Leslie Lyons

 

Campus Phone: 
641-269-3159
Fax: 
641-269-4984
Professor of Chemistry
On-Campus Address: 
Science-2203
Education / Degrees: 
Postdoctoral Fellow 1987-89, Northwestern University
Ph.D., 1987, University of Wisconsin-Madison
A.B., Chemistry with Honors, 1983, Colgate University
Publications: 
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"Undoing Lithium Ion Association in Ionic Liquids through the Complexation by Oligoethers"Paul M. Bayley, G. H. Lane, L. J. Lyons, D. R. MacFarlane and M. Forsyth. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2010, 114 (48), 20569–20576.
"Support from Academe: Identifying Departmental and Institutional Resources, Policies, and Infrastructure to Support Senior Women STEM faculty"Ruth Beeston, Jill Granger, Darlene Loprete, Leslie Lyons, and Carol Ann Miderski. ACS Symposium Series 1057, American Chemical Society; Washington, DC, 2010, 95-105.
"Synthesis and Characterization of Alkylsilane Ethers with Oligoethylene Oxide Substituents for Safer Electrolytes in Lithium-Ion Batteries"Lingzhi Zhang, Leslie Lyons, *Jocelyn Newhouse, Zhengcheng Zhang, *Megan Straughan, Zonghai Chen, Khalil Amine, Robert J. Hamers, and Robert West. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2010, 20, 8224-8226.
"Highly conductive trimethylsilyl oligo(ethylene oxide) electrolytes for energy storage applications"Zhang, Lingzhi; Zhang, Zhengcheng; *Harring, Scott; *Straughan, Megan; Butorac, Rachel; Chen, Zonghai; Lyons, Leslie; Amine, Khalil; West, Robert. Journal of Materials Chemistry 2008, 18(31), 3713-3717.
"Kinetic Investigation of the Solvation of Lithium Salts in Siloxanes"Chen, Zonghai; Wang, H. H.; Vissers, D. R.; Zhang, Lingzhi; West, R.; Lyons, L. J.; Amine, K. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2008, 112(6), 2210-2214.
"Synthesis and Ionic Conductivity of Mixed Substituted Polysiloxanes with Oligoethyleneoxy and Cyclic Carbonate Substituents"Zhang, Zhengcheng; Lyons, Leslie J. ; West, Ryan ; Amine, Khalil ; and West, Robert. Silicon Chemistry, 2007, 3, 259-266.
"Ionic Conductivity Studies of Monosiloxane Electrolytes"*Harring, S.; *Straughan, M.; *Taggart, J.; Lyons, L. J.; Zhang, Z. C.; and West, R. PMSE Preprints, 2006, 94, 567.
"NMR Studies of Two Highly Conducting Monosiloxane Electrolytes"*Harring, S.; *Straughan, M.; Mobley, T. A.; Lyons, L. J.; Zhang, Z. C.; and West, R. PMSE Preprints, 2006, 94, 541.
"Synthesis and Characterization of Tetra- and Trisiloxane-Containing Oligo(ethylene glycol)s" Rossi, Nicholas, A. A.; Zhang, Zhengcheng; *Schneider, Yanika; *Morcom, Kathryn; Lyons, Leslie J.; Wang, Qingzheng; Amine, Khalil; and West, Robert, Chem. Mater., 2006, 18, 1289-1295.
"Synthesis and Ionic Conductivity of Cyclosiloxanes with Ethyleneoxy-Containing Substitutents"Zhang, Zhengcheng; Lyons, Leslie J.; *Jin, Jay J.; Amine, Khalil; and West, Robert, Chem. Mater., 2005, 17, 5646-5650.
"Ionic Conductivity and DSC Studies of Siloxane Electrolytes"*Morcom, K.; *Schneider, Y.; Lyons, L. J. Zhang, Z.; Rossi, N. A. A.; and West, R., PMSE Preprints, 2005, 92, 443.
"Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries Based on Polysiloxane Hosts,"Leslie J. Lyons, Jay J. Jin*, Zhengcheng Zhang, Robert West, and Khalil Amine, Analytical, Mechanistic, and Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry: Proceedings of the 6th International M. Baizer Award Symposium, Proceedings Volume 2004-10, The Electrochemical Society, Inc., 2004. 209-212.
"Ion Conductive Characteristics of Cross-Linked Network Polysiloxane-Based Solid Polymer Electrolytes"Zhang, Z. C.; *Jin, J. J.; *Bautista, F.; Lyons, L. J.; Shariatzadeh, N.; Sherlock, D.; Amine, K.; West, R., Solid State Ionics, 2004, 170, 233.
"Novel cross-linked network cyclic siloxanes with internal oligo(ethylene glycol) side chains: synthesis and ionic conductivity"Zhang, Z. C.; Simon, A.; *Jin, J. J.; Lyons, L. J.; Amine, K.; West, R., Polymer Preprints, 2004, 45(1), 583.
"Short chain polysiloxanes with oligo(ethylene glycol) side chains as polymer electrolytes for lithium polymer batteries"Zhang, Z. C.; Rossi, N. A. A.; Lyons, L. J.; Amine, K.; West, R., Polymer Preprints, 2004, 45(1), 700.
"Cross-Linked Network Polymer Electrolytes Based on a Polysiloxane Backbone with Oligo(oxyethylene) Side Chains: Synthesis and Conductivity"Zhang, Z. C.; Sherlock, D.; West, R.; West, R.; Amine, K.; Lyons, L. J.; Macromolecules, 2003, 36, 9176.
"Ionic Conductivity Studies of Methyl Polysiloxane Polymer Electrolytes with Oligo(oxyethylene) Side Chains"*Jin, J. J.; Lyons, L. J.; Wang, Q.; West, R., Polymer Preprints, 2003, 44 (1), 1148.
Curriculum Vitae/Resume: 
Courses Taught: 
CHM 129 General Chemistry
CHM 210 Inorganic & Analytical Chemistry (formerly 130)
CHM 222 Organic Chemistry Lab
CHM 358 Instrumental Analysis
POL/PST 395 (Special Topic) Advanced Policy Research
POL/PST 395 (Special Topic) Making Reform Happen
PST/GDS 320: Applied Policy Analysis
PST-420: Advanced Policy Research
Tutorial "Food: Rituals, Technologies, and Policies"
Tutorial "Food: Technologies & Rituals"
Primary Academic Interest: 
Polymer Electrolytes

Research

Professor Lyons' research interests center around a class of materials called polymer electrolytes which are ion conducting polymeric solids. The topic encompasses polymer synthesis and characterization as well as the application of electrochemical and spectroscopic techniques to determine and understand ion transport in polymeric materials. Lyons Summer 2013 Research Description