Connor O'Dea

PhD Candidate at UT Austin 🔬 Polymer Chemistry⚡Photochemistry

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Congrats to Marshall Allen, Henry Cater, Keldy Mason, & Connor O’Dea for their @POLY_ACS presentations! #ACSFall2023

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An exciting ⚡ #FluorescenceFriday as we capture some shots comparing three photocatalyst derivatives in two different solvents. Unsubstituted (left) vs. two optimized for improved organic solubility. #Chemistry #HookEm

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We teamed up with the Freeman group to combine synthesis and characterization to study salt transport in tough hydrogels! Check out the result!
https://t.co/d8G5HChi3t

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Fluorescent fractions from our own Henry Cater. Looks like a new photocatalyst.🤞⚡

#FluorescenceFriday #HookEm

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We made this review as a love letter to our favorite photoredox catalyst, the BODIPY 😍 Check it out here: https://t.co/SzIojA16uI

Thanks @PolymChem and @RoySocChem for publishing this work!

Also big shoutout to Kristina Kafle for the gorgeous TOC artwork ✨

[Connor O'Dea @InorgoDay]

Joined an incredible group of researchers! Feeling at home in a time where we remain physically distant. Thanks for the warm welcome from everybody. Looking forward to sharing the research progress.

#Photo #Polymer #Chemistry #UT #Austin

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Check out our funky new group photo, very fitting for 2020! https://t.co/S7KoZPfq1h #WearAMask 😷

[Craig Spencer MD MPH @Craig_A_Spencer]

Thank you everyone for your incredible messages of support and encouragement.♥️

Many of you asked what it was like in the ER right now. I want to share a bit with you. Please RT:

A Day in the Life of an ER Doc - A Brief Dispatch from the #COVID19 Frontline:

[Connor O'Dea @InorgoDay]

Kennesaw State Students had a wonderful time sharing college advice, research and chemistry demos to an inquisitive group of high school students. Thanks to Generación Latina and KSU volunteers for making a positive impact in the community.
#Science #Chemistry #Volunteer #IWD2020

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A landmark paper with The Stollenz Group outlining a versatile series of ligands: synthesis, characterization, calculations and more. Thankful for such a passionate and supportive group!

Some of the enthralling luminescent properties are displayed on my page 🔦

#Research #ACS

[J Org Chem/Org Lett @JOC_OL]

The Stollenz Group at Kennesaw State University (Georgia) has published in JOC (first time!) about highly flexible hexadentate bis(amidines) that show hydrogen bonding in solid state and solution (https://t.co/bv7GIZoQ80). Please take a look.

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@nickgrc They don't know what they're missing 😉

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@Diana_Chavelas Isn't she lovely ❣️

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Dancing Dewdrops 💧

Droplets of #FluorescenceFriday solution are diluted in THF. They are seen elastically colliding into one another with the occasional combination or budding off of drops. A UV flashlight 🔦 illuminates from behind.

#Chemistry #Science #RealTimeChem #SciComm

[Connor O'Dea @InorgoDay]

Rice patties and rivers above Japan 🇯🇵
Practical public transportation, color coded train lines 🚃 make it easy to identify where to go.

A popular station along the Den-en-toshi line connecting northern Yokohama, Aoba ward to Tokyo.

#Travel #Tokyo #Yokohama #Japan

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Above the clouds of Oregon ��

First leg of the trip.
ATL-SLC-PDX

#Travel #Airport #Oregon

[Dr. Robert Rohde @RARohde]

Animated diagram of the Earth's Carbon Cycle and how it has changed over time.

Carbon, in various forms including CO2 and organic materials, is continually exchanged between the atmosphere, oceans, and biosphere.

However, human activities have perturbed the carbon cycle.

[Connor O'Dea @InorgoDay]

Luminescent Light Show 🚨

The silvered coating of the inside of the cold bath dewar reflects much of the light emitted by the solutions in a
bright display for #FluorescentFriday

*Strobing light effect*

#lnorganicChemistry #RealTimeChem #Science

[Rosenthal Lab @RosenthalLab]

Kicking off #microscopymonday with these dancing dopamine receptors that we’re able to track using ligand-conjugated QDs @NikonInst @VUCellImaging https://t.co/4olhPhyKhU #nikoncenterofexcellence #nikonspinningdisk #ncoe #cisr #dopamine #singleparticletracking #qd #quantumdots

[C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag]

#FluorescenceFriday dewdrops 💧Here, multiple droplets are suspended on a liquid interface of their constituent solvent (THF) bouncing and collecting in the middle before integrating into solution. By @InorgoDay, 2x speed of the original

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Cuvette Color Clash 🎨.

A picture taken at the right angle demonstrates how light from the turquoise solution is transmitted through the adjacent solution and refracted by the quartz side wall into the camera lens.

#Maythe4thBeWithYou #Fluorescence #Quartz #Cuvette

[Connor O'Dea @InorgoDay]

A wonderful feeling to have an inkling of the interconnectedness of things and how many paths to pursue this insight.

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

I don't know anything, but I do know that everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.