Center for Micro Engineered Materials

Tim Boyle

Principle Member of Technical Staff
Inorganic Chemistry and Nanomaterials - 1846
Sandia National Laboratories,
Advanced Materials Laboratory - MS 1349
1001 University Blvd. S.E.
Albuquerque, NM 87106
(505) 272-7625; FAX: (505) 272-7336;

Education :

Post-Doc, University of California - Irvine, Prof. W. J. Evans
Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, 1990, University of Kansas, "Synthesis and Reactivity of -Phenolic Chromium (0) and Titanium Binaphtholate Compounds"
B.S., Chemistry, 1985, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030

Research Interests :

We are interested in the development of novel precursors to produce tailored-made ceramic materials with improved processing using (i) sol-gel, (b) metallo-organic vapor deposition (MOCVD), and (c) nanoparticle techniques. Currently we are investigating ferroelelectric thin films, lithium ion batteries, and nano-photonic devices.

Professional Activities:

Member, Materials Research Society
American Chemical Society: Inorganic Division Member

Honors and Awards :

John Dustin Clark Award for Outstanding Contribution to Chemistry in New Mexico (Oct. 2002 - sponsored by the local ACS)
"Sabbatical" at University of Pennsylvania (Feb. - Aug. 2000: 1st granted at SNL)
Mentor of the Year 1999 (sponsored by Motorola)
Sandia Team Award: 1998
Sandia Award of Excellence for Patents: 1997, 1998
Sandia Award of Excellence for NCAICM project (1996)
Q-Clearance from the U.S. Dept. of Energy (1993, 1998)
Kansas Summer Research Fellowships for 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1990.

Patents and Publications :

8 Patents granted. 10 Patents pending.
More than 70 Peer reviewed papers accepted to reviewed journals (list available upon request).

Ten selected Publications :

o Timothy J. Boyle, Jessica M. Santana, Judith M. Segal, Todd M. Alam, Mark A. Rodriguez, Sara C. Vick "Chemistry of a Novel Family of Tridentate Alkoxy Tin (II) Clusters" Journal of the American Chemical Society 2002, 124, 6904.

o Timothy J. Boyle, Joseph W. Ziller, Brian L. Scott "Thallium Titanium Double Alkoxides. Syntheses, Characterizations and X-ray structures of Tl4Ti2( -O)(OEt)10, Tl4Ti2( 6-O)(OEt)4(OPri)6,TlTi2(OEt)3(ONep)6, TlTi(ONep)3(OAr)2, and Tl+-Ti(OAr)5" Inorganic Chemistry 2002 41, 946.

o Cecilia A. Zechmann, Timothy J. Boyle, Mark A. Rodriguez, Richard A. Kemp "Solvent Influences on the Molecular Aggregation of Magnesium Aryloxides" Polyhedron, 2000, 19, 2557.

o Timothy J. Boyle, Ryan P. Tyner, Brian Scott, Joseph W. Ziller "Carboxylic Acid Modified [Ti( -ONep)(ONep)3]2. Syntheses, Characterizations, X-ray Structures of Ti3O(O2CH)2(ONep)8, Ti3(O)(O2CMe)2(ONep)8, Ti6(O)6(O2CCHMe2)6(ONep)6, [Ti(O2CCMe3)(ONep)3]2, Ti3(O)(O2CCH2CMe3)2(ONep)8 (ONp = OCH2CMe3)" Journal of the American Chemical Society 1999, 121, 12104.

o Timothy J. Boyle, Paul G. Clem, Timothy D. Dunbar, Kimberly A. Krause, Jessica M. Santana, Bruce A. Tuttle "PLnZT. Investigation, Characterization and Electrical Properties of Lanthanide Doped Thin Films of PZT." Journal of MaterialsResearch 2002, 17, 871.

o Sacha M. De'Angeli, Timothy J. Boyle, Timothy L. Ward "Properties of MOCVD Depositions Using Novel Sn(II) Neo-Pentoxide Precursors" Chemistry of Materials (in Press)

o .Jesus J. Gallegos III, Timothy L. Ward, Timothy J. Boyle, Laila P. Francisco, Mark A. Rodriguez "Novel Neo-Pentoxide Precursors for MOCVD of TiO2 and ZrO2" Advanced Materials, Chemical Vapor Deposition 2000, 6, 21.

o Timothy J. Boyle*, Cecilia A. Zechmann, Eric N. Coker, James A. Voigt, Mark A. Rodriguez, Richard A. Kemp, Michael Zum Mallen "Spherical Magnesium (II) Cresolate Particles" Chemistry of Materials (in Press).

o Todd M. Alam, Dawn M. Pedrotty, Timothy J. Boyle "Modified, Pulse Field Gradient-Enhanced Inverse Detected HOESY Pulse Sequence for the Reduction of t1 Spectral Artifacts" Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry 2002 40, 361.

Academic Associations :

o Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania
o Adjunct Professor at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
o Research Advisor for the Center for Micro-Engineered Materials (CMEM) at the
University of New Mexico

Post Docs :

Scott Bunge (Ga. Tech), Ceclia A. Zechmann (IU),
Charles D. E. Lakeman (UI-UC)

Graduate Students :

Usharani Bhimavarapu