Inorganic Faculty with Research Interests Presentation to 2/c Chemistry Majors January 13, 2014

Assoc. Prof. Joseph F. Lomax Collaboration with the National Gallery of Art and Dr. Suzanne Q. Lomax Investigating modern organic pigments Raman and MALDI From standards understand works of art Research project Capstone projects based on Art Conservation Chemistry term papers Electronic Properties of Novel Materials ONR Funded Research on Capacitors Collaboration with Physic Department Improved dielectric properties Synthesis of new polymeric composite capacitors Investigation of analytical methods for Art Conservation Science Modification of inorganic/organic components Thermal and chemical measurement on materials

Assoc. Prof. William Heuer Overview: Synthetic inorganic chemistry. Preparation and study of metal complexes with interesting photophysical and redox properties. Characterization by NMR, IR, UV-Vis, Luminecence, MALDI-MS, Cyclic Voltammetry, X-Ray diffraction (with Prof. Pearson). Active projects: Synthesis and photophysical studies of transition metal complexes with extended  -diimmine-dithiolene ligands for solar cell applications. (Current student: 1/C Doyoung Lee) Synthesis and characterization of potentially luminescent heteroleptic Pt(II) oxyquinolate complexes. (Current student: 1/C Delano Martins)

Assoc. Prof. Wayne Pearson X-ray Crystallographic Studies of Inorganic Systems Possible Projects: (1)Applications of cryolite fluxes to crystal growth (2) Alternative methods of crystal growth and effects upon crystal quality (3) Modeling thermal motion in the solid state (4) Electron density determination using X-ray diffraction Current Students: 1/C Percival and 1/C Smith

CDR Doug Brown Overview: My Ph.D. research was dimolybdenum and ditungsten paddlewheel complexes. The goal of this work is to understand electron transfer processes such as metal-to-ligand charge transfer and electronic communication between dimetal centers when connected by an unconjugated bifunctional bridge. My post-Ph.D. research is the fabrication of nano-rods and particles to examine optical properties through laser spectroscopy. In addition, Ruthenium photo-sensitive complexes have been synthesized to examine their optical dynamics. My research interests are: 1)EXPLORE ALTERNATIVE SYNTHESIS OF INORGANIC COMPLEXES USING MICROWAVE RXN EQUIPMENT. 2)COPPER-CATALYZED REACTIONS OF ARYL HALIDES USING A CONCURRENT TANDEM CATALYTIC METHODOLOGY Current students: 1/C MacPherson and 1/C Thompson

Assoc. Prof. Amy MacArthur 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) Hydrodehalogenation of ArCl Cyanation of ArCl K. A. Cannon, M. E. Geuther, C. K. Kelly, S. Lin, and A. H. R. MacArthur Organometallics (15), M. M. Coughlin, C. K. Kelly, S. Lin, and A. H. R. MacArthur Organometallics (12), Qualifies for biochem concentration!