Presentations

  • Invited lectures/talks at the following universities (all by Bender, T.P.*):
    • “Boron Subphthalocyanines and the Exploration of Other p-Block Metal Phthalocyanines for Use in Organic Photovoltaics.” WIN-Taiwan Workshop on Nanotechnology, Quantum-Nano Centre (QNC), University of Waterloo, August 2015.
    • “Boron subphthalocyanines and the exploration of other p-block metal phthalocyanines for use in organic electronics (Solar Cells and OLEDs).” University of Akron (Ohio, USA) Department of Chemistry. April 2015.
    • Crystal and Polymer Engineering Methodologies for the Application of Boron Subphthalocyanine in Organic Electronic Devices (Solar Cells and OLEDs).” King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Saudi Arabia (December 2012).
    • “Crystal Engineering of Boronsubphthalocyanine for Organic Electronic Applications.” University of Waterloo (Chemical Engineering, Thursday April 19, 2012)
    • “Crystal and Polymer Engineering Methodologies for the Application of Boron Subphthalocyanine in Organic Electronic Devices (Solar Cells and OLEDs).” University of Western Ontario (Chemical and Biological Engineering, March 14 2012)
    • “Crystal and Polymer Engineering Methodologies for the Application of Boron Subphthalocyanine in Organic Electronic Devices (Solar Cells and OLEDs).” Queen’s University (Chemical Engineering, Thursday February 9 2012)
    • “Crystal Engineering of Boronsubphthalocyanine for Organic Electronic Applications.” McGill University (Chemical Engineering, Monday November 14 2011)
    • “Crystal Engineering of Boronsubphthalocyanine for Organic Electronic Applications.” University of Ottawa (Chemical Engineering, Tuesday November 15 2011)
    • “Crystal Engineering of Boronsubphthalocyanine for Organic Electronic Applications.” University of Windsor (Chemistry, February 18 2011).
    • “Boronsubphthalocyanine Materials for Organic Electronics: Dyes, Sublimates and Engineered Crystals.” Université de Sherbrooke (Chemistry, September 15 2010).
    • “Engineering of New Organic Materials for Organic Solar Cells.” University of Waterloo (Chemistry, February 17 2010).
    • “Engineering of New Organic Materials for Organic Solar Cells.” University of Calgary (Chemistry, November 25 2009).
    • “From Laser Printing to Solar Cells, Where is the Connection and the Chemistry?” Ryerson University (Department of Chemistry and Biology, November 16 2007).

Conference and Workshop Presentations:

