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An Old Plastic with a New Structure: Nanoporous Linear Polyethylene
New strategies to functionalize this ubiquitous plastic are continually sought to improve the applicability to more technologically advanced products.
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16 April 2010 |
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Prof Truhlar
elected chair of APS division Don Truhlar has been elected as a future chairperson of the Chemical Physics Division of the American Physical Society. In 2011 he becomes Chair-Elect, and in 2012 he becomes Chair. |
16 March 2010 |
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Prof Hillmyer
selected as McKnight Professor Prof. Marc Hillmyer has been selected as a recipient of the University of Minnesota's special mid-career faculty award, the Distinguished McKnight University Professorship. Read more. |
09 March 2010 |
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Profs. Blank and Siepmann recognized with outstanding teaching awards Congratulations to two of our faculty who have been chosen to receive prestigious awards for their contributions to education. Read More. |
26 February 2010 |
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Chemistry Alum
receives Giddings Award Congratulations to an esteemed alum from the department, Lawrence Potts (Professor at Gustavus Adolphus for 40+ yrs), who has just received the Giddings Award for Excellence in Education. |
18 February 2010 |
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Prof. Haynes selected as an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow This is an extraordinarily competitive award, involving nominations from the US and Canada, to recognize the achievements of scholars in science, mathematics, economics and computer science. |
17 February 2010 |
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How many atoms
can Th coordinate? Both the X-ray and neutron diffraction results show that thorium forms bonds with fifteen hydrogen atoms; accordingly, this is the first crystallographically characterized complex with a Werner coordination number of 15. Read More |
12 February 2010 |
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Online Chemistry course featured by University News Service Dr. Michelle Driessen's new online course in introductory chemistry was recently featured in an article for the UMN home page. Read More |
09 February 2010 |
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UMN Chemistry Alumni & Friends Breakfast Meeting If you are planning to attend the Spring 2010 ACS National Meeting in San Francisco, CA, please join us for the U of MN Chemistry Alumni & Friends Breakfast! Read More |
10 February 2010 |
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Nobel Laureate Prof. Robert Grubbs to present Honeywell Nobel
Initiative Lecture The Department of Chemistry is pleased to host to our second Honeywell Nobel Initiative Lecture, March 2-3, 2010. Read More |
09 February 2010 |
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Oriented Aggregation: Formation and Transformation of Mesocrystal Intermediates Revealed Oriented aggregation is a special case of aggregation in which nanocrystals self-assemble and form new secondary single crystals. Read More |
01 February 2010 |
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Simulations
of an RNA Enzyme Molecular Switch Recently, researchers have used large scale molecular dynamics simulations to reveal the dynamical hinge points of the L1 ligase all-RNA synthetic molecular switch. Read More |
22 January 2010 |
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Micro Free Flow Electrophoresis Analysis of Mitochondria This technique is well suited for microscale preparative separations allowing further analysis of mitochondria sub-populations. Read More |
20 January 2010 |
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Inventive Women: Portraits of Scientists and Engineers at the U of M A photography exhibit featuring women faculty in IT at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul, featuring chemistry Professors Gagliardi, Haynes, Lu, and Penn. Read More |
14 January 2010 |
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Voltammetry at the Ultimate Limit of Low Polarity
The Buhlmann groups reports the first example of electrochemistry with a
fluorous solvent. |
08 January 2010 |
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Off-target (side
effects) drug effects identified by computational techniques
and confirmed by experimental methods The Distefano lab has investigated the off-target inhibition of protein farnesyltransferase (PFTase) by commercial drugs. Read More |
29 December 2009 |
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Prof Hillmyer named Fellow to AAAS Marc A. Hillmyer: for outstanding contributions to the field of biorenewable polymers, particularly for using block copolymers to control properties and structure on the nanoscale. Read more. |
23 December 2009 |
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2009 Chemistry Newsletter Evidence for the health and vitality of the department is plentiful in this issue of ChemNews, which features items on recent student and faculty awards, research, education innovation, and alumni achievements. Read More |
18 December 2009 |
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Mechanism of Water Oxidation for the Ru-Hbpp Catalyst This water oxidation step is the key bottleneck currently associated with the development of commercial light harvesting devices for the photo-production of H2 from water. Read More |
01 December 2009 |
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Department of
