Information on Thomas C. Sandreczki

Present Title

• Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri - Kansas City

Education

• Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, 1979, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
• BA, Chemistry, 1973, Houghton College, Houghton, NY

Fields of Specialization

• Electron Spin Resonance
• Characterization of Polymers (Physical, Electrical, Magnetic)
• Processing and Synthesis of Polymers

Permanent Appointments

Research Areas

• Characterization of photo - degradation in polymers
• Characterization, processing, synthesis of conducting polymers, with emphasis on ladder and rigid-rod polymers
• Conductivities and electron - spin concentrations versus electrochemical potential.

Representative Publications

1. H. Cao, R. Zhang, C. S. Sundar, J.-P. Yuan, Y. He, T. C. Sandreczki, and Y. C. Jean, "Degradation of Polymer Coating Systems Studied by Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy. 1. UV Irradiation Effect," Macromolecules 31 6627 (1998).
2. T.C. Sandreczki, Y. He, H. Cao, R. Zhang, and Y.C. Jean, "Examination of Photo-Induced Radicals in Polyurethane Clearcoats using ESR Spectroscopy," Polym. Preprints 39(2), 641 (1998).
3. C.M. Huang, T.C. Sandreczki, and Y.C. Jean, "Nonlinear Optical Materials Studied by Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy," Mater. Sci. Forum 255-257, 302-304 (1997).
4. D.J. Leopold, I.M. Brown, and T.C. Sandreczki, "Electronic States Induced by Ion Irradiation in a Conjugated Ladder Polymer," Synth. Met. 78, 67 (1996).
5. T.C. Sandreczki, X. Hong, and Y.C. Jean, "Sub-Glass-Transition Temperature Annealing of Polycarbonate Studied by Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy," Macromolecules 29, 4015 (1996).
6. J.M. Wilbur, T.C. Sandreczki, I.M. Brown, D.J. Leopold, and S. Mohite, "A Representative of a New Class of Conducting Oligomer: Acetylene-Terminated Polyaniline," Synth. Met. 82, 175 (1996).
7. C.M. Huang, J. Liu, T.C. Sandreczki, and Y.C. Jean, "Positron Lifetime Studies of Polyaniline Conducting Polymers," Mater. Res. Soc. Proc. 413, 653 (1996).
8. J.J. Morelli and T.C. Sandreczki, "The Vacuum Pyrolysis and Thermal Degradation in Air of Irradiated Poly(ethylene-co-tetrachloroethylene) Films," J. Anal. Appl. Pyrolysis 35, 121 (1995).
9. I.M. Brown, D.J. Leopold, S. Mohite, and T.C. Sandreczki, "Conducting Thermoset Polymers: A Comparative Study of Schiff Base Precursors with Different End-Groups" Synth. Met. 72, 269 (1995).
10. I.M. Brown, D.J. Leopold, S. Mohite, J. Wilbur, T.C. Sandreczki, J. Park, and Z. Zhong, "Conducting Thermosets from Reactive Schiff-Base and Polyaniline Oligomers," Polym. Mater. Sci. Eng. 72, 280 (1995).

Graduate Advisor

• Professor Robert W. Kreilick, Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY