Faculty Research
Alphabetical · By research area
Richard L. McCreery
Professor
B.Sc., University of California, Riverside
Ph.D., University of Kansas

 Office: 2-046, NINT
Phone: (780) 641-1760

E-mail: richard.mccreery@ualberta.ca

 Group Web Page:
http://www.chem.ualberta.ca/~mccreery/

Active Areas of Research:

  • molecular electronics, including transport of electrons through metal/molecule/metal and metal/molecule/metal oxide/metal molecular junctions
  • in-situ Raman, FTIR, and UV-Vis spectroscopy of molecular electronic devices
  • integration of molecular electronic devices with conventional CMOS microelectronics
  • surface spectroscopy, particularly of adsorbates on carbon and metal electrodes
  • relationships between electrode surface structure and electron transfer reactivity

Selected Publications

R.L. McCreery, "Molecular Electronic Junctions" Chemistry of Materials, 2004, 16, 4477-4496. (review with 228 references)

A.M. Nowak, R.L. McCreery "In-Situ Raman Spectroscopy of Bias-Induced Structural Changes in Nitroazobenzene Molecular Electronic Junctions". J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 16621-16631.

F. Anariba, J. Steach, R.L. McCreery, "Strong effects of Molecular Structure on Electron Transport in Carbon/Molecule/Copper Electronic Junctions." J. Phys. Chem. B. 2005, 109, 11163-11172.

F. Anariba, U. Viswanathan, D. Bocian, and R.L. McCreery, "Determination of the Structure and Orientation of Organic Molecules Tethered to Flat Graphitic Carbon by ATR-FT-IR and Raman Spectroscopy" Anal. Chem., 2006, 78, 3104-3112.

R. L. McCreery, J. Wu and R. P. Kalakodimi, "Electron Transport and Redox Reactions in Carbon Based Molecular Electronic Junctions" Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, 2006, 8, 2572 - 2590.