Chemistry is ranked 15th in US The 2009 Academic Rating of World Universities in Chemistry has placed the University of Minnesota Department of Chemistry as 22nd in the world, 15th in the U.S., and 3rd in the Big Ten. Read More |
29 November 2009 |
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Prof. Douglas
chosen "Journal Awardee" Congratulations to Prof Chris Douglas! Synlett and Synthesis has chosen him as a "Journal Awardee" in 2010. Individuals are defined as promising young professors at the beginning of their career. |
25 November 2009 |
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Prof. Truhlar awarded honorary degree Congratulations to Professor Don Truhlar, who has been awarded an honorary degree ("Doctor honoris causa") from the Technical University of Lodz, Poland. The degree will be conferred at a formal ceremony in Lodz in the spring, 2010. |
16 November 2009 |
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Temperature-dependent phase transition observed between polymorphic crystals Victor Young, Chemistry's X-ray Facility Director is featured on the cover Crystal Structure Communications Publication. Read More |
05 November 2009 |
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A New Paradigm for Biomolecular Simulations Our research will focus on developing a novel computational approach that represents a paradigm change in the way intermolecular interactions are described Read More |
02 November 2009 |
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Recipients of Department Professorships.
Congratulations to professors Hoye, Cramer, and Gao, the newest recipients of named Chemistry Department Professorships. |
15 October 2009 |
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Green Chemistry
at the U of MN Highlighted on Minnesota Public Radio Jane Wissinger, Director of Organic Laboratories, hightlighted the important safety and energy benefits that can be gleaned from moving chemical synthesis in a Green direction. Read More |
05 October 2009 |
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Prof. Carr
awarded the Martin Medal
Please join me in congratulating Prof. Pete Carr, who was just awarded the Martin Medal by the Chromatographic Society in the UK. |
05 September 2009 |
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A human diiron enzyme that controls cell growth A non-heme diiron active site has been demonstrated for DOHH, a human enzyme involved in regulating cell proliferation. Read More |
27 August 2009 |
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Prof. York edits new book "Multi-scale Quantum Models for Biocatalysis: Modern Techniques and Applications", edited by Darrin York and Tai-Sung Lee, explores various molecular modelling ... Read More |
24 August 2009 |
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Prof. Lodge
receives ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry Congratulations to Professor Timothy P. Lodge on being selected to receive the ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry. Read More |
15 August 2009 |
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Prof. Tolman named chair of Department of Chemistry Professor William Tolman has been named chair of the Department of Chemistry succeeding Professor Jeffrey Roberts. Read More |
07 August 2009 |
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Stringing up nanobeads
Spherical colloids with diameters of a few hundred nanometers are useful building blocks for self-assembly into functional structures. |
29 July 2009 |
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Prof. Truhlar, Prof. Crawford and two alumni named ACS Fellows. Congratulations to Regents Prof Don Truhlar and Prof Emeritus Bryce Crawford who have been selected as Fellows of the American Chemical Society. Read More |
24 July 2009 |
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Intermediates in Reactions of Copper(I) Complexes with N-Oxides In a paper featured on the cover of the Inorganic Chemistry, the Tolman group reports new results of the reactions of copper(I) complexes... Read More |
23 July 2009 |
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Prof. Massari
receives NSF CAREER Award Aaron Massari has received a CAREER Award from the NSF to support his research employing 2D-IR VES to understand how the molecular motions within conducting polymers... Read More |
15 July 2009 |
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Prof. Truhlar awarded 2009 Herschbach Medal
Don Truhlar received the medal at the Conference on the Dynamics of Molecular Collisions "for bold and architectural work, inspiring and empowering..." |
13 July 2009 |
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UMN Chemistry Alumni & Friends Breakfast Meeting If you are planning to attend the Fall 2009 ACS National Meeting in Washington DC, join us for the U of MN Chemistry Breakfast Meeting. Read More |
25 June 2009 |
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Prof. Que Named
Regents Professor Lawrence Que has been named a Regents Professor by the University's Board of Regents. The designation is the highest level of recognition given to faculty by the university. Read More |
17 June 2009 |
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Making Modern Materials
by the Metathesis Manipulation of a Monoterpene The research teams recently demonstrated the controlled polymerization of a cyclic diene prepared from the ring-closing metathesis (RCM) reaction of myrcene... Read More. |
29 May 2009 |
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Crystal structure
of octabromoditechnetate and a study of
the quadruply bonded dimers
Understanding the properties of compounds that contain metal-metal bonds is fundamental to...
