United Kingdom) 2009, (13), 1694

Isomer Restriction on a Nanoparticle Surface and Enhanced Blue Emission Journal of the American Chemical Society 2009, 131(5), 1648

Solvent Dependant Optical Switching in Carbazole-Based Fluorescent Nanoparticles Langmuir 2009, 25(4), 2402

Unusual Photophysical Properties of Substituted Carbazoles Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2009, 113 (2), 417

Carbazole-based donor-acceptor compounds: Highly fluorescent organic nanoparticles. Organic Letters 2008, 10(2), 281

Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Carbazole-Based Blue Light-Emitting Dendrimers Journal of Organic Chemistry 2007, 72(13), 4727

Revisiting the Stability of Hexacenes. Organic Letters 2007, 9(13), 2505

Enhanced Luminiscence in Solid State and Nanoparticles of Phenylacetylene-Based Materials Manuscript under preparation.

A Highly Emitting Single White-Light Emitting Composite Organic Nanoparticle The Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology ASAP

Visible and Near IR emitting Organic Nanoparticles of Aromatic Fumaronitrile Core Based Donor-Acceptor Compounds Manuscript Under preparation for Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology

Aromatic Fumaronitrile Core-Based Donor−Linker−Acceptor−Linker−Donor (D-ð-A-ð-D) Compounds: Synthesis and Photophysical Properties Journal of Physical Chemistry ASAP

Carbazole Donor−Carbazole Linker-Based Compounds: Preparation, Photophysical Properties, and Formation of Fluorescent Nanoparticles Journal of Physical Chemistry A ASAP

Dr. Adhikari has also published a book on -CARBAZOLE BASED EMITTING COMPOUNDs- SYNTHESIS PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND FORMATION OF NANOPARTICLES, ISBN 978-3-639-24918-7, VDM Publishing house Ltd.

In 2008, Dr. Adhikari earned a Ph.D. in Photochemistry from the Center for Photochemical Sciences at Bowling Green State University OH. A member of the American Chemical Society, he was honored with a Charles E. Shanklin Award for Research Excellence, the Katzner and University Bookstore Funds for Graduate Student Research and Professional Development Award, the Graduate Student Professional Development Award, and the Contingency Student Travel Award from The International Society for Optical Engineering, all in 2008. He attributes his success to his hard work and the support he received from his key mentors.

For more information about Angstrom Technologies, Inc., visit http://www.angstromtechnologies.com.

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