Dilruba Popy

Major Professor: Saparov
Email: dilruba.popy@ou.edu

Hometown:
Comilla, Bangladesh

Education:
B.Sc. (Honors), Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh

Master of Research, Imperial College, London, UK

Master of Science, University of Oklahoma, USA

Dilruba's research focuses on the design, synthesis, and characterization of optical and electronic properties of hybrid metal halides. Dilruba also explores real-world applications of luminescent materials.

Publications, Presentations & Awards

Publications

D. Banerjee, D. A. Popy, B. C. Leininger, T. D. Creason, V. Mapara, M. Furis, M. F. Borunda, B. Saparov, Zero-dimensional broadband yellow light emitter (TMS)₃Cu₂I₅ (TMS = trimethylsulfonium) for latent fingerprint detection and solid-state lighting. ACS Appl. Mater. & Interfaces 2023, 15 (25), 30455-30468.
D. A. Popy, B. N. Evans, J. Jiang, T. D. Creason, D. Banerjee, L. M. Loftus, R. Pachter, D. T. Glatzhofer, B. Saparov, Intermolecular arrangement facilitated broadband blue emission in group-12 metal (Zn, Cd) hybrid halides and their applications. Mater. Today Chem. 2023, 30, 101502.
D. A. Popy, T. D. Creason, Z. Zhang, D. J. Singh, B. Saparov, Electronic structures and optical properties of (Ph4P)MX2 (M = Cu, Ag; X = Cl, Br). J. Solid State Chem. 2022, 316, 123626.
D. A. Popy, Metal mediated synthesis of 2-thiazolines: access to regio- and stereoselective N,S-heterocycles. ChemistrySelect. 2021, 6 (14), 3553-3562.

Presentations

D. A. Popy, B. Saparov, Greenish white to orange-red: Anion modulated near unity photoluminescence in interconvertible hybrid copper halides and their multimodal luminescent anti-counterfeiting and WLED applications, ACS SWRM Fall 2023 conference, OK, USA. November 2023 (Poster).
D. A. Popy, B. N. Evans, J. Jiang, T. D. Creason, D. Banerjee, L. M. Loftus, R. Pachter, D. T. Glatzhofer, B. Saparov, Intermolecular arrangement facilitated broadband blue emission in group-12 metal (Zn, Cd) hybrid halides and their applications. Oklahoma Photovoltaic Research Institute (OKPVRI) symposium, OK, USA. April 2023 (Oral).
D. A. Popy, B. Saparov, Structure-property relationships in new hybrid organic-inorganic copper and silver halides, ACS Fall 2022 conference, Chicago, IL, USA. August 2022.
D. A. Popy, B. Saparov, Structure-property relationships in (Ph4P)MX2 (M = Cu, Ag; X = Cl, Br), Oklahoma Photovoltaic Research Institute (OKPVRI) conference, OK, USA. April 2022.

Awards

DFCAS Graduate Research Fellowship, University of Oklahoma, USA January 2024
Jerry J. Zuckerman Scholarship award, University of Oklahoma, USA, May 2023
Robberson Travel Grant, University of Oklahoma, USA. October 2022.