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22 May 2009 |
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More Consistent van der Waals Radii
Theoretical method yields atomic radii for all the main-group elements, a benefit for molecular modeling.
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17 May 2009 |
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Former IT
Dean H. Ted Davis passes away
H. Ted Davis, a U of MN Regents professor of chemical engineering and materials
science and former dean of the University's Institute of Technology, died
suddenly on May 17, 2009. |
30 Apr 2009 |
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'U' launches
Center for Sustainable Polymers The U of MN has launched the Center for Sustainable Polymers aimed at developing a new generation of environment-friendly products with Prof. Marc Hillmyer as Director. Read More. |
28 Apr 2009 |
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Prof. Truhlar
Elected to NAS Don Truhlar has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences and is one of 72 new members and 18 foreign associates to be recognized for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Read More |
28 Apr 2009 |
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Prof. Haynes
named Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Christy Haynes has been named a 2009 Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar which recognizes Christy's considerable body of scientific accomplishments and her dedication to education in the chemical sciences. |
24 Apr 2009 |
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A Structural Resolution Cryo-TEM Study of the Early Stages of MFI Growth A cryo-TEM study on precursor sols prior to and during the early stages of MFI formation. Cryo-TEM images with structural resolution yielded new insights in MFI growth... Read More. |
16 Apr 2009 |
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Prof. Blank
receives IREE's 2009 seed grant
The U of MN's Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment selected David Blank's project "Next Generation Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells" |
14 Apr 2009 |
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Breaking Strong C-H and O-H Bonds with a Diiron(IV) Complex Electrochemical generation of a (μ-oxo)diiron(IV) complex making this the highest Fe potential experimentally determined to date. Read More. |
07 Apr 2009 |
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Prof. Truhlar
named a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry This honor recognizes Don's many "contributions to the advancement of chemical science." |
30 Mar 2009 |
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Prof. Penn receives
Taylor/ITAS Award for Distinguished Teaching The Taylor/ITAS for Distinguished Teaching was established to recognize outstanding contributions to undergraduate or graduate teaching. |
25 Mar 2009 |
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Chemistry alumnus
receives Myser Award
Prof. Gina Mancini-Samuelson, chair of the Chemistry Department
at the College of St Catherine's, received her PhD from the U of MN in 1996;
her advisor was Marian Stankovich. |
19 Mar 2009 |
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Prof. Leopold receives Morse Alumni Award Doreen Leopold received a 2009 Horace T. Morse U of MN Alumni Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergrad Education. With this award, Doreen will be inducted into the University's Academy of Distinguished Teachers. |
2 Mar 2009 |
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Manipulating Crystal Orientation in Nanopores Investigators at the U of MN's and NYU's MRSEC have reported the growth of glycine nanocrystals inside aligned cylindrical nanopores of a polymer monolith... Read more |
17 Feb 2009 |
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Reduction of Nitrous Oxide to Dinitrogen by
a Mixed Valent Tricopper-Disulfido Cluster The greenhouse gas N2O is converted to N2 under mild conditions by μ-sulfido-tetracopper Read more |
10 Feb 2009 |
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Shape-Selective C–H Oxidation
Mimicking a unique feature of an enzyme active site
with a simple model complex. |
15 Jan 2009 |
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Bio-inspired iron-catalyzed cis-dihydroxylation of an arene This research effort is aimed at developing oxidation catalysts with economical and environmentally friendly metal centers. Read More. |
22 Dec 2008 |
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Sheep in Wolves Clothing: T-Cell Decoys from Nanoparticles The research team of Prof. Andrew Taton was recently highlighted in the IT's "Inventing Tomorrow" publication for their work toward a cancer vaccine based on nanoparticles. Read more. |
19 Dec 2008 |
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Prof. Lodge
receives 2008 AAAS Fellowship American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellowship awarded "for distinguished contributions to the field of polymer science, especially in polymer dynamics and in the phase behavior of block copolymers." |
11 Dec 2008 |
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Prof. Penn awarded
