The Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois
Inorganic Chemistry Seminar Abstracts, Fall 2003 - Spring 2004
Fall 2003
Literature Seminars
"Siderophores: New Understanding of Strong Metal Chelation"
Dewain K. Garner
"Hydrothermal Synthesis and Applications of Ceria-Based Oxides"
Crystal D. Goshorn
"Palladium Catalysts for the Synthesis of Carbon Monoxide-Alkene Copolymers"
Richard L. Jew
"Immobilized Olefin Metathesis Catalysts"
Won Hyuk Suh
"The Development of Gadolinium-Based Smart Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging"
Phillip I. Volkers
Final Defenses
"In Vitro Selection and Characterization of Transition Metal-Dependent DNAzymes and RNAzymes"
Peter John Bruesehoff
"Top Down Mass Spectrometry of Archaea and Human Tumor Cells"
Andrew J. Forbes
"Synthesis and Reactivity of Ruthenium (VI) and Osmium (VI) Nitrido and Imido Complexes"
Christopher Michael Lutz
"Chiral Organometallic Osmium (VI) Nitrido Complexes"
Douglas Hamilton Pool
Spring 2004
Final Defenses
"Biologically-Inspired Bimetallic Complexes for the Activation of Small Molecules"
Rachel C. Linck
"Investigating the Tyrosine-Histidine Linkage of the Cu8 Site of Cytochrome c Oxidase: Model Studies Utilizing a Zinc Imidazole-Phenol Containing Complex"
Russell P. Pesavento
"Solution-Based Deposition of Ultrathin Metal Oxide Films on Metal and Superconductor Surfaces"
Glenn Westwood
