Inorganic Faculty Research Interests Presentation to 2C Chemistry
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Inorganic Faculty Research Interests Presentation to 2/C Chemistry Majors February 1, 2019
Assoc. Prof. Amy Mac. Arthur Research interests: • development of inexpensive catalysts (Co, Cu, and Ni) to replace traditional, expensive Pd, Pt, Rh, and Ir catalysts • development of catalytic reactions with two catalysts operating simultaneously in solution (tandem catalysis) • collaboration with Professors Lin, Urban, Pearson Qualifies for biochem concentration! Hydrodehalogenation of Ar. Cl Cyanation of Ar. Cl Cannon, K. A. ; Geuther, M. E. ; Kelly, C. K. ; Lin, S. ; Mac. Arthur, A. H. R. Organometallics 2011, 30 (15), 4067 -4073 Coughlin, M. M. ; Kelly, C. K. ; Lin, S. ; Mac. Arthur, A. H. R. Organometallics 2013, 32 (12), 3537 -3543
Asst. Prof. Wesley S. Farrell Michelson 232; wfarrell@usna. edu • Olefin (alkene) metathesis + catalyst 2 • Powerful organic transformation • Precision, defect-free polymers • Current limitations • Electron-withdrawing substituents on olefinic carbon Trnka, T. M. ; Grubbs, R. H. Acc. Chem. Res. 2001, 34, 18 – 29. • Precision polymers with narrow molar mass distribution • Project will involve recently disclosed vanadium catalysts to… • Perform metathesis on traditionally unreactive substrates • Identify/purify products, scale up procedure • NMR, IR • Air-free synthetic methods • Synthesize monomers for precision polymer synthesis • NMR, size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) • Collaboration with polymer chemists at NIST Nomura, K. ; Hou, X. Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 12 – 24. Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2005
Assoc. Prof. Joseph F. Lomax • Collaboration with the National Gallery of Art Dr. Suzanne Q. Lomax A Project to Dye for Art Conservation Chemistry and Forensics Chemistry • 96 Commercial Dyes Investigating them using modern analysis • IR and Raman • MALDI • Reflectance Visible Spectroscopy • Potentially collaborating with Prof. Copper with Capillary Electrophoresis • Sampling Dyes from fabrics to determine origins? Sources? • Research project or Capstone
Asst. Prof. Matthew Buck Michelson 232; mbuck@usna. edu “The Problem” Atmospheric CO 2 emissions are causing rising global temperatures • • CLIMATE CHANGE EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS RISING SEA LEVELS DROUGHTS / FIRES THREATS TO FOOD AND WATER SUPPLY THREATS TO ECOSYSTEMS THREATS TO INFRASTRUCTURE “How do we reduce atmospheric CO 2? We need to learn how to use these… Semiconductor Nanocrystals aka “Quantum Dots” the same way Nature uses these… The ARGO Project Ocean temperatures are rising even faster than we thought to drive endothermic reactions like these! Science 2019, 363, 129. https: //www. kaggle. com/c/leaf-classification Bawendi, M. G. et al Nat. Mater. 2013, 12, 445. 5
The Buck Laboratory: We Make Stuff. It’s Cool. Inorganic Materials Chemistry and Nanoscience Nanocrystal synthesis and metrology Nanocrystal surface chemistry QDs in hexane (CH 3)3 O+BF 4 - QDs in DMF Metal complex synthesis/electronic structure R = H, nonyl, -COOH New nanocrystal-molecule hybrids