McKnight Fellowship Lee Penn who has been named a McKnight Presidential Fellow of the University of Minnesota. McKnight Presidential Fellowships are awarded to the University's most promising faculty upon tenure and promotion to associate professor. |
21 Nov 2008 |
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Thermoreversible Micelle Shuttle Between an Ionic Liquid and Water This "micelle shuttle" should enable the facile delivery or extraction of non-polar reagents to or from an ionic liquid reaction medium Read more. |
21 Nov 2008 |
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Department of
Chemistry Fall 2008 Newsletter The leaves are changing, the U's parking ramps are full, with and Kolthoff Halls are packed with newly arrived chemistry majors and graduate students. This fall's newsletter is full of news. Read More. |
19 Nov 2008 |
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Multi-photon Ionization of Neat Solvents Yields Neat Results A team of University researchers has demonstrated the unique behavior of isooctane when it is photoionized by multiple photons. Read More. |
5 Nov 2008 |
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One monomer, two polymers This new material could be useful applications that require higher thermal stability than that offered by PLA. Read more. |
7 Oct 2008 |
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Prof K. Leopold
receives IT's Taylor Distinguished
Professorship These Taylor Professorships were created to encourage and recognize the college's best and most dedicated undergraduate educators. |
22 Sept 2008 |
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Prof. Haynes
receives $1.5 million NIH New Innovator Award
She is the first U of MN faculty to win this award for her research
to build a cell-by-cell human immune system to identify therapeutic approaches
for treating allergic reactions and asthma. Read
more. |
20 Sept 2008 |
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Chemistry Outreach
program in the News Outreach coordinator Professor Ken Leopold and Eric Olson are featured in KARE11 news video about the Science and Math Fun Fair. Read more. |
10 Sept 2008 |
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CEMS/Chem student receives prestigious award Apollo 15 Astronaut Col. Al Worden presented senior Andrew Jones with a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF). News articles: MNDaily and UMNnews release. |
9 Sept 2008 |
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Professor Pete Carr to receive the 2009 ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry. It recognizes outstanding contributions to the science of analytical chemistry, pure or applied, carried out in the United States or Canada. |
6 Sept 2008 |
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Chemistry Professor's
research featured in two
U of MN research bulletins Professor Darrin York's research is featured in the MSI's summer research bulletin and BICB's summer/spring research bulletin. |
4 Sept 2008 |
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Outstanding Graduate TA Awards The winners of the Wayland E. Noland and Robert L. Ferm Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant awards for the 2007-2008 Academic Year are Susan Brown and Yu-Shen Lin. Read more. |
1 Sept 2008 |
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Does Electrospray Ionization Produce Gas-Phase or Liquid-Phase Structures? Professor Steven Kass, Chemistry, U of MN was recently featured in an C&E article, "Mass Spec Ion Structure Controlled By Solvent Effects" Read more. |
20 August 2008 |
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Cell Penetrating Peptides Currently researchers in the Distefano lab have discovered other interesting properties of prenylated molecules. Read more. |
04 August 2008 |
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Chemistry Profs in the News Check out the article on the toxicological properties (or lack thereof) of nanoparticles in the Star Tribune. Andy Taton and Christy Haynes are quoted extensively. Read more. |
31 July 2008 |
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Electrochemical Eavesdropping: Listening to a Single Cell The Haynes group has used an analytical chemistry technique, to characterize chemical messenger secretion from individual blood platelets. Read more |
25 July 2008 |
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Regent's Prof
Truhlar receive Herschbach Award Don Truhlar receive the 2009 Dudley R. Herschbach Award for Excellence in Research in Collision Dynamics. The award recognizes work that is "bold and architectural... inspiring and empowering." |
10 July 2008 |
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Methyl Anion
Dethroned as the Most Basic Species After decades as the champion of proton acceptors, the methyl anion is finally playing second fiddle to the gas-phase lithium monoxide anion. Read more. |
25 June 2008 |
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Highly
Selective Receptor-Based Chemical Sensors With Picomolar Detection Limits Ion-selective electrodes based on receptor-doped polymeric membranes are routinely used for well over a billion measurements per year. Read more. |
10 June 2008 |
