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Julio M. D\u2019Arcy is an Assistant Professor in the <\/span>Carlson School of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Clark University<\/span>. Investigations in Julio\u2019s lab are driven by pressing questions about energy, sustainability and the future; students take a central role in leading and designing studies that address solutions that benefit our environment and society. His laboratory applies synergistic overlaps between chemistry and engineering providing all laboratory members with a vibrant research platform for studying molecular interactions and discovering new mechanistic pathways that result in conducting polymer nanoarchitectures. Conducting polymers are versatile materials with a plethora of accessible nanostructures. In the D\u2019Arcy laboratory, these materials are produced in the vapor phase by students using strategies developed in a dynamic collaborative environment. D\u2019Arcy lab members inquire into and develop chemical reactions in the vapor phase using inorganic reactants and aerosols that promote nascent structural growth during oxidative radical-based polymerization. Prior to joining Clark University, Julio was at Washington University in St. Louis in the Department of Chemistry as well as in the Institute of Materials Science & Engineering where he developed cutting-edge syntheses and technologies in the area of organic electronic and electrochemical energy storage. He has extensive experience in teaching chemistry to both graduate and undergraduate students and enjoys developing curriculum in the areas of general chemistry, inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry and electrochemistry. As Principal Investigator, Julio holds 22 peer-reviewed publications in top chemical and engineering journals, is the recipient of the prestigious National Science Foundation NSF-CAREER award (2022), and is dedicated to fostering the next generations of researchers by working at the interfaces of multiple disciplines.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1846,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"cu_faculty_f180_userid":"C70298930","cu_faculty_first_name":"Julio","cu_faculty_last_name":"D'Arcy","cu_faculty_employment_status":"Full Time","cu_faculty_rank":"Assistant Professor","cu_faculty_position":"Assistant Professor
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Julio M. D\u2019Arcy is an Assistant Professor in the <\/span>Carlson School of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Clark University<\/span>. Investigations in Julio\u2019s lab are driven by pressing questions about energy, sustainability and the future; students take a central role in leading and designing studies that address solutions that benefit our environment and society. His laboratory applies synergistic overlaps between chemistry and engineering providing all laboratory members with a vibrant research platform for studying molecular interactions and discovering new mechanistic pathways that result in conducting polymer nanoarchitectures. Conducting polymers are versatile materials with a plethora of accessible nanostructures. In the D\u2019Arcy laboratory, these materials are produced in the vapor phase by students using strategies developed in a dynamic collaborative environment. D\u2019Arcy lab members inquire into and develop chemical reactions in the vapor phase using inorganic reactants and aerosols that promote nascent structural growth during oxidative radical-based polymerization. Prior to joining Clark University, Julio was at Washington University in St. Louis in the Department of Chemistry as well as in the Institute of Materials Science & Engineering where he developed cutting-edge syntheses and technologies in the area of organic electronic and electrochemical energy storage. He has extensive experience in teaching chemistry to both graduate and undergraduate students and enjoys developing curriculum in the areas of general chemistry, inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry and electrochemistry. As Principal Investigator, Julio holds 22 peer-reviewed publications in top chemical and engineering journals, is the recipient of the prestigious National Science Foundation NSF-CAREER award (2022), and is dedicated to fostering the next generations of researchers by working at the interfaces of multiple disciplines.