Robert D. Pike
Professor; Department Chair
Research Areas:
Inorganic, Materials
Email:
[[rdpike]]
Office / Research Lab:
ISC 1039A / ISC 2027
Webpage:
{{https://rdpike.pages.wm.edu/}}
Office Phone:
(757) 221-2540
Areas of Specialization
Inorganic materials, metal-organic chemistry, X-ray crystallography, sensors, photophysics, and chemistry education.
Background
My research involves the preparation and structural characterization of transition metal-organic ligand networks, especially those that show novel coordination network arrangements. We are particularly interested in copper(I) and rare earth compounds that show photoluminescence and can interact with molecules in the environment to produce a change in luminescence emission. Such materials are of interest for use environmental sensors and other applications.
