Cassie Ward

Cassie Ward

Research Interest/Area of Expertise

• Education:
  • B.S. Chemistry, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2008
  • Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Kansas, 2014
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of North Carolina, 2014-2016
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Wayne State University, 2016-present

  Publications:
  • Blakeney, K. J.; Ward, C. L.; Winter, C. H.; “Atomic Layer Deposition of Tungsten-Rich Tungsten Carbide Films using WCl6 and AlH2(tBuNCH2CH2NMe2) as Precursors” ECS Trans., 86, 41 (2018)
  • Ward, C. L.; DiMarco, B. N.; O’Donnell, R. M.; Meyer, G. J.; “Dye Excited States Oriented Relative to TiO2 Surface Electric Fields” J. Phys. Chem. C, 122, 13863 (2018)
  • O’Donnell, R. M.; Sampaio, R. N.; Li, G.; Johansson, P.; Ward, C. L.; Meyer, G. J.; “Photo-Acidic and Photo-Basic Behavior of Transition Metal Compounds with Carboxylic Acid Groups(s)”. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 138, 3891 (2016)
  • Ward, C. L.; O’Donnell, R. M.; DiMarco, B. N.; Meyer, G. J.; “Kinetic Resolution of Charge Recombination and Electric Fields at the Sensitized TiO2 Interface”. J. Phys. Chem. C, 119, 25273 (2015)
  • Ward, C. L.; Elles, C. G.; “Cycloreversion Dynamics of a Photochromic Molecular Switch via One-Photon and Sequential Two-Photon Excitation”. J. Phys. Chem. A, 118, 10011 (2014)
  • Ward, C. L.; Elles, C. G.; “Controlling the Excited-State Reaction Dynamics of a Photochromic Molecular Switch with Sequential Two-Photon Excitation”. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 3, 2995 (2012)