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  • Erin Madden, Senior Capstone Seminar There is a discrepancy in the literature whether porous carbon electrodes store more electrochemical capacitance with a disordered or an ordered pore design.

    the reactions via IR and GC/MS showed only the presence of starting materials. 2:30 pm - A Look into Greener Chemistry: Modification of the Corey-Fuchs Reaction for the use of Palladium CatalystsMark Lindsey, Senior Capstone Seminar The Corey-Fuchs reaction is one of the most interesting reactions in organic synthesis world for it is a way to convert an aldehyde into an alkyne. However, the mechanism for this reaction involves the use of large amounts of triphenylphosphine and n-BuLi which are

  • Attending a chemistry program at a small liberal arts school...gave me post-graduation opportunities!

    Chemistry Dean Waldow, Ph.D. Andrea Munro, Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry Andrea Munro, Ph.D. Materials & Polymer Chemistry Andrea Munro, Ph.D. Dean Waldow, Ph.D. Organic Synthesis Dean Waldow, Ph.D. Neal Yakelis, Ph.D. Chemistry students at PLU get hands-on experience using our suite of modern research-grade instruments, including: 500 MHz Fourier-transform nuclear magnetic resonance (FT NMR) spectrometer atomic force microscope (AFM) gas chromatography / mass spectroscometer (GC/MS) high-performance liquid

  • Ann E. Buchholz, Senior Capstone Seminar The Nipah virus belongs to the family henipaviridae, a class of deadly zoonotic agents, isolated mainly from fruit bats in Asia and Indonesia.

    leading to tumor growth and cancer development. N-R The Synthesis of Single Ion Conducting Solid Polymer Electrolytes Based on Oxanorbornene Dicarboximide Backbone with Different Sidechains Via Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization and Click Chemistry Phuc N. Phan, Senior Capstone Seminar   The current organic electrolytes in lithium batteries can pose safety concerns due to their volatile and flammable properties. The dendrite formation can form between the electrodes causing the battery to fail

  • Emily Struck ’23 made the most of her chemistry major at PLU, conducting individualized research with professors and tutoring other students on campus. As she takes her next step in the fall pursuing a Ph.D. in organic chemistry at Purdue University, Struck reflects on her…

    Emily Struck ’23 reflects on her time at PLU, captivated by chemistry and research Posted by: nicolacs / May 5, 2023 Image: Image: Emily Struck ’23 (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) May 5, 2023 By By Grant HaskinsPLU Marketing & Communications Student WriterEmily Struck ’23 made the most of her chemistry major at PLU, conducting individualized research with professors and tutoring other students on campus. As she takes her next step in the fall pursuing a Ph.D. in organic chemistry at Purdue University

  • Emily Struck ’23 made the most of her chemistry major at PLU, conducting individualized research with professors and tutoring other students on campus. As she takes her next step in the fall pursuing a Ph.D. in organic chemistry at Purdue University, Struck reflects on her…

    Emily Struck ’23 reflects on her time at PLU, captivated by chemistry and research Posted by: Zach Powers / May 5, 2023 Image: Emily Struck ’23 (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) May 5, 2023 By Grant HaskinsPLU Marketing & Communications Student WriterEmily Struck ’23 made the most of her chemistry major at PLU, conducting individualized research with professors and tutoring other students on campus. As she takes her next step in the fall pursuing a Ph.D. in organic chemistry at Purdue University, Struck

  • Audrey Borloz ’24, Fani del Toro ’24, Aidan Donnelly ’25, Grady Lemma ’25, and Angela Rodriguez Hinojosa ’24  spent the summer  focused on synthesizing organic compounds called antenna ligands for lanthanide ions. When these molecules interact with specific ions like europium(III) or terbium(III), they exhibit…

    PLU researchers shine light on RNA activities Professor of chemistry Neal Yakelis works with five summer research students to gain a deeper comprehension of RNA and its intricate workings within the realm of cells. Posted by: nicolacs / November 8, 2023 Image: Professor of chemistry Neal Yakelis leads his students in summer research in the Rieke Science Center at PLU. The team employed advanced organic chemical synthesis methods and characterization techniques. These include NMR spectroscopy

  • Audrey Borloz ’24, Fani del Toro ’24, Aidan Donnelly ’25, Grady Lemma ’25, and Angela Rodriguez Hinojosa ’24 spent the summer focused on synthesizing organic compounds called antenna ligands for lanthanide ions. When these molecules interact with specific ions like europium(III) or terbium(III), they exhibit…

    PLU researchers shine light on RNA activities Professor of chemistry Neal Yakelis works with five summer research students to gain a deeper comprehension of RNA and its intricate workings within the realm of cells. Posted by: mhines / November 8, 2023 Image: Professor of chemistry Neal Yakelis leads his students in summer research in the Rieke Science Center at PLU. The team employed advanced organic chemical synthesis methods and characterization techniques. These include NMR spectroscopy

  • Dr. Timothy M. Swager (MIT Website) John D. MacArthur Professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology B.Sc. 1983, Montana State University-Bozeman Ph.D. 1988, California Institute of Technology

    Program Speakers: Colin Nuckolls, Columbia Un., “From Molecules to Materials” Malika Jeffries-EL, Boston Un., “Tuning the Properties of Organic Semiconductors via Atomic Engineering” William Dichtel, Northwestern Un., “The Designed Synthesis of Molecular Materials: Inspiration from Tim Swager” Pauling Medalist:  Timothy Swager, MIT,  “Molecular Electronics for Chemical Sensors” Colin Nuckolls Malika Jeffries-EL William Dichtel Pauling Medalist: Timothy Swager Reception and Poster SessionUndergraduate

  • Sukhbir Randhawa, Senior Capstone Seminar Many different factors cause DNA damage in cells. UV radiation is one of the major factors; if a cell's DNA repair system does not keep repairing the

    applications. Molecules called ligands bind to the surface of nanocrystals during their synthesis. Previous studies have demonstrated that these ligands can be exchanged, resulting in an alteration of nanocrystal characteristics—one of which being photoluminescence (PL) intensity. We synthesized both colloidal CdSe nanocrystals and nanobelts then exchanged their surface ligands with pyridine and dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP). This enabled us to look at whether ligands have similar effects on nanocrystal PL

  • Rodion A. Zhuravlev, Senior Capstone Seminar Solid polymer electrolytes are a safer alternative to the current electrolytes found in lithium-ion batteries.

    , these metal nanoclusters have been getting more attention where gold nanoclusters have a stable base to be applied for practical applications. Silver nanoclusters, however mimic gold nanoclusters in terms of color, absorbance, and fluorescence. We follow a ligand exchange synthesis of [Ag25(SPhMe2)18]– where we see absorbance at 485 nm and fluorescence at 820 nm similar to the literature.2 From there we study the luminescence of [Ag25(SPhMe2)18]– with organic soluble thiols with 11-octadecanthiol