Charles Bessey Professor
Chemistry
818D Hamilton HallLincoln, NE 68588
(402) 472-9196
arajca1@unl.edu
Education
- Postdoctoral (Miller Fellow), University of California, Berkeley
- Ph.D., University of Kentucky
- M.S., Politechnika Wroclawska, Poland
Research Interests
- Organic chemistry
- Physical organic chemistry
- Asymmetric synthesis
- Organic magnets
- Spin labels
- Biomedical contrast agents
- Nanomedicine
Selected Publications
- Rajca, A.; Wongsriratanakul, J.; Rajca, S. "Magnetic Ordering in an Organic Polymer", Science, 2001, 294, 1503–1505.
- Rajca, A.; Olankitwanit, A.; Rajca, S. “Triplet Ground State Derivative of Aza-m-Xylylene Diradical with Large Singlet-Triplet Energy Gap”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 4750–4753.
- Boratynski, P. J.; Pink, M.; Rajca, S.; Rajca, A. “Isolation of the Triplet Ground State Aminyl Diradical”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2010, 49, 5459–5462.
- Olankitwanit, A.; Kathirvelu, V.; Rajca, S.; Eaton, G. R.; Eaton S. S.; Rajca, A. “Calix[4]arene nitroxide tetraradical and octaradical”, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 6443–6445.
- Zak, J. K.; Miyasaka, M.; Rajca, S.; Lapkowski, M.; Rajca, A. “Radical Cation of Helical, Cross-Conjugated β-Oligothiophene”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 3246–324.
- Miyasaka, M.; Pink, M.; Rajca, S.; Rajca, A. “Noncovalent Interactions in the Asymmetric Synthesis of Rigid, Conjugated Helical Structures”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2009, 48, 5954–5957.