Santa Clara University

Degree Information

B.S., University of California, Berkeley; 1965
Ph.D., Washington State University; 1970

Teaches

Inorganic Chemistry (Chem 102)
General Chemistry I, II (Chem 11, Chem 12(H))

Research

Photochemistry of metal complexes, especially in halogenated solvents

Active Grants:

National Science Foundation to support "RUI: Near-UV and Visible Light Photocatalysis of Halocarbon Degradation by Metal Complexes" research, 2008-2010, $195,000

Recent Publications

S. Whang, T. Estrada, and Patrick E. Hoggard, “The Solvent-Initiated Photolysis of Dichloro(2,2'-bipyridine)platinum(II) in Chloroform”, Photochem. Photobiol. 79, 359-362 (2004).

P. E. Hoggard, A. J. Bridgeman, H. Kunkely, and A. Vogler, “The Photohydrochlorination of Platinum(IV) Chloride”, Inorg. Chim. Acta 357, 639-643 (2004).

P. L. Feng and P. E. Hoggard, “Approximating the product spectrum and product concentrations in continuous photochemical reactions”, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 6, 1076-1080 (2007).

Recent Presentations

P. E. Hoggard, A. Vogler, A. J. Bridgeman, H. Kunkely, “The Photobehavior of Chloroplatinates and Platinum(IV) Chloride in Chloroform”, 15^th International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds, Hong Kong, July, 2004.   

K. J. Doyle and P. E. Hoggard, “Photocatalytic Degradation of Dichloromethane by Tetrachlorocuprate(II) Ion”, 16^th International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds, Pacific Grove, California, July, 2005.

List of Publications and Presentations

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