Stanford University | Chemistry Department | Faculty | Chemistry Faculty

Christopher R. Moylan

Title: Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Laboratories (b. 1957)

Education: A.B. 1979, Princeton University; Ph.D. 1984, Stanford University, Education, Physical Organic chemistry, Materials chemistry

Courses Taught: Chemistry 36, Chemistry 134, Chemistry 174

Phone: 650-723-9518

E-mail: cmoylan@stanford.edu

Principal Research Interests

Improvement of laboratory courses, development of compounds and polymers for photonic applications.

Representative Publications

1) "Challenging the Auxiliary Donor Effect on Molecular Hyperpolarizability in Thiophene-Containing Nonlinear Chromophores: X-ray Crystallographic and Optical Measurements on Two New Isomeric Chromophores," C.R. Moylan, B.J. McNelis, L.C. Nathan, M.A. Marques, E.L. Hermstad, and B.A. Brichler, J.Org.Chem. 69, 8239-8243 (2004).

2) “Ultrahigh-Temperature Polymers for Second-Order Nonlinear Optics. Synthesis and Properties of Robust, Processable, Chromophore-Embedded Polyimides,” M.H. Davey, V.Y. Lee, L.-M. Wu, C.R. Moylan, W. Volksen, A. Knoesen, R.D. Miller, and T.J. Marks, Chem. Mater. 12, 1679-1693 (2000).

3) “Zirconium (IV) Sandwich Complexes of Porphyrins and Tetraazaporphyrins: Synthesis, Structure, and Nonlinear Optical Properties,” J.P. Collman, J.L. Kendall, J.L. Chen, T.A. Eberspacher, and C.R. Moylan, Inorg. Chem. 36, 5603-5608 (1997).

4) “Dicyanomethylenepyran Derivatives with C2v Symmetry: An Unusual Class of Nonlinear Optical Chromophores,” C.R. Moylan, S. Ermer, S.M. Lovejoy, I.-H. McComb, D.S. Leung, R. Wortmann, P. Kramer, and R.J. Twieg, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 118, 12950-12955 (1996).

5) “Donor-Embedded Nonlinear Optical Side Chain Polyimides Containing No Flexible Tether: Materials of Exceptional Thermal Stability for Electrooptic Applications,” R.D. Miller, D.M. Burland, M. Jurich, V.Y. Lee, C.R. Moylan, J.I. Thackara, R.J. Twieg, T. Verbiest, and W. Volksen, Macromolecules 28, 4970-4974 (1995).

6) “Photorefractive Polymers Based On Dual-Function Dopants,” S.M. Silence, J.C. Scott, J.J. Stankus, W.E. Moerner, C.R. Moylan, G.C. Bjorklund, and R.J. Twieg, J. Phys. Chem. 99, 4096-4105 (1995).

7) “Molecular Hyperpolarizabilities of Coumarin Dyes,” C.R. Moylan, J. Phys. Chem. 98, 13513-13516 (1994).

8) “Nonlinear Optical Chromophores with Large Hyperpolarizabilities and Enhanced Thermal Stabilities,” C.R. Moylan, R.J. Twieg, V.Y. Lee, S.A. Swanson, K.M. Betterton, and R.D. Miller, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 115, 12599-12600 (1993).