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Fe/Mn Swap in Dioxygenase Active Sites Profs. Que/Lipscomb report an observation that the metal centers of a pair of iron- and manganese- dependent dioxygenases can be swapped without affecting the catalytic parameters... Read more. |
04 June 2008 |
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30 Billion Pounds and Counting Professor Hillmyer's research is highlighted in Inventing Tomorrow, a publication of the Institute of Technology. Follow link for an expanded article. Read more. |
28 May 2008 |
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Extreme Separations Research from the lab of Prof. Peter Carr was recently featured in the April 28, 2008 cover story of C&E News about exciting new approaches to liquid chromatography. Read more. |
14 May 2008 |
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Fluidic and air-stable supported lipid bilayer and cell-mimicking microarrays As drug delivery, therapy, and medical imaging are becoming increasingly cell-specific, there is a critical need for high fidelity... Read more. |
21 April 2008 |
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Solvent Structure and Ribozyme Catalysis
Cover Story in Chemistry & Biology, from the group of Prof. William Scott (UC
Santa Cruz) in collaboration with Prof. Darrin York (UMN)
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02 April 2008 |
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What makes a mineral? In this article, the authors review how many nanominerals and mineral nanoparticles have properties that are size dependent within the nanoscale size range. ... Read more. |
31 March 2008 |
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David Blank
received Charles E. Bowers Award The Charles E. Bowers Faculty Teaching Award recognizes an outstanding IT professor who has demonstrated exceptional interest and commitment to teaching. Read more. |
26 March 2008 |
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Interaction of Nanoparticles with Biological Cells Nanoscale materials are facilitating novel biomedical applications in the areas of therapeutics and assay development. Read more. |
06 March 2008 |
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Andreas Stein selected as Distinguished McKnight University Professorship. The Distinguished McKnight Professorship is the University of Minnesota's special mid-career faculty award. Read more. |
03 March 2008 |
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Force Fields for Complex Reactions Combined quantum mechanical and molecular mechanical (QM/MM) methods have provided powerful means for studying chemical reactions in condensed phases such as... Read more. |
29 February 2008 |
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Kris McNeill
receives Horace T. Morse Award Horace T. Morse Alumni Awards for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education. With this award, Kris will be inducted into the University's Academy of Distinguished Teachers. Read more. |
25 February 2008 |
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Glimpses into the mechanisms of RNA catalysis revealed by molecular simulations An area of intense experimental and theoretical research effort has been concentrated on elucidating how RNA molecules are ... Read more. |
12 February 2008 |
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Understanding Retention in Reversed-Phase Liquid Chromatography Using efficient Monte Carlo algorithms and accurate force fields, the Siepmann group has elucidated the molecular-level details of retention in... Read more. |
15 January 2008 |
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Lee Penn receives
Taylor Career Development Award The Taylor Career Development Award recognizes exceptional contributions to teaching by a candidate for tenure during the probationary period. Read more. |
27 December 2007 |
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The first
synthetic complex with a FeIV2(μ-O)2 diamond core Larry Que reports the characterization of the first example of a synthetic diiron(IV) complex with an Fe2(μ-O)2 diamond core. Read more. |
13 December 2007 |
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Tough Nanoporous Membranes with a 3-D pore structure
Controlled fabrication of nanoporous polymer membranes has attracted growing interest due to their applicability as... Read More |
3 December 2007 |
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Fan Li receives
Graduate Student Silver Award Fan Li, a Ph.D. student in Professor Andreas Stein's research group received a Graduate Student Silver Award at the Fall 2007 Meeting of the Materials Research Society Read more. |
28 November 2007 |
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Storable Sources of Atomic Fe-, Nb-, Ta- and other Wonders of Transition Metal Chemistry Unprecedented polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon stabilized sources of atomic Fe-, Nb-, and Ta- provide the first well-defined homoleptic 1,3-butadienemetalates. Read more. |
15 November 2007 |
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Up in the air
Silicon nanoparticles have many potential applications, for instance in photovoltaic cells.
