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Inorganic Faculty Research Interests

Inorganic Faculty Research Interests. Presentation to 2/C Chemistry Majors February 1, 2019. Assoc. Prof. Amy MacArthur. R esearch interests: development of inexpensive catalysts (Co, Cu, and Ni) to replace traditional, expensive Pd , Pt , Rh, and Ir catalysts

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Inorganic Faculty Research Interests

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  1. Inorganic FacultyResearch Interests Presentation to 2/C Chemistry Majors February 1, 2019

  2. Assoc. Prof. Amy MacArthur Research interests: • development of inexpensive catalysts (Co, Cu, and Ni) to replace traditional, expensivePd, 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 ArClCyanation of ArCl Cannon, K. A.; Geuther, M. E.; Kelly, C. K.; Lin, S.; MacArthur, A. H. R. Organometallics2011,30 (15), 4067-4073 Coughlin, M. M.; Kelly, C. K.; Lin, S.; MacArthur, A. H. R. Organometallics2013, 32 (12), 3537-3543 .

  3. Asst. Prof. Wesley S. Farrell Michelson 232; wfarrell@usna.edu catalyst + 2 • Olefin (alkene) metathesis • Powerful organic transformation • Precision, defect-free polymers • Current limitations • Electron-withdrawing substituents on olefinic carbon • 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 Trnka, T. M.; Grubbs, R. H. Acc. Chem. Res. 2001, 34, 18 – 29. Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2005 Nomura, K.; Hou, X. Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 12 – 24.

  4. 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

  5. Asst. Prof. Matthew Buck Michelson 232; mbuck@usna.edu • “The Problem” • Atmospheric CO2 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 CO2? 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 Science2019, 363, 129. to drive endothermic reactions like these! https://www.kaggle.com/c/leaf-classification Bawendi, M.G. et alNat. Mater. 2013, 12, 445.

  6. The Buck Laboratory: We Make Stuff. It’s Cool. Inorganic Materials Chemistry and Nanoscience Nanocrystal synthesis and metrology Nanocrystal surface chemistry QDs in hexane (CH3)3O+BF4- QDs in DMF Metal complex synthesis/electronic structure New nanocrystal-molecule hybrids R = H, nonyl, -COOH

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