Richard McCreery, PhD

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Faculty of Science - Chemistry

Email: mccreery@ualberta.ca
Address: W3-03C Chemistry Centre - West
11227 Saskatchewan Drive NW

Edmonton AB

T6G 2G2

Overview

Research

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

Featured Publications

Internal Photoemission in Molecular Junctions: Parameters for Interfacial Barrier Determinations

J.A. Fereiro, M. Kondratenko, A. Bergren, R.L. McCreery

Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2015 January; 137

Electron Transport in All-Carbon Molecular Electronic Devices

R.L. McCreery, A. Bergren, A. Morteza-Najarian, S.Y. Sayed, H. Yan

Faraday Discuss. 2014 January; 172

Ion Transport and Switching Speed in Redox-Gated 3-Terminal Organic Memory Devices

B. Das, B. Szeto, D. James, Y. Wu, R.L. McCreery

Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2014 January; 161 (12):H831-H838

Molecules in Circuits: a New Type of Microelectronics?

R.L. McCreery, A. Berbren, S. Nagy, H. Yan, A. Bayat, M. Kondratenko

ECS Transactions. 2014 January; (61):113-121

Proton Transport Property in Supported Nafion Nanothin Films by Electrochemical Impedence Spectroscopy

D.K. Paul, R.L. McCreery, K. Karan

Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2014 January; 161 (14):F1395-F1402

Bilayer Molecular Electronics: All-Carbon Electronic Junctions Containing Molecular Bilayers Made with “Click” Chemistry

S.Y. Sayed, A. Bayat, M. Kondratenko, Y. Leroux, P. Hapiot, R.L. McCreery

Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2013 January; (135):12972-12975

Direct Observation of Large Quantum Interference Effect in Anthraquinone Solid-State Junctions

V. Rabache, J. Chaste, P. Petit, L.L. Della Rocca, P. Martin, J.C. Lacroix, R.L. McCreery, P. Lafrage

Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2013 January; (135):10218-10221

Direct Optical Determination of Interfacial Transport Barriers in Molecular Tunnel Junctions

J.A. Fereiro, R.L. McCreery, A.J. Bergren

Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2013 January; (135):9584-9587

Direct Spectroscopic Monitoring of Conductance Switching in Polythiophene Memory Devices

L.C.T. Shoute, Y. Wu, R.L. McCreery

Electrochimica Acta. 2013 January; (110):437-445

Redox-Gated Three-Terminal Organic Memory Devices: Effect of Composition and Environment on Performance

B. Das, R.G. Pillai, Y. Wu, R.L. McCreery

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces . 2013 January; (5):11052-11058