The Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois
Inorganic Chemistry Seminar Abstracts, Fall 2005 - Spring 2006
Fall 2005
Literature Seminars
"Recent Advances in Transition Metal Sensitizers for Lanthanide NIR Emission"
Brian Bellott
"Pyrazolylborate Models of Zinc Enzymes"
Andrew C. Dunbar
"Renaissance of Imino Phosphorane and Phosphorimidate Chemistry"
Zachariah Heiden
"Biotemplates for Nanoparticle Synthesis"
Weichen Xu
Final Defenses
"Trispyrazolylborate and Tetramethylcyclopentadienyl Complexes of Osmium"
Paul W. Dickinson
"Modulation of the Coordination Environment and Redox Properties of Engineered CuA and Ferrocene Centers in Azurin"
Hee Jung Hwang
Spring 2006
Literature Seminars
"Recent Developments in the Synthesis of Cd Chalcogenide Nanoparticles"
Clinton King
Final Defenses
"Diferrous Structural and Functional Models of the Iron-only Hydrogenases"
Christine A. Boyke
"Exploring the Limits of Cavitation"
Stephen Day Hopkins
"Preparation, Properties, and Catalytic Activity of Fluorous Phosphine Substituted Transition Metal Carbonyl Complexes"
Thomas J. Malosh
"Colorimetric Sensor Array: Do I See What You Smell?"
Jennifer B. Ponder
