Fall 2003
Literature Seminars
Active Site Models for the Organometallic Enzyme Acetyl CoA Synthase (ACS): Nickel Carbonyl in Nature?
Rachel C. Linck
Synthesis and Reactivity ofRuthenium(VI) and Osmium(VI) Nitrido and Imido Complexes
Christopher Michael Lutz
The Development of Gadolinium-Based Smart Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Phillip I. Volkers
Chiral Organometallic Osmium(VI) Nitride Complexes
Douglas Hamilton Pool
Palladium Catalysts for the Synthesis of Carbon Monoxide-Alkene Copolymers
Richard L. Jew
Hydrothermal Synthesis and Applications of Ceria-Based Oxides
Crystal D. Goshorn
Siderophores: New Understanding of Strong Metal Chelation
Dewain K. Garner
Thin Films for Electrochromic Devices
Annabeth Ryder
Room Temperature Ionic Liquids for Polymer Synthesis
Sara E. Skrabalak
Surface Effects on Anchoring and Dynamical Interactions of Liquid Crystalline Films
Hye Jin Kwon
Immobilized Olefin Metathesis Catalysts
Won HyukSuh
Chemical Vapor Deposition of Diamond Films for Advanced Material Applications
Erin M. Brew
Robust Microporous Metalloporphyrin Framework Solids
Dennis William Smitbenry
Modular Synthesis of Porous Metal-Organic Framework
Zheng Ni
Plasmonics: Surface Plasmon Optics and Circuitry
Daryl P. Wernette
Recent Studies in Materials for Hydrogen Storage
Jong Ho Chung
Spring 2004
Literature Seminars
GaMnA.s and its Application Toward Spintronics
Keith Hurley
Use of High-Intensity Ultrasound for Synthesis and Modification of Advanced Materials
Tatiana Prozorov
Final Seminars
Biologically-Inspired Bimetallic Complexes for the Activation of Small Molecules
Rachel C. Linck
Decal Transfer Lithography
William R Childs
Formation of Porous Silicon Carbide and its Suitability as a Chemical and Temperature Detector
Tilghman Lee Rittenhouse
Investigating the Tyrosine-Histidine Linkage in the Cua Site of Cytochrome c Oxidase: Model Studies Utilizing a Zinc
Imidazole-Phenol Containing Complex
Russell P. Pesavento
Final Defense
Solution-Based Deposition of Ultra thin Metal Oxide Films on Metal and Superconductor Surfaces
Glenn Westwood