Wesley Chalifoux, PhD, BSc
Personal Website: https://wchalifoux.wixsite.com/researchgroup
Contact
Professor, Faculty of Science - Chemistry
- wchalifoux@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-3233
- Address
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4-009 Centennial Ctr For Interdisciplinary SCS II
11335 Saskatchewan Drive NWEdmonton ABT6G 2H5
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Organic Synthesis Nanographenes Alkyne Chemistry Circularly Polarized Luminescence
About
Professor Wesley A. Chalifoux received his B.Sc. from the University of Alberta (Alberta, Canada) in 2004. During his undergraduate training, he did a one-year industrial internship at Raylo Chemicals (Edmonton) on an NSERC IURA award. He was an NSERC graduate scholar and Alberta Ingenuity scholar at the University of Alberta (Alberta, Canada) where he obtained his PhD in 2010 under the supervision of Professor Rik R. Tykwinski. The focus of his dissertation was the synthesis and study of polyynes to gain insight into the properties of the elusive sp-allotrope of carbon known as carbyne. Professor Chalifoux worked as an NSERC postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University under the supervision of James L. Leighton from 2010–2012. His project was the enantioselective allylation of beta-diketones. He joined the Department of Chemistry at the University of Nevada, Reno in 2012 where he worked as an Assistant and Associate Professor until 2023. In 2023, he moved to the University of Alberta, Canada as a Professor of Chemistry.
Research
The Chalifoux group is interested in developing novel and efficient bottom-up approaches for the synthesis of achiral and chiral nanographene structures. Our group also has projects related to the synthesis of graphene nanoribbon polymers. We explore the properties of these fascinating materials in our laboratories, and through national and international collaborations. Some of the applications of these molecules include nonlinear optics (NLO), thin-film transistors (TFTs), organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), organic photovoltaics (OPVs), synthetic receptors, spintronics, battery applications, and molecular switches.
Featured Publications
Stephen P. George, Jonas Spengler, Ryan J. Malone, James Krzoska, Frank Würthner, Wesley A. Chalifoux
The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2024 March; 10.1021/acs.joc.3c02985
Ryan J. Malone, Jonas Spengler, Rachael A. Carmichael, Khoa Ngo, Frank Würthner, Wesley A. Chalifoux
Organic Letters. 2023 January; 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c04071
Hannah V. Anderson, Nicolai D. Gois, Wesley A. Chalifoux
Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 2023 January; 10.1039/D3QO00517H
Wesley A. Chalifoux, Paban Sitaula, Ryan J. Malone, Giovanna Longhi, Sergio Abbate, Eva Gualtieri, Andrea Lucotti, Matteo Tommasini, Roberta Franzini, Claudio Villani, Vincent J. Catalano
European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2022 May; 10.1002/ejoc.202101466
Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2022 January; 10.1149/1945-7111/ac9f72
Kelsie M. Magiera, Vivek Aryal, Wesley A. Chalifoux
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 2020 January; 10.1039/D0OB00182A
Khagendra B. Hamal, Paban Sitaula, Wesley A. Chalifoux
European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2019 February; 10.1002/ejoc.201801606
Wenlong Yang, Jorge H. S. K. Monteiro, Ana de Bettencourt‐Dias, Vincent J. Catalano, Wesley A. Chalifoux
Chemistry – A European Journal. 2019 January; 10.1002/chem.201805248
Organic Letters. 2019 January; 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b03273
Amber D. Senese, Wesley Chalifoux
Molecules. 2018 December; 10.3390/molecules24010118
Wenlong Yang, Radha Bam, Vincent J. Catalano, Wesley A. Chalifoux
Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2018 November; 10.1002/anie.201808043
Wenlong Yang, Radha Bam, Vincent J. Catalano, Wesley A. Chalifoux
Angewandte Chemie. 2018 November; 10.1002/ange.201808043
Radha Bam, Wesley A. Chalifoux
The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2018 September; 10.1021/acs.joc.8b01357
Wenlong Yang, Rezvan R. Kazemi, Nelum Karunathilake, Vincent J. Catalano, Mario A. Alpuche-Aviles, Wesley A. Chalifoux
Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 2018 January; 10.1039/C8QO00389K
Wenlong Yang, Giovanna Longhi, Sergio Abbate, Andrea Lucotti, Matteo Tommasini, Claudio Villani, Vincent J. Catalano, Aleksandr O. Lykhin, Sergey A. Varganov, Wesley A. Chalifoux
Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2017 September; 10.1021/jacs.7b06848
Wesley A. Chalifoux
Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2017 July; 10.1002/anie.201702687
Rachael A. Carmichael, Punyanuch Sophanpanichkul, Wesley A. Chalifoux
Organic Letters. 2017 May; 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b00911
Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 2017 January; 10.1139/cjc-2016-0466
Tetrahedron. 2017 January; 10.1016/j.tet.2016.11.047
Synlett. 2017 January; 10.1055/s-0036-1588688
Wenlong Yang, Jorge H. S. K. Monteiro, Ana de Bettencourt‐Dias, Vincent J. Catalano, Wesley A. Chalifoux
Angewandte Chemie. 2016 August; 10.1002/ange.201604741
Wenlong Yang, Jorge H. S. K. Monteiro, Ana de Bettencourt‐Dias, Vincent J. Catalano, Wesley A. Chalifoux
Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2016 August; 10.1002/anie.201604741
Wenlong Yang, Andrea Lucotti, Matteo Tommasini, Wesley A. Chalifoux
J. Am. Chem. Soc.. 2016 July; 10.1021/jacs.6b03014
Rachael A. Carmichael, Wesley A. Chalifoux
Chemistry – A European Journal. 2016 June; 10.1002/chem.201601850
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