WOLF RESEARCH GROUP
RESEARCH THEMES
TUNABLE BRIDGED CHROMOPHORES
Small chemical changes at the bridging site between two aromatic systems enables control over the electronic communication and charge transfer properties of the system. These molecules are being investigated as anti-counterfeiting agents and emissive dyes.
STIMULI RESPONSIVE FLUORESCENT DYES
Stimuli such as solvent, temperature, and light are being used to modify the emission lifetime and wavelength of fluorescent molecules. We investigate these systems for use in fluorescence microscopy such as FLIM and STORM.
PHOTOCHEMICAL MATERIALS
We study the use of light as a stimuli for the modification of molecular dyes, single crystals, and polymers. This enables materials with mechanical, electronic, and photophysical properties that can be fine tuned using light.
ORGANOMETALLIC COMPLEXES
We investigate how metal complexes interact with light. We focused on ligand development to tune the photophysical properties for applications in optoelectronics, materials and photocatalysis.
Dr. Michael O. Wolf
Department of Chemistry
University of British Columbia
Xu, Z.; Owona, J.; Liu, Q. T.; Putwa, S.; Jiang, L.; Tong, K.-M.; Hean, D.; Patrick, B. O.; Chou, K. C.; Tonnelé, C.; Castet, F.; Casanova, D.; Wolf, M. O. "A New Class of Diarylethene Compounds that Exhibit Turn-On Emission: From Aggregation-Induced Emission to Anti-Kasha Emission" Adv. Optical Mater. 2025, in press.
Ng, C. H.; Wearing, E. R.; Blackmun, D. E.; Terrones, G. G.; Toigo, J.; Tong, K.-M.; Harper, K. C.; Donovan, J. C.; Gonley, M. A.; Voight, E. A.; Bergstrom, B. D.; Wolf, M. O.; Kulik, H. J.; Schindler, C. S. "Monocyclic Azetidines via a Visible-Light-Mediated Aza Paternò-Büchi Reaction of Ketone-Derived Sulfonylimines" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, in press.
Hojo, R.; Noguchi, H.; Toigo, J.; Wolf, M. O.; Hudson, Z. M. "Oxidation-State-Dependent Photochemistry of Sulfur-Bridged Aza-Anthracenes" J. Org. Chem. 2025, 90, 5788–5794.
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Dr. Michael O. Wolf
Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of British Columbia
2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1
Office: Chemistry E318
Tel: (604) 822-1702
Fax: (604) 822-2847
Email: mwolf@chem.ubc.ca
Lab: Chemistry E415
Tel: (604) 822-1673
