{"625927":{"#nid":"625927","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award to John Reynolds ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohn Reynolds has been named a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cen.acs.org\/acs-news\/programs\/ACS-2020-national-award-winners\/97\/i33\u0022\u003E2020 Arthur C. Cope Scholar by the American Chemical Society\u003C\/a\u003E. Reynolds is a professor in the Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ww2.chemistry.gatech.edu\/reynolds\/node\/12\u0022\u003ESchools of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E and of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/people\/john-reynolds\u0022\u003EMaterials Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. The award recognizes his pioneering work in the design and synthesis of pi-conjugated molecules, oligomers, and polymers with targeted properties for advanced organic electronic applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EApplications include photovoltaics, converting light into electricity. In this area, his research group has developed so-called donor-acceptor oligomers and polymers, which maximize the harvesting of light. A particular donor-acceptor pair \u0026ndash; dithienogermole and isoindigo \u0026ndash; has yielded highly efficient polymers that can be efficiently prepared in bulk and are now widely used by the organic photovoltaics community.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPerhaps the most fascinating application under study in the Reynolds lab is electrochromism, which is the ability of a material to reversibly change color in the presence of an electric field.\u0026nbsp; Electrochromism \u0026ldquo;has allowed automakers to eliminate the mechanical switch on rear-view mirrors to suppress blinding high-beam lights from the vehicle behind. Most mirrors now use light sensors and color-changing electrochemical systems to dim that harsh glare,\u0026rdquo; Reynolds said in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/592259\u0022\u003Ea 2017 interview\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;That\u0026rsquo;s a $1 billion a year sales business for a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gentex.com\/\u0022\u003Ecompany\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in Michigan.\u0026rdquo; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFocusing on electrochromic polymers, the lab has developed a range of primary and secondary colors that can be blended to access a full color palette.\u0026nbsp; This color-changing phenomenon could be applied to \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rh.gatech.edu\/news\/374591\/electrochromic-polymers-create-broad-color-palette-sunglasses-windows\u0022\u003Esunglasses, window tinting, signage, and even greeting card\u003C\/a\u003Es. A company\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/nxn-ip.com\/\u0022\u003E, NXN Licensing\u003C\/a\u003E, is funding research at Georgia Tech and working to bring these materials to commercial utility.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EReynolds\u0026rsquo; lab further widened the application possibilities by creating \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/594508\u0022\u003Ewater-based electrochromic materials\u003C\/a\u003E, which provide for more environmentally benign and sustainable processing practices. \u0026ldquo;You could apply this to camouflage, for example, with the right textiles, and have a sensor connected to a battery, and have it switch the colors to match the changing lightness or darkness of a soldier\u0026rsquo;s surroundings,\u0026rdquo; Reynolds said. Such materials might also control the amount of light and heat coming out of a building, or even lead to color-changing personal-care products.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/discovery-advances-field-color-changing-materials\u0022\u003EEarlier this year\u003C\/a\u003E, the Reynolds\u0026rsquo; lab achieved another breakthrough: materials that change color from truly clear to a vibrant hue with impressive optical contrasts, and back again. This work was published February in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/jacs.9b01507\u0022\u003EJournal of the American Chemical Society\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EReynolds received a Ph.D. in polymer science and engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He began his independent career as an assistant professor at the University of Texas, Arlington. He joined the University of Florida as an associate professor in 1992. Twenty years later, he moved to Georgia Tech. At Tech, Reynolds serves as a member of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/s2.cope.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ethe Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics\u003C\/a\u003E and as director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtpn.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Polymer Network\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EReynolds is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Materials Research Society, and the ACS. He received the ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry in 2012.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.acs.org\/content\/acs\/en\/funding-and-awards\/awards\/national\/bytopic\/arthur-cope-scholar-award.html\u0022\u003EArthur C. Cope Scholar awards\u003C\/a\u003E recognize and encourage excellence in organic chemistry. \u0026nbsp;The award consists of $5,000, a certificate, and a $40,000 unrestricted research grant to be assigned by the recipient to any university or nonprofit institution.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Prestigious honor comes from the American Chemical Society"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohn Reynolds has been named a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cen.acs.org\/acs-news\/programs\/ACS-2020-national-award-winners\/97\/i33\u0022\u003E2020 Arthur C. Cope Scholar by the American Chemical Society\u003C\/a\u003E. The award recognizes his pioneering work in the design and synthesis of pi-conjugated molecules, oligomers, and polymers with targeted properties for advanced organic electronic applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Prestigious honor comes from the American Chemical Society."}],"uid":"30678","created_gmt":"2019-09-10 14:04:26","changed_gmt":"2019-09-16 21:45:29","author":"A. Maureen Rouhi","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-09-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-09-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"625918":{"id":"625918","type":"image","title":"John Reynolds","body":null,"created":"1568123484","gmt_created":"2019-09-10 13:51:24","changed":"1568123484","gmt_changed":"2019-09-10 13:51:24","alt":"","file":{"fid":"238296","name":"2019 John Reynolds.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2019%20John%20Reynolds.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2019%20John%20Reynolds.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":310529,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2019%20John%20Reynolds.jpg?itok=sGDlgbcr"}}},"media_ids":["625918"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/discovery-advances-field-color-changing-materials","title":"Discovery Advances the Field of Color-Changing Materials"},{"url":"https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/594508","title":"Spray-on Electric Rainbows: Making Safer Electrochromic Inks"},{"url":"https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/592259","title":"Tech researchers team up for advanced materials"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.rh.gatech.edu\/news\/374591\/electrochromic-polymers-create-broad-color-palette-sunglasses-windows","title":"Electrochromic polymers create broad color palette for sunglasses, windows"}],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"182286","name":"Cope Scholar Award"},{"id":"174562","name":"electrochromism"},{"id":"5917","name":"organic electronics"},{"id":"182287","name":"organic photovoltaics"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA. Maureen Rouhi, Ph.D.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maureen.rouhi@cos.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}