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","cu_faculty_degrees":"Other in Chemical Engineering,<\/span> Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014\nPh.D. in ,<\/span> University of California , 2012\nPh.D. in Chemistry,<\/span> UCLA, 2012\nB.A. in ,<\/span> State University of New York, 2000","cu_faculty_cv":"","cu_faculty_links":"[]","cu_faculty_scholarly_interests":"","cu_faculty_scholarly_works":"[{\"activityid\":8814,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Articles in Refereed Journals\",\"Title\":\"Solution-Processable PEDOT Particles for Coatings of Untreated 3D-Printed Thermoplastics\",\"Journal Title\":\"ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces\",\"Series Title\":\"\",\"Month \\\/ Season\":\"2023\\\/01\\\/18\",\"Year\":2023,\"Publisher\":\"American Chemical Society\",\"Publisher City and State\":\"\",\"Publisher Country\":\"USA\",\"Volume\":\"15\",\"Issue Number \\\/ Edition\":\"2\",\"Page Number(s) or Number of Pages\":\"3433 - 3441\",\"ISSN\":\"\",\"DOI\":\"\",\"CoAuthor\":null,\"URL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pubs.acs.org\\\/doi\\\/10.1021\\\/acsami.2c18328\",\"Description\":\"Abstract <img alt="Abstract Image" src="https:\\\/\\\/pubs.acs.org\\\/cms\\\/10.1021\\\/acsami.2c18328\\\/asset\\\/images\\\/medium\\\/am2c18328_0007.gif">\\n<p>Lack of solution processability is the main bottleneck in research progression and commercialization of conducting polymers. The current strategy of employing a water-soluble dopant (such as PEDOT:PSS) is not feasible with organic solvents, thus limiting compatibility on hydrophobic surfaces, such as three-dimensional (3D) printable thermoplastics. In this article, we utilize a colloidal dispersion of PEDOT particles to overcome this limitation and formulate an organic paint demonstrating conformal coating on 3D-printed objects. We start with synthesizing PEDOT particles that possess a low electrical resistance (gap resistance of 4.2 \\u00b1 0.5 \\u03a9\\\/mm). A particle-based organic paint is formulated and applied via brush painting. Coated objects show a surface resistance of 1 k\\u03a9\\\/cm, comparable to an object printed by commercial conductive filaments. The coating enables the fabrication of pH and strain sensors. Highly conductive PEDOT particles also absorb light strongly, especially in the near-infrared (NIR) range due to the high concentration of charge carriers on the polymer\\u2019s conjugated backbones (i.e., polarons and bipolarons). PEDOT converts light to heat efficiently, resulting in a superior photothermal activity that is demonstrated by the flash ignition of a particle-impregnated cotton ball. Consequently, painted 3D prints are highly effective in converting NIR light to heat, and a 5 s exposure to a NIR laser (808 nm, 0.8 mW\\\/cm<sup>2<\\\/sup>) leads to a record high-temperature increase (194.5 \\u00b0C) among PEDOT-based coatings.<\\\/p>\",\"Include description in output citation\":1,\"Origin\":\"RIS\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70298930\",\"status\":[{\"id\":8814,\"status\":\"Completed\\\/Published\",\"term\":\"Fall\",\"year\":2023,\"termid\":\"2023\\\/01\",\"listingorder\":6,\"completionorder\":6}],\"userid\":\"C70298930\",\"attachments\":[{\"attachmentid\":7067,\"mimetype\":\"video\\\/mp4\",\"filename\":\"Lu_SolutionProcessablePEDOTparticles_SI-Movie_ACSappMaterInter2023.mp4\",\"filesize\":39475570,\"downloadurl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/faculty180.interfolio.com\\\/public\\\/download.php?key=SDRwNCtxSUpsamxBQ213WS9ucHFuNnMwT0hzQU11b2RPQkJ2cWc3amxyUmNRdVVXTkF4MU1zT21qREtJZEdWZ05XVEg0aTlBeno1ckI2Q1BnYmFvVW5ZUzZTR3N5QkFMc2FIdUJyWDhEK2tDWXZyWjVPU0tibS9hQkhsVmhaZ0NtMitvNWw3emdPb1FKMTBoS1BSa2xReWJ0ajRpUGhBcDZaS3FucGFPcDE1dXhKNlF4OXdjTXc9PQ%3D%3D\"},{\"attachmentid\":7066,\"mimetype\":\"application\\\/pdf\",\"filename\":\"Lu_SolutionProcessablePEDOTparticles_SI_ACSappMaterInter2023.pdf\",\"filesize\":1118791,\"downloadurl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/faculty180.interfolio.com\\\/public\\\/download.php?key=SDRwNCtxSUpsamxBQ213WS9ucHFuNnMwT0hzQU11b2RPQkJ2cWc3amxyUmNRdVVXTkF4MU1zT21qREtJZEdWZ05XVEg0aTlBeno3aXpFK1U2RTlONzNZUzZTR