Dr. Philip Dutton

Biography

Philip J. Dutton is an Associate Professor and Department Head in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Windsor. He holds a Ph.D. from Victoria University. His research focuses on supramolecular chemistry and the study of non-covalent interactions, including molecular associations and various forces such as weak London forces, hydrogen bonds, and ion-dipole interactions. He has conducted extensive studies on the ion-dipole interactions using calix[4]resorcinarene systems, synthesizing octa-substituted species in the laboratory and characterizing their physical properties. His work includes quantifying association constants of resorcinarnes with a variety of metal cations, and he has characterized the Langmuir-Blodgett film behavior of these species, identifying energy transfer luminescence processes in solutions and LB films. Dutton is currently engaged in preparing new resorcinarene materials that incorporate binding sites to exploit energy transfer luminescence characteristics for the development of chemical sensor devices. He enjoys mentoring Ph.D. students in this challenging and rewarding field.

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