Douglas L. Gin
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
(303) 492-7640 (ChBE) ECCH 138
(303) 735-1107 (CHEM)
douglas.gin@colorado.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Gin Research Group
Education:
B.S. (Honors) in Chemistry, University of British Columbia. May 1988
Ph.D. in Chemistry, California Institute of Technology. June 1993
Awards:
• ACS PMSE Fellow (2011)
• CU-Boulder College of Engineering Faculty Research Award (2008)
• CU-Boulder Inventor of the Year (2007)
• Boulder Faculty Assembly Excellence in Research, Scholarly and Creative Work Award (2007)
• American Chemical Society Colorado Section Award (2006)
• CU Boulder Residence Life Teaching Excellence Award (2002)
• ACS PMSE/YCC Young Contributor to Polymer Materials Science (1999)
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow (1999-2001)
• Research Corporation Cottrell Teaching/Scholar Award (1997)
• National Science Foundation CAREER Award (1996-2001)
• 3M Nontenured Faculty Award (1996-2000)
Selected Publications:
• Hatakeyama, E. S.; Wiesenauer, B. R.; Gabriel, C. J.; Noble, R. D.; Gin, D. L.*
“Nanoporous, Bicontinuous Cubic Lyotropic Liquid Crystal Networks via Polymerizable
Gemini Ammonium Surfactants,” Chem. Mater. 2010, 22 (16), 4525–4527.
• Smith G. D.;* Borodin, O.; Magda, J. J.; Boyd, R. H.; Wang, Y. S.; Bara, J. E.; Miller, S.;
Gin, D. L.; Noble, R. D. “A Comparison of Fluoroalkyl-derivatized Imidazolium:TFSI and Alkyl-derivatized Imidazolium:TFSI Ionic Liquids: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study,” Chem. Phys. Phys. Chem. 2010, 12 (26), 7064–7076.
• Carlisle, T. K.; Bara, J. E.; LaFrate, A. L.; Gin, D. L.;* Noble, R. D.* “Main-chain
Imidazolium Polymer Membranes for CO2 Separations: An Initial Study of a New Ionic
Liquid-inspired Platform,” J. Membr. Sci. 2010, 359 (1–2), 37–43.
• Hudiono, Y. C.; Carlisle, T. K.; Bara, J. E.; Zhang, Y.; Gin, D. L.;* Noble, R. D.* A Three-
Component Mixed-Matrix Membrane with Enhanced CO2 Separation Properties Based on
Zeolites and Ionic Liquid Materials,” J. Membr. Sci. 2010, 350 (1–2), 117–123.
• Liang, X.; Lu, X.; Yu, Miao; Cavanagh, A. S.; Gin, D. L.; Weimer, A. W.* “Modification
of Nanoporous Supported Lyotropic Liquid Crystal Polymer Membranes by Atomic Layer
Deposition,” J. Membr. Sci. 2010, 349, 1–5.
• Bara, J. E.;* Camper, D. E.; Gin, D. L.; Noble, R. D.* “Room-temperature Ionic Liquids
and Composite Materials: Platform Technologies for CO2 Capture,” Acc. Chem. Res.
2010, 43 (1), 152–159. (invited peer-reviewed review article)
• Kerr, R. L.; Miller, S. A.; Shoemaker, R. K.; Elliott, B. J.;* Gin, D. L.* “New Type of Li Ion Conductor with 3D Interconnected Nanochannels via Polymerization of a Liquid Organic Electrolyte-Filled Lyotropic Liquid-Crystal Assembly,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131 (44), 15972–15973.
• LaFrate, A. L.; Bara, J. E.; Gin, D. L.;* Noble, R. D.* “Synthesis of Diol-functionalized Imidazolium-based Room-temperature Ionic Liquids with Bis(trifluoromethanesulfonimide) Anions that Exhibit Switchable Water Miscibility,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2009, 48 (18), 8757–8759.
• Voss, B. A.; Bara, J. E.; Gin, D. L.;* Noble, R. D.* “Physically Gelled Supported Ionic Liquid Membranes with Enhanced CO2 Gas Transport,” in Chem. Mater. 2009, 21 (14), 3027–3029.
• Bara, J. E.; Gin, D. L.; Noble, R. D.* “Effect of “Free” Cation Substituent on Gas Separation Performance of Polymer–Room-temperature Ionic Liquid Composite Membranes,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2009, 48 (9), 4607–4610.
• Bara, J. E.; Carlisle, T. K.; Gabriel, C. J.; Camper, D.; Finotello, A.; Gin, D. L.;* Noble, R. D.* “A Guide to CO2 Separations in Imidazolium-based Room-temperature Ionic Liquids,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2009, 48, 2739–2751.
• Hatakeyama, E. S.; Ju, H.; Gabriel, C. J.; Lohr, J. L.; Bara, J. E.; Noble, R. D.; Freeman, B. D.;* Gin, D. L.* “New Protein-resistant Coatings for Water Filtration Membranes Based on Quaternary Ammonium and Phosphonium Polymers,” J. Membr. Sci. 2009, 330, 104–116.
Research Interests:
Functional Nanostructured Polymer Materials Based on Liquid Crystal Building Blocks:
Functional liquid crystal monomer design; nanostructured polymer networks via monomer self-assembly; physical organic chemistry and materials science of nanostructured systems
New Ionic Materials and Polyelectrolyte Architectures Based on Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids (RTILs):
Design of RTILs with new functional properties; new ionic polymers and composites based on RTILs; new RTIL-based lyotropic LCs and LC systems; gas separation and transport studies of new RTIL-based materials
