Dwaine O. Cowan
Dwaine O. Cowan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 November 1935 Fresno, California, U.S. |
| Died | May 5, 2006 (aged 70) Clovis, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Fresno State College Stanford University |
| Known for | Molecular Solids Organometallic Chemistry Photochemistry Metallocenes |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | Johns Hopkins University |
| Doctoral advisor | Harry Stone Mosher |
| Other academic advisors | George S. Hammond |
| Doctoral students | Richard D. McCullough |
Dwaine O. Cowan (25 November 1935 – 5 May 2006) was an American chemist. He was a professor of chemistry at Johns Hopkins University. He is best known for his pioneering work in the field of organic conductors.[1][2][3] His other research interests included organometallic chemistry, organic photochemistry,[4] organic chemistry, metallocenes[5] and the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds containing sulfur, selenium, and tellurium.[6]
Education[edit]
He received a B.S. in chemistry from Fresno State College in 1958 and a Ph.D. in chemistry from Harry Stone Mosher at Stanford University in 1962.[7]
Research[edit]
Cowan was one of the dominant, world-renowned figures in physical organic chemistry during his thirty-year career. He is considered to be the father of "organic conductors and superconductors",[8] a burgeoning area of science and technology that cuts across the disciplines of chemistry, physics and materials science.
Cowan was invited to contribute a special report titled "The Organic Solid State" on the subject of organic conductors to Chemical and Engineering News (July 21, 1986).[9]
Cowan and his students have authored 190 scientific articles, four patents and two monographs.[10] He co-authored a book with Ronald Drisko entitled Elements of Organic Photochemistry (ISBN 978-1-4684-2130-9).[11]
Personal life[edit]
He was preceded in death by his wife, LaVon "Bonnie" Adams Cowan; and his parents Oliver and EvaBelle Cowan.[citation needed]
Awards[edit]
He received a number of major awards including Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship (1968-1970), Guggenheim Fellowship, University of Basel, Switzerland (1970-1971), elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1989) and the Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist for the University of Heidelberg, Germany (1992- 1993).[12]
References[edit]
- ^ Cowan, Dwaine (February 1973). "Electron transfer in a new highly conducting donor-acceptor complex". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 95 (3): 948–949. doi:10.1021/ja00784a066.
- ^ Cowan, Dwaine (1990). Advanced Organic Solid State Materials: Volume 173 (MRS Proceedings). New York, New York: Materials Research Society. ISBN 978-1-107-41022-0.
- ^ Gubser DU, Fuller WW, Poehler TO, Cowan DO, Lee M, Potember RS, Chiang LY, Bloch AN., Magnetic susceptibility and resistive transitions of superconducting (TMTSF)Cl2O4: Critical magnetic fields, Physical Review B. 1981, 24: 478-480.
- ^ Cowan, Dwaine (1976). Elements of organic photochemistry (First ed.). Plenum Press. ISBN 0306308215.
- ^ Cowan, Dwaine O.; LeVanda, Carole; Park, Jongsei; Kaufman, Frank (May 2002). "Organic solid state. VIII. Mixed-valence ferrocene chemistry". Accounts of Chemical Research. 6 (1): 1–7. doi:10.1021/ar50061a001.
- ^ Klaus Bechgaard, Dwaine O. Cowan and Aaron N. Bloch, Synthesis of the organic conductor tetramethyltetraselenofulvalenium 7,7,8,8-tetracyano-p-quinodimethanide (TMTSF–TCNQ)[4,4′,5,5′-tetramethyl-Δ2,2′-bis-1,3-diselenolium 3,6-bis-(dicyanomethylene)cyclohexadienide], J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1974,0, 937-938.
- ^ Cowan, Dwaine. "Chemistry Tree - Dwaine O. Cowan Family Tree". Chemistry Tree. The Academic Family Tree. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ "Dwaine O. Cowan (1935–2006): The Father of Organic Conductors and Superconductors". chemeducator.org.
- ^ Cowan, Dwaine (July 21, 1986). "The Organic Solid State: Organic materials show interesting and useful electrical, magnetic, and optical properties in the solid state". Chemical and Engineering News. 64 (29): 28–45. doi:10.1021/cen-v064n029.p028.
- ^ "Dwaine O. Cowan - Publications". academictree.org.
- ^ "Elements of Organic Photochemistry | SpringerLink".
- ^ http://chemeducator.org/papers/0014003/14090118gk.pdf [bare URL PDF]