About

Since January 2012, Dr. Javier Santos offers consulting services in advanced organic chemistry, strategic project management, literature research, and proposal preparation.

For over ten years, Dr. Santos was a Senior Scientist for Ohio Aerospace Institute at NASA Glenn Research Center, Polymeric Materials Branch, where he worked in a variety of scientific projects, including functionalization of carbon nanotubes to strength composite materials, molecular sensors, molecular electronics, and many others. His scientific expertise is in design, synthesis, purification, characterization, and evaluation of organic molecules and polymeric systems.

Professional Experience

Senior Scientist, 2001-2011
Ohio Aerospace Institute at NASA Glenn Research Center
Polymeric Materials Branch
Cleveland, OH

Education

Ph.D. Chemistry, Organic/polymer and Physical Organic Chemistry
Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA

Dissertation: Synthesis and Characterization of a New Class of Thiophene-Containing Imidazoles as Fluorescent and Nonlinear Optical Materials

Advanced Project Management Program
Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Master Certificate in Business Management
Tulane University, Freeman School of Business, New Orleans, LA

Patent Bar Review, Course
Patent Resources Group, Alexandria, VA

B.S. Chemistry
Pontifical Catholic University, Ponce, PR

Patent

Graphene Based Reversible Nano-Switch/Sensor Schottky Diode Device, US Patent Application No. 13/242,300, Sept. 23, 2011

Selected Publications

Surface Oxidation Study of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes
Nanotechnology 22, 2011, 455707

Synthesis, Optical Characterization and Electrochemical Properties of Isomeric Tetraphenylbenzodifurans Containing Electron Acceptor Groups, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 115(17), 2011, 4157

Novel Anthracene Diimide Fluorescent Sensor
Chemistry of Materials 20, 2008, 6595

Selected Presentations

Properties of Isomeric Electron-Withdrawing Substituted Benzodifurans for Sensor and Organic Light-Emitting Diode Applications
American Chemical Society, Division of Physical Chemistry, Abstract 436, San Francisco, CA (March 2010)

Synthesis and Characterization of Hexaphenyl Substituted Benzotrifurans: Liquid Crystalline Electrolytes for Lithium-Polymer Batteries
11th International Meeting on Lithium Batteries, Monterey, CA (June 2002)

Selected Grants

Engineering and Evaluating Smart Organic Materials for Space Exploration
National Aeronautic and Space Administration, Grant Num. NNC07BA13B

Photoresponsive Materials and Molecular Sensors
National Aeronautic and Space Administration, Grant Num. NNC07ZA09A

Molecularly Engineered Polymeric Materials
National Aeronautic and Space Administration, Grant Num. NCC3-887

Professional Memberships

• American Chemical Society
• Nano-Network