Literature Seminars (Fall 2012)

Bipolar Electrochemistry of Inorganic Objects: Synthesis and Applications
-- Christopher Barile

Gold Hydride Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity
-- Geoffrey Chambers

Isolation of High Valent Iron Nitrides Stablized by Tripodal NHC Ligands
-- Wan-Yi “Amy” Chu

Transition Metal Rotaxanes Relevant to Molecular Machines
-- Maria LaGasse

Self-healing Supramolecular Metallopolymers
-- Jackie Rankin

The Oxo Wall Prevails: Investigations of an Example of Pathological Science
-- Brian B. Trinh

Room-Temperature Electrides: Discovery, Synthesis, and Applications
--Edmund Tse

Final Defenses (Fall 2012)

Investigation of the Surface-Electrolyte Interface of Semiconductors and Metals
-- Dennis Butcher

New Carbon-Nitrogen Bond-Forming Reactions of Palladium
-- Patrick Hanley

Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of Metal-Organic Frameworks
-- Lingjuan Shen

Applying Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry to Cellular and Model Membranes to Image Component Distribution and Quantify Composition
-- Robert Wilson

Bubbles and Crystals: Time-Resolved Sonoluminescence, Sonocrystallization, and Sonofragmentation
-- Brad Zeiger

Final Defenses (Spring 2013)

Small Molecule Mimics of Hydrogenases Enzymes: Synthesis, Protonation, and Electrocatalysis
-- Maria Carroll

The Effects of Ancillary Ligand Properties on the Reactions of Rhodium Diphosphine Alkoxo Alkene Complexes
-- Casseday Richers