3N5QkFMc2FIdUJyWDhEK2tDWXZyWjVPU0tibS9hQkhsVmhaZ0MrcGlaRHFnM243Y2J4V2VtYmZJTTVQTHhGdlNGNTRSVEFSU2RkcHRDUWN1aUJMaVMyTFBWVkE9PQ%3D%3D\"},{\"attachmentid\":7065,\"mimetype\":\"application\\\/pdf\",\"filename\":\"Lu_SolutionProcessablePEDOTparticles_ACSappMaterInter2023.pdf\",\"filesize\":5411477,\"downloadurl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/faculty180.interfolio.com\\\/public\\\/download.php?key=SDRwNCtxSUpsamxBQ213WS9ucHFuNnMwT0hzQU11b2RPQkJ2cWc3amxyUmNRdVVXTkF4MU1zT21qREtJZEdWZ05XVEg0aTlBeno0SHVxbG1UV3hoajNZUzZTR3N5QkFMc2FIdUJyWDhEK2tDWXZyWjVPU0tibS9hQkhsVmhaZ0N0SzhObC82a04vdGhwQW5sdnVLT2IyUEliRGgyaDlDYktpRy9nTUsvVTdRPQ%3D%3D\"}],\"coauthors_list\":[\"Yang Lu\",\"Haoru Yang\",\"Yifan Diao\",\"Hongmin Wang\",\"Chiemela Izima\",\"Imani Jones\",\"Reagan Woon\",\"Kenneth Chrulski\",\"Julio M. 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It is a heterogeneous solid-state material composed of multiple phases and is ubiquitous throughout the universe. Sixteen distinct phases of iron corrosion product exist naturally under different temperature, pH, and pressure. Rust species such as hematite (\\u03b1- Fe<sub>2<\\\/sub>O<sub>3<\\\/sub>), maghemite (\\u03b3-Fe<sub>2<\\\/sub>O<sub>3<\\\/sub>), goethite (\\u03b1-FeOOH), and lepidocrocite (\\u03b3- FeOOH), first documented ca. 800 BCE, make up the solid-state chemical family composed of iron oxides, oxyhydroxides, and hydroxides. On an anthropogenic scale, rust represents a persistent problem to all manner of engineering and industrial pursuits. Corrosion is gradual and nondiscriminatory, affecting iron structures of all shapes and sizes from bridges and buildings to pipelines and wires that necessitates considerable spending on rust prevention and removal techniques. The infamous \\u201cRust Belt\\u201d is colloquially used to describe regions of the United States characterized by sharp industrial decline and evokes images of derelict steel factories rusted over from decades of disuse. Therefore, iron corrosion product is commonly regarded as a symptom of deterioration and a physical manifestation of neglect in the eyes of the public. Yet, invaluable scientific potential exists within this \\u201cwaste\\u201d material.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Rust is thermodynamically stable, inexpensive, easily processable, and an abundant source of ferric ions (Fe<sup>3+<\\\/sup>) and therefore serves as an attractive oxidative candidate for developing chemical reactions. The ferric ion, with a standard reduction potential of +0.77 V, is an oxidizing agent that is well-investigated in the syntheses of highly conductive conjugated polymers such as poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) and polypyrrole (PPy). Additionally, hydrolysis products of ferric ions form various nanostructures and provide diversified growing template for conducting polymers, including rod-shape akageneite (\\u03b2-FeOOH), fiber-shape goethite (\\u03b1-FeOOH), 2D sheet iron oxychloride (FeOCl), and spherical\\\/cubic hematite (\\u03b1-Fe<sub>2<\\\/sub>O<sub>3<\\\/sub>).<\\\/p>\\n<p>In this Account, we introduce our unique synthetic strategies that involve rust and advance the state-of-the-art in chemical synthesis of nanostructured conducting polymers. We utilize products from rust, droplets with rust, and interfaces containing rust to synthesize nanostructured conducting polymer including rust-based vapor-phase polymerization (RVPP), aerosol vapor polymerization (AVP), and condensing vapor-phase polymerization (CVPP). Owing to the high conductivity and high surface area, nanostructured conducting polymers are emerging as hotspots for electrode materials in energy storage devices (i.e., supercapacitors) and solar cells. In the second part of this Account, we discuss how combining our unique synthetic strategies with conventional materials and fabrication techniques produces devices with high figure of merit performance. 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Thi grant was a collaboration between Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Montana State University, Cornell University, University of Puerto Rico and Clark University for creating a center at WPI that would focus on developing smart construction materials and future construction technologies for our country. My role in the program was to lead the energy storage efforts in the area of clay bricks for developing smart foundations that can store energy and support a load.<\\\/p>\\n

