Tricia L. Carmichael (née Breen) is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Windsor. She develops new materials for stretchable electronics with a current focus on wearable electronic devices.
Tricia Carmichael | |
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| Alma mater | University of Windsor (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Windsor Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harvard University Thomas J. Watson Research Center |
| Thesis | Studies of terminal phosphinidene complexes of zirconium (1996) |
Early life and education edit
Carmichael was an undergraduate student at the University of Windsor, where she earned a bachelor's degree in Chemistry. She remained there for her graduate studies, where she worked on zirconium complexes. After graduating Carmichael was a postdoctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1] In 1997 she joined the laboratory of George M. Whitesides at Harvard University, where she spent two years as a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) research fellow. She studied charge transport through self-assembled monolayers, and showed that the injection current density was greater in n-alkanethiolates with odd numbers of carbon atoms.[2] She joined the Thomas J. Watson Research Center in 1999, where she worked in research and development. Here she specialised in synthesis and the development of low-cost patterning methods.
Research and career edit
In 2005 Carmichael was appointed to the faculty at the University of Windsor, and promoted to Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry in 2016.[3] Her research involves the development of novel materials and fabrication methods stretchable and wearable electronic devices.[4][5] A challenge for the real-world implementation of these materials is how they will survive machine washing.[3] She has investigated various means to generate conductive threads, including nick immersion gold plating and soft wax screening.[6] Each thread is bathed in a series of chemical washes and coated with a layer of gold only 100 nm thick, making the process cheap and scalable.[3][7][8] In 2020 Carmichael demonstrated a stretchable, conformable light emitting fabric that could be used to replace high-visibility clothing.[9] The semi-transparent fabric contains nylon, spandex and gold, whilst the light-emission occurs from zinc sulfide.[10][11]
In 2019 Carmichael and her colleague James Gauld coordinated the first LGBTQ+ in STEM conference in Canada.[12]
Awards and honours edit
- NSERC Doctoral Prize for her PhD work
- Ontario Ministry of Innovation Early Researcher Award
- NSERC University Faculty Award
- University of Windsor Impact Award[13]
Selected publications edit
Her awards and honours include:
- Forming electrical networks in three dimensions by self-assembly (DOI:10.1126/science.289.5482.1170)[14]
- High-performance, solution-processed organic thin film transistors from a novel pentacene precursor (DOI:10.1021/ja0266621)[15]
- Design and self-assembly of open, regular, 3D mesostructures (DOI:10.1126/science.284.5416.948)[16]
Carmichael serves on the Editorial Board of the Institute of Physics journal Flexible and Printed Electronics as Editor-in-Chief, and Cell Press' Chem.[17][18] She holds more than two dozen patents for her innovations in materials synthesis and electronic device design.[19] She is also currently scientific co-Director of the NSERC Green Electronic Network.
References edit
- ^ "Tricia B. Carmichael | The Buchwald Research Group". chemistry-buchwald.mit.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
- ^ Baghbanzadeh, Mostafa; Simeone, Felice C.; Bowers, Carleen M.; Liao, Kung-Ching; Thuo, Martin; Baghbanzadeh, Mahdi; Miller, Michael S.; Carmichael, Tricia Breen; Whitesides, George M. (2014-12-03). "Odd–Even Effects in Charge Transport across n-Alkanethiolate-Based SAMs" (PDF). Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136 (48): 16919–16925. doi:10.1021/ja509436k. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 25380500. S2CID 18951312.
- ^ a b c "U of W professor makes breakthrough in wearable electronics | Windsor Star". windsorstar.com. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
- ^ "Dr. Tricia Breen Carmichael | Faculty of Engineering". www.eng.mcmaster.ca. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
- ^ "Researchers Examine New Polymers to Advance Field of Stretchable Electronics". AZoM.com. 2017-03-20. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
- ^ "University of Calgary". go.ucalgary.ca. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
- ^ Chen, Yiting; Wu, Yunyun; Mechael, Sara S.; Carmichael, Tricia Breen (2019-03-26). "Heterogeneous Surface Orientation of Solution-Deposited Gold Films Enables Retention of Conductivity with High Strain—A New Strategy for Stretchable Electronics". Chemistry of Materials. 31 (6): 1920–1927. doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b04487. ISSN 0897-4756. S2CID 104325891.
- ^ "Scientists are using gold to create high-tech clothes at University of Windsor". CBC. 2018-03-15. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
- ^ Liverpool, Layal. "Gold-coated fabric that emits own light could be ultimate safety gear". New Scientist. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
- ^ Kim, Meeri (2020). "Light-Emitting Textiles for Smart Clothing". Retrieved 2020-03-07.
- ^ "Gold coating helps illuminate hosiery". Chemical & Engineering News. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
- ^ "First-of-its-kind conference celebrates LGBT in STEM". CBBC. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
- ^ "Employee Recognition Awards Recipients - 2019". Employee Recognition. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
- ^ Gracias, D. H. (2000-08-18). "Forming Electrical Networks in Three Dimensions by Self-Assembly". Science. 289 (5482): 1170–1172. Bibcode:2000Sci...289.1170G. doi:10.1126/science.289.5482.1170. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 10947979. S2CID 1258710.
- ^ Afzali, Ali; Dimitrakopoulos, Christos D.; Breen, Tricia L. (2002). "High-Performance, Solution-Processed Organic Thin Film Transistors from a Novel Pentacene Precursor". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 124 (30): 8812–8813. doi:10.1021/ja0266621. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 12137531.
- ^ Breen, T. L. (1999-05-07). "Design and Self-Assembly of Open, Regular, 3D Mesostructures". Science. 284 (5416): 948–951. Bibcode:1999Sci...284..948B. doi:10.1126/science.284.5416.948. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 10320372.
- ^ "Editorial Board - Flexible and Printed Electronics - IOPscience". iopscience.iop.org. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
- ^ "Chem: Editorial Board: Chem". www.cell.com. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
- ^ "Search Patents - Justia Patents Search". patents.justia.com. Retrieved 2020-03-07.