Materials Chemistry Seminar Abstracts, Fall 2006 - Spring 2007 / Chemistry at Illinois

Fall 2006

Literature Seminars

"Molecular Sensing with Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes"
Alfred J. Baca

"Synthesis of Nanoscale Materials Using Organogels"
Andrew S. Campbell

"Switchable Surfaces: Superhydrophilic to Superhydrophobic"
Jeremy Hatch

"Microwave Synthesis of Inorganic Materials"
Richard J. Helmich

"Recent Advances in Thermoelectric Materials"
Matthew Thorum

Final Defenses

"Porous Materials Prepared by Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis"
Sara E. Skrabalak

"A Colorimetric Sensor Array for Aqueous Analyses"
Chen Zhang

Spring 2007

Literature Seminars

"Nanostructured Photovoltaic Materials for Enhanced Device Performance"
Audrey M. Bowen

"Photoresponsive Liquid Crystalline Elastomers"
Joshua A. Ritchey

"Hydrogenase Models and Studies Based on Iron Carbonyl Chelate Complexes"
Phillip I. Volkers

Final Defenses

"Synthesis of hydroborate compounds as potential chemical vapor deposition precursors and their use for the growth of magnesium diboride thin films"
Do Young Kim

"Metal-Organic Frameworks: Their Microwave Synthesis and Applications as Adsorbents for Preconcentration"
Zheng Ni

"Immobilization of a Catalytic DNA for Advanced Materials and Sensors"
Daryl Paul Wernette