This grant made the second round of grant evaluation unfortunately WPI decided to remove me from the grant because the grant manager advised them that they needed fewer partners. :-(<\\\/p>\\n

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<\\\/p>\",\"Abstract\":\"<p>Integrating energy storing functionalities into load-bearing construction materials, without sacrificing load bearing properties, enhances the landscape of applications and sustainability of construction materials. <b>Here, we aim to develop energy-generating materials for building integration such as power generating bricks that store electrochemical energy in common red clay fired bricks<\\\/b>. Storing energy in a brick is desirable because it would benefit our lives by affording living environments that integrate with everyday electronic applications in our homes and professional ecosystems. However, scalable processes that produce smart materials such as energy-storing bricks are limited. Here, a primary goal is to develop bricks that store energy and which are readily applied using common construction techniques.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Our approach is a vapor-phase approach that enables the scalable chemical transformation of common red brick and the effective integration of pseudocapacitive semiconducting polymer nanostructures resulting in electroactive brick electrodes. The process is simple and scalable, as we utilize the chemistry of inorganic oxides already present in bricks to direct our chemical syntheses. We use vapor phase strategies that enable dissolution of metal oxides such as hematite from a brick\\u2019s surface. By probing temperature and vapor pH, we seek to apply protonic dissolution and to study its effect on the dissolution metal oxides already present in a brick. Dissolution is carried out when bricks are exposed to low pH vapor causing the liberation iron (III) aqueous ions. These liberated ions serve as innate oxidizing agents and hold the potential to oxidize organic molecules thereby promoting polymerization reactions.<\\\/p>\\n<p>Specifically, our studies aim to probe dissolution of bricks and the liberation of iron (III) ions for directing the oxidation of thiophene, pyrrole and aniline-based monomer vapors. The vapor-phase chemical reaction of an organic monomer is carried out under steady-state-conditions in a single reaction step by directing the organic vapor, via mass flow controllers, towards the surface of a dissolved brick. This process is controlled by the kinetics of dissolution, hydrolysis of iron (III) salts, and ensuing oxidative radical polymerizations of an organic monomers. All these reactions are controlled at the interface between organic vapor and brick. This process produces nanofibrillar coatings of high surface semiconducting polymers that store energy that are integrated, after deposition, with the brick\\u2019s microstructure.<\\\/p>\\n<p>This chemical route is effective as vapors readily access the porous microstructure of a brick resulting in the deposition of a nanofibrillar network of polymer that is anchored to the brick\\u2019s porous microstructure. This polymer coating is characterized by a high surface area of nanofibers that increase the amount of energy that can be stored.<\\\/p>\\n<p>To enhance the energy density of smart bricks, and produce energy storing foundations, we plan to take advantage of metal oxides already present in bricks to serve as active species that enhance the pseudocapacitive properties of organic energy storing polymers. For example, iron (III) is an active inorganic species applied in batteries and supercapacitors and also readily found in a brick\\u2019s open microstructure. Our approach is to synthesize polymers and to incorporate metal oxides in-situ during dissolution and deposition of polymer moreover active metal oxides will also be incorporated via intercalation and solution-based methods.