WOLF RESEARCH GROUP

Prof. Dr. Michael O. Wolf

Department of Chemistry

University of British Columbia

RESEARCH

TUNABLE BRIDGED CHROMOPHORES

We are interested in how small changes at the bridge between two aromatic systems control electronic communication and charge transfer, with applications in anti-counterfeiting and emissive dyes.

STIMULI RESPONSIVE FLUORESCENT DYES

We are interested in using stimuli such as solvent, temperature, and light to tune emission lifetimes and wavelengths of fluorescent molecules for applications in fluorescence microscopy, including 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, with a focus on ligand development to tune photophysical properties for applications in optoelectronics, materials, and photocatalysis.

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RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Excited state distortions reverse the decay lifetime trend in Fe(ii) phenanthroline complexes

Toigo, J.; Acharya, U.; Tong, K.-M.; Farias, G.; Kamal, S.; Patrick, B. O.; Wolf, M. O.

Chemical Science

2026. ASAP.

Photophysics of click-functionalized 2,2′-bithienyl flexible Lewis pairs

Jiang, L.; Mulley, B. P.; Reid, J. P.; Wolf, M. O.

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

2026. ASAP.

Elucidating the Mechanism of Photoinduced Sulfur Monoxide Extrusion from Dianthryl Sulfoxide

Noguchi, H.; Climent, C.; Tong, K.-M.; Yuan, J.; Walsby, C.J.; Casanova, D.; Wolf. M.O.

J. Am. Chem. Soc.

2026. ASAP.

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