    • Bender, T.P.*; “Boron Subphthalocyanines and the Exploration of Other p-Block Metal Phthalocyanines for Use in Organic Photovoltaics.” Functional p-Electron Systems 12, Seattle, WA, USA. July 2015.
    • Bender, T.P.*; “Boron Subphthalocyanines and the Exploration of Other p-Block Metal Phthalocyanines for Use in Organic Photovoltaics.” Invited Oral Presentation, Annual Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference, Symposium on Energy Sustainability, Ottawa, ON, Canada. June 2015.
    • Bender, T.P.*; Lessard, B.H.; “The Development and Application of Polymeric Versions of Boron Subphthalocyanines (poly-BsubPc)s AND Silicon Phthalocyanines (SiPcs) Recent Results, Proof of Functionality…” Invited Oral Presentation, Annual Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference, Symposium on Printed Electronic Materials, Ottawa, ON, Canada. June 2015.
    • Bender, T.P.*; “Boron Subphthalocyanines and the Exploration of Other p-Block Metal Phthalocyanines for Use in Organic Photovoltaics.” Invited Oral Presentation, 227th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Chicago, IL, USA. May 2015.
    • Bender, T.P.*; Lessard, B.H.; Virdo, J.; Dang, J.; Bultz, E.; Paton, A.; “Metalloid Phthalocyanine Polymers as Organic Electronic Materials” Invited Oral Presentation, Gordon Research Conference on Macromolecular Materials; From Synthesis to Application, Ventura, CA, USA. January 2015.
    • Bender, T.P.*; Morse, G.; Virdo, J.; Dang, J.; Kamino, B.; Fulford, M.V.; Paton, A.;. “Boron subphthalocyanines and the exploration of other p-block metal phthalocyanines for use in organic electronics (Solar Cells and OLEDs).” Invited Oral Presentation. Advanced Functional Materials and Chemistry Symposium, hosted by KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) and the American Chemical Society Journal of Applied Materials and Interfaces. October 2014.
    • Lessard, B.H.; Bender*, T.P.; “Silicon Phthalocyanines as Active Materials in Organic Photovoltaics Devices” Invited Poster Presentation. Advanced Functional Materials and Chemistry Symposium, hosted by KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) and the American Chemical Society Journal of Applied Materials and Interfaces. October 2014.
    • Virdo, J.; Durfee, W.; Cranwell, L.; Bender, T.P.;*.“Halogen and hydrogen bonds as tools to direct the solid state arrangement of phenoxy boron subphthalocyanines.” Invited Oral Presentation. International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, hosted by the International Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2014.
    • Bender, T.P.*; Virdo, J.; Brisson, E.; Paton, A.S.; “Halogen bonding and the crystal engineering of boron subphthalocyanine for organic electronic applications”. Invited Oral Presentation. CSC Meeting, Quebec City, Special Symposium on Halogen Bonding, June 2013.
    • Virdo, J.; Bender, T.P.*; “Halogen and Hydrogen Bonds as Tools to Direct the Solid State Arrangement of Phenoxy-Boron Subphthalocyanines”. CSC Meeting, Quebec City, June 2013.
    • Lessard, B.; Bender, T.P.*; “Boron Subphthalocyanine (BsubPc) Polymers and the Discovery of a Side Product Resulting from the Autotoinitiation of Styrene and Acrylates”. CSC Meeting, Quebec City, June 2013.
    • Lessard, B.; Bender, T.P.*; “Boron Subphthalocyanine (BsubPc) Polymers and the Discovery of a Side Product Resulting from the Autotoinitiation of Styrene and Acrylates”. CSChE Meeting, Fredrickton, October 2013.
    • Castrucci, J.S.; Lu, Z.H.; Bender, T.P.*; “Molecular Design for Organic Photovoltaic Applications of Boron Subphthalocyanines”. CSChE Meeting, Fredrickton, October 2013.
    • Paton, A.S.; Bender, T.P.*; “Nanoscale Control of Boron Subphthalocyanine Crystals for Organic Solar Cells”. CSChE Meeting, Fredrickton, October 2013.
    • Plint, T.G.; Bender, T.P.*; “Charge Carrier Mobility of Room-Temperature Liquid Organic Semiconductors”. CSChE Meeting, Fredrickton, October 2013.
    • Bender, T.P.*; “Crystal and Polymer Engineering Methodologies for the Application of Boron Subphthalocyanine in Organic Electronic Devices (Solar Cells and OLEDs).” Invited Oral Presentation. International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (ICPP-7), Jeju, South Korea (July 1-6 2012)