<span>\\u00a0 <\\\/span>Metal oxides such as manganese oxide, and vanadium oxide afford stable oxidation states for enhancing energy storage metrics and can be incorporated via solution processing. Aqueous ions of metal oxides can be incorporated into an electrode using a brick\\u2019s open microstructure to facilitate infiltration and impregnation of ions. Our polymerization strategies lead to encapsulation of inorganic metal oxides by organic polymer, and intimate contact between inorganic species and a conducting polymer resulting in an active electrochemical network of materials. Here polymer nanofibers afford a pseudocapacitive network that glues all active inorganic species thus activating the redox chemistry of metal oxides already present in a brick. Batteries and supercapacitors will be developed using face-to-face and planar geometries; joining bricks in a wall is analogous to connecting cells in series or parallel in the final geometry of our devices. Solid-state electrolytes will be investigated to increase the lifetime of devices. Here polyvinyl alcohol and cellulose-based electrolytes, both scalable in cost, will provide a polymeric network for aqueous neutral, acidic and basic ions to wet both anode and cathode. Solid-state electrolyte viscosity will be studied using rheology, and the lifetime efficiencies of cycling will be probed to determine ohmic efficiency and stability over extended periods using galvanostatic charge\\\/discharge techniques. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy provides a route for understanding the efficiency of mass transfer processes and for increasing the energy density of our hybrid organic\\\/inorganic energy storing bricks.<\\\/p>\\n<p>The chemical transformation that converts a regular brick into an electrochemically active one, will be monitored using in-operando spectroscopy, microscopy, and electrochemistry. A careful approach for controlling stoichiometry from the vapor phase is required to produce nanostructured coatings of nanofibers characterized by a high surface area that enhances energy storage metrics. To achieve success, reactor engineering plays a pivotal role as chemical synthesis and successful scale-up is of paramount importance for producing homogeneous coatings. To this end, aluminum reactors are designed in CAD software fabricated via CNC techniques to produce vapor-deposition chambers characterized by zero loss of gaseous moles of reactants and coupled with mass flow controllers for achieving steady-state conditions. 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Our semiconducting organic-inorganic composites will result in the next generation of materials for construction possessing both electrochemical energy storage and structural degradation sensing capabilities.<\\\/span><\\\/p>\\n<p><span>We aim to test the potential for storing energy by integrating semiconducting polymers in commercial bricks, concrete and cementitious materials. This instrument will produce data to discover fundamental material principles of engineering organic\\\/inorganic interfaces in masonry materials, such as novel structure-property relationships between electrical and capacitive behavior. This NAP-XPS will provide data that will serve as a bridge between academia and the construction industry. We seek to provide a path to optimize functionalities such as energy storage and chemo-resistive sensing. This type of sensing affords the potential for understanding the degradation of construction materials under oxidative and reductive environments. Scans, carried out in near-ambient and in operando conditions, will enable study of brick-based and concrete-based electrochemical cells undergoing time-dependent structural, chemical and molecular changes during cycling. This XPS\\u2019s electrochemical cell affords a path for precise quantitative understanding of chemistries in operando conditions with its exquisite and unique electrochemical capabilities.<\\\/span><\\\/p>\\n<p><span>XPS scans will enable understanding of the molecular structure of organic semiconductors\\u2019 crystalline phases, backbone length, conjugation and doping levels. We aim to apply organic-inorganic composites as working electrodes for cell cycling to understand oxidative and reductive energy transfers at near-ambient pressures. Events that lead to charge transfers, capacitive charging and molecular structural changes will be probed at various temperatures to enable modeling of composite structure-property correlations. Oxidation and reduction events will be tailored during in operando scans using electrochemical techniques that tease out electrode composition, charge transfer processes, as well as inorganic structure.