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7 November 2007 |
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A Copper-Oxo Intermediate from O2? Understanding the properties of synthetic copper-oxygen intermediates is important for evaluating mechanisms of oxidation by enzymes and other catalyst. Read more. |
1 November 2007 |
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FeV=O in
Bio-inspired Olefin Epoxidation Catalysis. Nearly quantitative conversion of cyclooctene to its epoxide (200 turnovers) can be obtained within one minute... Read more. |
26 October 2007 |
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Jeff Roberts elected as AAAS Fellow
Jeffrey T. Roberts has been awarded the distinction of AAAS Fellow. Election as a Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. Read More |
22 October 2007 |
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Playing Rubik's Cube with Nanoparticles Colloidal crystals are of great interest in the growing field of photonics, where they may be used to manipulate the propagation or emission of light. Read more. |
3 October 2007 |
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Green Thermoplastic Elastomers The development of new polymeric materials from renewable resources is gaining considerable attention. These materials can act as environmentally friendly... Read more. |
27 September 2007 |
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IT to host Nobel
Laureate Dr. Roderick MacKinnon is the featured Nobel laureate for the Honeywell-Nobel Initiative event on October 1-2 at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Read more. |
25 September 2007 |
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Nanocrystal Growth by Oriented Aggregation Oriented aggregation is an important, nonclassical crystal growth mechanism by which nanocrystals grow... Read more. |
12 September 2007 |
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Peeking inside
an organic transistor Charge transport at or across interfaces is central to the operation of a wide variety of molecule-based devices... Read more. |
7 September 2007 |
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Edgar Arriaga
awarded Fesler-Lampert Chair
Created in 1999 with support from Graduate School and the generosity of David and Elizabeth Fesler. The chair funds researchers and scholars who are conducting research in a project related to the subject of aging. |
7 September 2007 |
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Transforming a pollutant from bad to worse Recent research by graduate student Jeff Buth shows that chlorination of a commonly used heartburn drug found in wastewater leads to unexpected products. Read more. |
30 August 2007 |
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Analysis of
subcellular structures isolated from single cells In order to maintain cellular function, subcellular structures (organelles) have a complex organization... Read more. |
22 August 2007 |
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Lawrence Que is awarded the 2008 Alfred Bader Award The Bader Award recognizes significant accomplishments that are at the interface between biology and organic or inorganic chemistry. Read more. |
14 August 2007 |
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New Chemistry
Faculty Member: Andrew Harned Research in our lab focuses on devising new methods for the stereoselective synthesis of carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bonds Read more. |
8 August 2007 |
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Photoionization
of Isooctane and n-Octane in Intense Laser Fields
Effect of Irradiance on Ionization Rates |
7 August 2007 |
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New Chemistry
Faculty Member: Valerie Pierre Our group studies the role of metal ions in biological systems and design metal complexes as biological and medical probes. Read more. |
31 July 2007 |
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New Chemistry
Faculty Member: Christopher Douglas Research in our group focuses on the development of new synthetic methods and on finding solutions to a variety of synthesis problems. Read more. |
24 July 2007 |
