| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 15 May |
CG: Electron Transport in Single Molecules |
Lebo scrambles to finish two manuscripts and begs to be let off of group meeting. CG Reluctantly agrees |
| 22 May |
Bill Behof |
Literature: What makes this a JACS paper |
| 29 May |
Eric Tucker & Yun-Ho Kim |
Literature: How does the head group of a SAM affect the electronic coupling between it and the substrate? |
| 05 Jun |
Anil Sharma & Jenelle Willett |
Literature: Deriving electronic structure from optical absorption spectroscopy and electrochemistry |
| 12 Jun |
No Meeting |
CG Out of Town |
| 19 Jun |
No Meeting |
Meeting Cancelled |
| 26 Jun |
Lebo Xu & Xinfang Hu |
Literature: Recent developments in the synthesis of polymer brushes on surfaces and particles |
| 03 Jun |
Eric Tucker & Yun-Ho Kim |
Follow-Up: (1) How did Weiss draw that figure? What assumptions and data were used? (2) Thiols vs. isonitriles as binding groups |
| 10 Jul |
Everybody |
Email CG 2-3 slides that summarize a paper on direct writing |
| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 16 Jan |
Cancelled |
Bill and Molly are at the Solar Energy Research Conference |
| 23 Jan |
Bill Behof |
Oligomers, Polymers, Cyclization |
| 30 Jan |
James Williams |
Chapter 6. Replacement of Thiol and Isonitrile Ferrocene moieties into Isonitrile and thiol monolayers |
| 06 Feb |
Matthew Lewis |
Chapter III. Negative Differential Resistance (NDR)
|
| 13 Feb |
Eric Tucker |
Terminal Alkynes as an Ink or Background SAM in Replacement Lithography |
| 20 Feb |
Anil Sharma |
I. Dendritically Encapsulated, Water Soluble Fe4S4: Synthesis and Electrochemical Properties
II. Progress on the synthesis of o-amido dendron thiols |
| 27 Feb |
Yun-Ho Kim |
Progress on: Investigation of preformed vinyl carbenes as head groups for monolayers on gold |
| 06 Mar |
Lebo Xu |
Recent results on: Preparation of gradient poly (lactic acid) polymer brushes |
| 13 Mar |
Molly Brannock |
The pKa of cyanobenzyl arenes and how it relates to palladium-catalyzed couplings |
| 20 Mar |
Undergraduates (Jodie, Eugene, Declan, Bryan) |
Mini-talks: What I'm doing and why I'm doing it. |
| 27 Mar |
Jenelle Willett |
My first results -- In Cox 400 |
| 03 Apr |
Xinfang Hu |
My first results -- In Cox 400 |
| 10 Apr |
No Meeting |
CG Out of Town |
| 17 Apr |
Bill Behof & Molly Brannock |
Literature: Factors affecting palladium-mediated couplings -- what's the rate determining step? |
| 24 Apr |
Nano-Days 2-5 PM |
Students will give short presentations/demonstrations |
| 01 May |
Molly Brannock & Bill Behof |
(1) Four mechanistic studies on palladium-mediated couplings
|
| 08 May |
No Meeting |
Triangle Soft Matter Workshop |