<\\\/span><\\\/p>\\n<p><span>We also aim to control charge-storage capability using stacked cells to efficiently store energy in construction materials. By stacking red clay bricks or concrete composite bricks into a cell, we aim to probe surface charge transfer events under various anodic and cathodic potentials. Surface electronic exchange between construction materials and semiconducting polymer films embedded throughout the surface and microstructure will be probed under various potentiostatic and galvanostatic conditions striving to create high power and energy dense electrodes. Semiconducting polymers based on aniline, pyrrole and thiophene moieties will be investigated and synthesized using brick, concrete and cementitious materials employing a previously reported vapor polymerization approach.<sup>1,2<\\\/sup> <\\\/span><\\\/p>\\n<p><span>Our preliminary data demonstrates that our route produces state-of-the-art semiconducting nanostructured polymer electrodes<sup>3,4<\\\/sup> as well as composite brick electrodes for electrochemical energy storage<sup>2<\\\/sup>. This NAP-XPS\\u2019s in operando electrochemical surface scanning capabilities are vital for advancing infrastructure technologies where materials are prone to experiencing oxidative and reductive environments. This instrument is ideal for understanding the energy exchange, interfacial surface energy, and interfacial structure of cementitious-polymer porous matrices when characterizing energy storage. <\\\/span><\\\/p>\\n<p><span>Preliminary Results:<\\\/span><span> We have demonstrated the conversion of oxide and hydroxide-based pigments, commonly found in fired red brick and tiles, to an active oxidizing form that we utilized for carrying out vapor polymerization and integration of semiconducting nanofibrillar polymer coatings within the inorganic matrix. This process enabled the creation of \\u201csmart bricks\\u201d that can be coupled to solar cell panels to store rechargeable energy.<sup>2<\\\/sup> The porous structure present in natural clay red brick and pigment-loaded concrete is suitable for storing energy electrochemically in supercapacitors and batteries. The integration of organic semiconducting material into inorganic brick or concrete was carried out by filling void spaces with gases that dissolved inorganic pigments. When controlled, dissolution converts pigments such as iron oxide and iron hydroxides, to a reactive form of iron that actives its oxidizing potential to effect simultaneous polymer synthesis and deposition.<sup>3,4<\\\/sup><\\\/span><\\\/p>\\n<p><span>We have published and demonstrated a solid-state supercapacitor fabricated using bricks, poly(vinyl alcohol)\\\/H<sub>2<\\\/sub>SO<sub>4<\\\/sub> electrolyte and separator. Fabrication protocol. The fabricated device shows the potential of PEDOT-brick multifunctional construction materials for storing energy.<sup>2<\\\/sup> Mechanical properties, molecular structures, as well as the structure-property relationships of PEDOT-brick remains to be studied by near ambient XPS to tease out practical, real-world data for transformative material evolution. Our brick-polymer composite is mostly brick as the majority of brick is unaffected during conversion. We control core-shell structures of brick encapsulated in polymer. Moreover, we have demonstrated control over the polymer morphology enabling the development of smart bricks capable of harvesting liquid water from the atmosphere.<sup>5<\\\/sup> <\\\/span><span><\\\/span><\\\/p>\\n<p><span>\\u00a0<\\\/span><\\\/p>\\n<p><\\\/p>\\n<p><span>References<\\\/span><\\\/p>\\n<p><span><span>11)<span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman';">\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0 <\\\/span><\\\/span><\\\/span><span>Hongmin Wang, Haoru Yang, Yifan Diao, Yang Lu, Kenneth Chrulski, and Julio M. D\\u2019Arcy*. Solid-State Precursor Impregnation for Enhanced Capacitance in Hierarchical Flexible Poly(3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene) Supercapacitors. 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