Inorganic Seminar Abstracts, Fall 2008 - Spring 2009 / Chemistry at Illinois

Fall 2008

Literature Seminars

"Strategies to Improve Hydrogen Adsorption in Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)"
Dennis Butcher

"Superatoms"
Brad Zeiger

Final Defenses

"Exploiting Ligand Oxidation State: Cyanometallate Cages with Redox- Switchable Host/Guest Chemistry and Redox-Activation of Alkenes by Platinum Complexes with Non-innocent Ligands"
Julie L. Boyer

"Palladium-Copper-Polyvinylpyrrolidone Colloids: Catalysts and Catalyst Precursors for Nitrate Reduction and Related Reactions"
Kathryn A. Guy

"Small Molecule Activation Using Transfer Hydrogenation Catalysts"
Zachariah M. Heiden

Spring 2009

More Literature Seminars and Final Defenses will be added in the Spring 2009 semester. Please check back!