    • Bender, T.P.*; “Two Cases of Polymer Engineering for Organic Electronics – Liquid Silicone-Arylamine Composites and Polymers of Boron Subphthalocyanine.” Invited Oral Presentation. Polymer Reaction Engineering, Cancun, Mexico (May 7-11 2012)
    • Bender, T.P.*; Morse, G.; Castrucci, J.; Paton, A.S.; “Inherently Bipolar and Highly Absorbing Boronsuphthalocyanines as Functional Layers in Organic Photovoltaics.” Oral presentation. CSChE Annual Meeting, London (October 2011).
    • Bender, T.P.*; Virdo, J.; Brisson, E.; Paton, A.S.; “Molecular Assembly/Crystal Engineering of Boronsubphthalocyanines for Organic Electronic Applications.” Oral presentation. CSChE Annual Meeting, London (October 2011).
    • Kamino, B.A.; Bender, T.P.*; “The Design and Synthesis of Silicone-Arylamine Hybrids for Liquid Organic Semiconductors.” Oral presentation, Sixteenth International Symposium on Silicon Chemistry, Hamilton (August 2011).
    • Gretton, M.J.; Bender, T.P.*; “Facile Siliconization of Arylamines to Make Pendant Polymers Using Piers-Rubinsztajn Chemistry.” Poster presentation, Sixteenth International Symposium on Silicon Chemistry (SIOS XVI), Hamilton (August 2011).
    • Bender, T.P.*; Morse, G.; Castrucci, J.; “Inherently Bipolar and Highly Absorbing Boronsuphthalocyanines as Functional Layers in Organic Photovoltaics.” Invited presentation. CSC Annual Meeting, Montreal (June 2011).
    • Bender, T.P.*; Paton, A.S.; Morse, G.; Sauks, J.A.; Skruch, D.; “Inherently Scalable Methods for the Synthesis and Purification of Boronsubphthalocyanine Derivatives.” Invited presentation. CSC Annual Meeting, Montreal (June 2011).
    • Bender, T.P.*; Paton, A.S.; Virdo, J.; Brisson, E.; “Molecular Assembly/Crystal Engineering of Boronsubphthalocyanines for Organic Electronic Applications.” Oral presentation. CSC Annual Meeting, Montreal (June 2011).
    • Kamino, B.A.; Bender, T.P.*; “The Design and Synthesis of Siloxane-Arylamine Hybrids for Liquid Organic Semiconductors.” Oral presentation, CSC Annual Meeting, Montreal (June 2011).
    • Paton, A.S.; Bender, T.P.*; “Using p-acid/p-base Interactions to Crystal Engineer Boron Subphthalocyanine.” Poster presentation, CSC Annual Meeting, Montreal (June 2011).
    • Paton, A.S.; Bender, T.P.*; “Nanoscale Control of Boron Subphthalocyanine Crystals for Organic Solar Cells.” Poster presentation, CSC Annual Meeting, Montreal (June 2011).
    • Bender, T.P.*; Invited participation “From Golf Balls to Solar Cells: how chemistry effects your everyday life.” OCE Discovery Conference, Toronto (May 2011).
    • Bender, T,P.*; Invited participation in discussion panel on Solar Energy, OCE Discovery Conference, Toronto (May 2010).
    • Bender, T.P.*; Morse, G.; Paton, A.; Brisson, E.; “Boronsubphthalocyanine Materials for Organic Electronics: Dyes, Sublimates and Engineered Crystals.” Poster Presentation. Functional p-Electron Systems (Fp9), Atlanta, Georgia (May 2010).
    • Morse, G.; Helander, M.; Lu, Z.H.; Bender, T.P.*; “Sublimable Fluorinated Phenoxy Boron Subphthalocyanines in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes.” Poster Presentation. Functional p-Electron Systems (Fp9), Atlanta, Georgia (May 2010).
    • Kamino, B.A.; Bender, T.P.*; “Liquid Triarylamines.” Poster Presentation. Functional p-Electron Systems (Fp9), Atlanta, Georgia (May 2010).
    • Bender, T.P.*; Morse, G.; Paton, A.; Brisson, E.; “Boronsubphthalocyanine Materials for Organic Electronics: Dyes, Sublimates and Engineered Crystals.” Oral Presentation. CSC Annual Meeting, Toronto (June 2010).
    • Kamino, B.A.; Bender, T.P.*; “Liquid Triarylamines.” Poster Presentation. CSC Annual Meeting, Toronto (June 2010).
    • Paton, A.; Morse, G.; Bender, T.P.*; “Variation in Crystal Packing of Phenoxyboronsubphthalocyanines Directed by the Phenoxy Group.” Poster Presentation. CSC Annual Meeting, Toronto (June 2010).
    • Morse, G.; Bender, T.P.*; Helander, M.; Lu, Z.H.; “Sublimable Fluorinated Phenoxy Boron Subphthalocyanines in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes.” Poster Presentation. CSC Annual Meeting, Toronto (June 2010).
    • Bender, T.P.*; Invited presentation: “Organic Solar Cells: Business modeling and broad spectral absorption.” Ontario Centres of Excellence – Centre for Energy – Commercializing Ontario’s Solar Innovations’ Event, Toronto (November 2008).

Other:

    • Bender, T.P.*; “An educational path leading to Plastic Solar Cells.” Key note address: CIC Toronto Chapter, Student Awards Night (November 7 2008).