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Background
Julio D’Arcy is an assistant professor of chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis. He earned his PhD in chemistry from the University of California, Los Angeles, following his BA from State University of New York at Purchase.
Interests
D’Arcy specializes in conjugated polymers, electrochemistry, and thin film composite devices with a particular interest in energy applications.
Sample Work
Publication
Li-Anode Protective Layers for Li Rechargeable Batteries via Layer-by-Layer Approaches
Sun Hwa Lee, Jonathon R. Harding, David S. Liu, Julio M. D’Arcy, Yang Shao-Horn, and Paula T. Hammond. “Li-Anode Protective Layers for Li Rechargeable Batteries via Layer-by-Layer Approaches.” Chemistry of Materials 2014 26 (8), 2579-2585.
Publication
Substituted Polyaniline Nanofibers Produced via Rapid Initiated Polymerization
Henry D. Tran, Ian Norris, Julio M. D’Arcy, Hamilton Tsang, Yue Wang, Benjamin R. Mattes, and Richard B. Kaner. “Substituted Polyaniline Nanofibers Produced via Rapid Initiated Polymerization.” Macromolecules 2008 41 (20), 7405-7410.
Publication
Toward an Understanding of the Formation of Conducting Polymer Nanofibers
Henry D. Tran, Yue Wang, Julio M. D’Arcy, and Richard B. Kaner. “Toward an Understanding of the Formation of Conducting Polymer Nanofibers.” ACS Nano 2008 2 (9), 1841-1848.
Publication
Vapor-Phase Polymerization of Nanofibrillar Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) for Supercapacitors
Julio M. D’Arcy, Maher F. El-Kady, Pwint P. Khine, Linghong Zhang, Sun Hwa Lee, Nicole R. Davis, David S. Liu, Michael T. Yeung, Sung Yeol Kim, Christopher L. Turner, Andrew T. Lech, Paula T. Hammond, and Richard B. Kaner. “Vapor-Phase Polymerization of Nanofibrillar Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) for Supercapacitors.” ACS Nano 2014 8 (2), 1500-1510.