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Computer Simulations Show that the Hydrogen Radical Transfer Reaction Catalyzed by Methylmalonyl-CoA Mutase and Coenzyme... Read more. |
13 July 2007 |
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Watching an electron digging its own
grave in two-dimensions Injecting an electron into a crystalline solid of many materials can induce local distortion of the lattice... Read more. |
30 June 2007 |
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Transition
state analysis of the chemical and enzymatic prenylation reactions. The observation that inhibition of Ras farnesylation arrests the growth of tumor cells... Read more. |
25 June 2007 |
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University Community
Saddened by Death of Professor Marian Stankovich The Department of Chemistry and the University community was saddened to learn of the death of Professor Marian Stankovich on Tuesday, June 19, 2007. Read more. |
8 June 2007 |
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A nano-tumbleweed
Tumbleweeds grow in the Spring
and Summer and break away from their roots in Autumn "tumbling" in the desert... |
24 May 2007 |
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Receptor-Based Chemical
Sensors With Three-Dimensionally Ordered Macroporous Carbon Contacts
Recent Research from Professor Philippe Buhlmann |
9 May 2007 |
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Chemistry Alum wins Graduate School Award Please join us in congratulating Nate Schultz, who is the 2007 winner of the University of Minnesota Graduate School’s “Best Dissertation Award” in the Physical Sciences and Engineering. |
16 April 2007 |
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Correlated ultrafast exciton relaxation in conducting polymers Poly-3-hexylthiophene, or P3HT, is one of the most commonly used organic conductors in opto-electronic research. Read more. |
4 April 2007 |
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Prof.
Hillmyer receives Taylor award Marc Hillmyer has been awarded a George Taylor Award for Distinguished Research from the Institute of Technology. Established in 1982, the Taylor Award recognizes younger faculty members who have shown outstanding ability in research. Read more. |
27 March 2007 |
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Leopold
group research featured in C&E News U of M Chemistry professor Doreen Leopold and current and former group members Steve Miller, Tim Marcy and Evan Millam have established that ethylene is cyclized to benzene by gas-phase niobium. Read more. |
26 March 2007 |
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Low-Flow Fume Hood Safety Presentation Orientation to Proper Use of Your Kewaunee Dynamic Barrier
Low-Flow Fume Hood |
28 February 2007 |
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Quantum Chemical Characterization
of the Bonding of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes to Cp2MI Compounds
M = Ce(III), U(III) Professor Christopher Cramer Read more. |
28 February 2007 |
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Chemistry Professor awarded Alumni Award Please join me in congratulating Tom Hoye, who has is to receive one of this year's Horace T. Morse-University of Minnesota Alumni Awards for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education. With this award, Tom will be inducted into the University's Academy of Distinguished Teachers. Read More. |
13 February 2007 |
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Chemistry Alum awarded the Grainger Prize We are pleased to announce that Prof. Abul Hussam, has been awarded the Grainger Challenge Prize Gold Award... Read more. |
2 February 2007 |
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Great Lakes Regressors win Best-in-Show Award We are pleased to announce that U of M chemistry graduate students Jake Rafferty and Neeraj Rai, Professor Ilja Siepmann... Read more. |
19 January 2007 |
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Insight into the role of Mg(II) in hammerhead ribozyme catalysis
from X-ray crystallography and molecular dynamics simulation
The hammerhead ribozyme is an archetype system
to study RNA catalysis.
