CSU Pomona
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

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Floyd L. Klavetter
Assistant Professor, CHEMISTRY

Department of Chemistry
California State University, Pomona
Pomona, California, 91768
telephone: (909) 869-3677
e-mail: flklavetter@csupomona.edu
fax: (909) 869-4344

Office: Bldg 8, Room 314

EDUCATION

B.S., University of Missouri - Rolla

Ph.D., California Institute of Technology

POSTDOCTORAL APPOINTMENT

Los Alamos National Laboratories, Materials Science & Testing

TEACHING

Organic Chemistry: CHM314, CHM315, CHM316, CHM317L , CHM318L, CHM319L

Polymer Chemistry and Materials Science

RESEARCH INTERESTS

The research efforts in our group are centered around electrically conductive polymers. Projects include: (1) investigating the mechanism of aniline polymerization, (2) studying the nature of intensely-colored pi-conjugated systems as they are forming, and (3) the synthesis of novel metal-containing electronically-delocalized polymers. Techniques used in our group include: synthesis, TLC, flash chromatography, GC-MS, FT-IR, FT-NMR, size-exclusion chromatography, DSC, TGA, scanning electron microscopy, viscometry, film casting, UV / fluorescence spectrophotometry, and electrical conductivity measurements.

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

1. "Polymerization of N-Phenylhydroxylamine: A Novel Non-Oxidative Route into the Family of Polyanilines" Floyd L. Klavetter, Polym. Prep. 2004 (Anaheim, CA meeting), 45(1), 67.

2. "Model Studies for the Corrosion-Inhibiting Interactions at Polyaniline/Metal Interfaces" Mason Rouser and Floyd L. Klavetter, Polym. Prep. 2004, 45(1), 117.

3. "Homogeneous Synthesis of Polyaniline using DDQ as the Oxidant" P.Y. Cooper, Floyd L. Klavetter, William H. Starnes, Jr.Polym. Prep. 1997, 38(1), 117.

4. "Aliphatic Phenylene Vinylene Copolymers: Controlling Luminescence Through the Co-Monomer Feed Ratio" M. Hay, F. Klavetter J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 7112.

5. "Flexible Light-Emitting Diodes Made From Soluble Conducting Polymers" Gustafsson, G.; Treacy, G.M.; Cao, Y.; Klavetter, F.; Heeger, A.J. Nature 1992, 357(6378), 477.

6. "Electronic Properties of Junctions Between Silicon and Organic Conducting Polymers" Sailor, M.J.; Klavetter, F.L.; Grubbs, R.H.; Lewis, N.S. Nature 1990, 346(6280), 155.

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