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It was a great pleasure to present my research work on “OPV-materials inspired small-molecule photoswitches” in the 2024 Graduate Research Symposium at University of Virginia. Thank you ACS Organic Division and all organizers for organizing such an excellent conference. Castellano Research Group

Congratulations to the amazing students who presented their posters ACS Organic Division 2024 Graduate Research Symposium (GRS) UVA on July 25-28! #2024ACSGRS #futuretalent

🚀 It’s OFFICIAL! 🎉 ACS-ORCA is now a General Registered Student Organization UF Chemistry ! We’re excited to launch the graduate student club this fall semester. Get ready for a year of chemistry fun and career development! 🧪🔬 #UF #OrganicChemistry #GradStudentLife

Congratulations Prof. Castellano!

📅 Mark your calendars! Our Fall Kickoff Meeting is set for September 6 at 2:00 PM. Location TBD. Stay tuned for updates! 🍂✨ #FallKickoff #SaveTheDate

Congratulations to three UF Chemistry faculty members who were awarded named professorships through the generosity of several donors (thank you!). First up, Professor and Chair Ronald K. Castellano is the inaugural Steven M. and Rebecca J. Scott Term Professor in Chemistry. UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Photocatalytic Decarboxylative Alkylation of Cyclic Imine–BF3 Complexes: A Modular Route to Functionalized Azacycles | Journal of the American Chemical Society UF Chemistry #Photocatalysis #Decarboxylative #Alkylation #Imine #Azacycles Total Synthesis and Methodology Highlights pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

I had an amazing experience to present my graduate research work on “OPV-materials inspired visible-light-driven photoswitching molecules” at the International Symposium of Novel Aromatic Compounds (ISNA), 2024, in Toronto! A hub for organic materials chemistry! Castellano Research Group

Congrats to Cory Kornman, Parag Das, Lei Li, and Asmerom on this monster effort, 2-(1,1-Dicyanomethylene)rhodanine-Functionalized Oligothiophenes: A Structure–Property Investigation of Z/E Photoisomerization Behavior pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10… UF Chemistry

A structure-property investigation to understand the photochemistry of dicyanorhodanine-functionalized oligothiophenes: well-behaved Z/E photoisomerization versus irreversible rearrangement in #JOrgChem by Castellano Research Group, UF Chemistry go.acs.org/aUt

Excited to share our research work on the “Structure-Property Investigation of Z/E Photoisomerization Behavior of the RCN-Oligothiophenes” is now online in J Org Chem/Org Lett #JOC. Thanks to Dr. Kornman, Dr. Li, Dr. Weldeab, and Prof. Castellano. Castellano Research Group pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Thank you I-APS for this award. All thanks to my advisor and colleagues in the Castellano Research Group, and collaborators in the Xue Lab (UF) for all their great contribution in my graduate research. Looking forward to this Winter Conference!

We had another successful 2024 ACS Organic Division Graduate Research Symposium (GRS) on July 25-28, 2024 UVA! We are excited and look forward to seeing everyone again at the #2025ACSGRS on July 17-20, 2025. Save the date and stay tuned for more info! organicdivision.org/graduate-resea…

Compartmentalizing Donor–Acceptor Stenhouse Adducts for Structure–Property Relationship Analysis | Journal of the American Chemical Society Elias Picazo USC Chemistry USC Chemistry #JACSPerspective Photoswitches Electronics Sterics Photophysical Properties pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Happy new year with great new chemistry! We just disclosed a procedure for spiropyran exchange: doi.org/10.1002/anie.2… Our new method accelerates spiropyran photoswitch development and helps to boost the performance of dual color photoinitiators in xolography xolo

InScight is here! IISER Kolkata proudly launches its very own student-driven science magazine, with the motto By IISER, for ALL! Faculty members and students from across disciplines joined hands (and brains) to celebrate this exciting venture. #ScienceForAll #InScight @cogito137

Happy to share that I received the 2025 “Gerhard Closs Student Award” from the Inter-American Photochemical Society (I-APS). A great thanks to the committee for this award and giving me opportunity to present my research in the Winter conference. Special thanks Castellano Research Group

New Molecular Photoswitch Based on the Conformational Transition of Phenothiazine Derivatives and Corresponding Triplet Emission Properties | Journal of the American Chemical Society Tianjin University Wuhan University pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Our latest work on arylazopyrazole photoconversion that enables tunable morphology and mechanical properties has been published in Small doi.org/10.1002/smll.2… Congratulations Soumen Adak Ishita Ghosh Manik Maity

Perylene bisimide J-aggregates in a polymer matrix: controlling self-assembly and fluorescence properties. Half-a-year work by Rikuto KANNO from Ouchi Polymer Lab/Kyoto U lab during his research visit at Würthner lab. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…