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9 January 2007 |
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2007
McKnight Land-Grant Professorship awarded to Dr. Christy
Haynes The winners were chosen for their potential for important contribution to their field; the degree to which past achievements and current ideas demonstrate originality, imagination, and innovation; the potential for attracting outstanding students; and the significance of the research. Read more. |
3 January 2007 |
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Molding Porous Nanoparticles Within the last few years, nanoparticles have transitioned from scientific curiosities to becoming essential components in applications such as sensing, nanoelectronics, catalysis and other uses. Read more. |
22 December 2006 |
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U
of M Chemistry alum recognized in 2006 “Scientific American
50” We are pleased to announce that Prof. Robert Hammer, an alumnus of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Minnesota has been named to the 2006 “Scientific American 50”. Read more. |
20 December 2006 |
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Structural Dynamics and Topology of Phospholamban
in Oriented Lipid Bilayers using Multi-Dimensional Solid-State NMR Professor Gianluigi Veglia and his research group... Read more. |
12 December 2006 |
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Professors
Gladfelter and Tolman elected as fellows to the AAAS We are proud to announce that Wayne Gladfelter and Bill Tolman have been elected as Fellows to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Read more. |
6 December 2006 |
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Optimizing Band Width and Resolution
in Micro-Free Flow Electrophoresis Bryan Fonslow and Michael Bowser have recently described the sources of band broadening in micro-free flow electrophoresis (μ-FFE) devices. Read more. |
22 November 2006 |
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Mesoporous Membranes Templated by a Polymeric Bicontinuous Microemulsion Professor Tim Lodge, Frank Bates, and their co-advised student Ning Zhou have demonstrated a new and versatile route to porous materials, with typical channel dimensions between 50 and 200 nanometers. Read more. |
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U of M student Katie Lee named Rhodes Scholar
Katie N. Lee, an honors senior at the University of Minnesota majoring in biochemistry and chemistry, has been named one of 32 U.S. Rhodes Scholars for 2007. |
| 8 November 2006 | |
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Structural and Functional Model of the Rieske Dioxygenases
Professor Larry Que and his research group report the first structural and functional model of Rieske dioxygenases. This research will appear in an upcoming issue of Angewandte Chemie. |
| 2 November 2006 | |
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Noland 80th Birthday Event Pictures!
Here are some of the pictures collected that were taken during Professor Noland's 80th Birthday Event. The shots are arranged as a automatic slideshow, so choose the first one and sit back and enjoy the show! |
| 31 October 2006 | |
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Two of the recent Hottest Papers!
The Thomson ISI©‚Äôs Essential Science Indicators recognizes
244 total Hot Papers in chemistry, the Truhlar Group has two
of them. |
| 31 October 2006 | |
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ChemNews Crossword answers
Answers to the ChemNews Crossword puzzle. |
| 22 May 2006 | |
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Stuart W. Fenton (April 29, 1922-February 4, 2006) Stuart W. Fenton devoted 35 years of his life to serving students at the University of Minnesota. He was a friend we shall miss, and he will live on in the appreciation of his many students. He passed away on February 4, 2006 from heart valve complications. Link |
| 29 October 2006 | |
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Fall 2006 Issue of ChemNews ChemNews Fall 2006 Issue |
| 17 October 2006 | |
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Renovation Continues
On Kolthoff Hall After approval by the legislature, the $28.6 million Kolthoff renovation project continues. |
14 October 2006 |
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The Noland Bobblehead
is Sold!
The winning bid came from Bill Gleason, Associate Professor of Lab
Medicine and Pathology at the University of Minnesota. Proceeds will
support the Wayland Noland Fellowship Fund. Thanks to all who cast
bids, and congratulations to Bill Gleason. |
| 19 July 2006 | |
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National
Awards For Two Graduate Students
Dwight Stoll and Paul Boswell were awardees of fellowships from the American
Chemical Society's Division of Analytical Chemistry. |
| 19 July 2006 | |
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Truhlar Appointed Regents Professor Donald Truhlar has just been appointed Regents Professor of Chemistry, the University’s highest faculty honor. |
| 1 July 2006 | |
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New Faculty Member Aaron Massari joins the department. |
| 15 May 2006 | |
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McKnight University Professors Karin Musier-Forsyth and Ilja Siepmann receive distinguished McKnight University Professors. |
| 1 May 2006 | |
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Renovation Begins On Kolthoff Hall After approval by the legislature, the $28.6 million Kolthoff renovation project begins. |