SPRING 2013: CHEM 475 - PHYSICAL METHODS IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
College: School of Natural Sciences
Department: Chemistry
A survey course of research techniques used in modern inorganic chemistry. Topics covered will include X-ray diffraction, matrix isolation, mass spectrometry, magnetism, electrochemistry, and various spectroscopies (IR, Raman, UV-Vis, NMR, EPR, XPS, EXAFS, and Mossbauer). Open to undergraduates by special permission only. Session: Full Term
Faculty |
Email |
Telephone |
Location |
Time |
Andrew Barron |
arb@rice.edu |
713-348-5610 |
GRB W212 |
10:50 AM - 12:05 PM |
Chem 475
Task |
Possible Grades |
Connexions account and signed up to working group |
10 |
Topic on time |
10 |
Topic goals |
20 |
Topic outline |
30 |
Topic Figures |
20 |
Topic draft |
20 |
Copyright |
10 |
Topic word |
50 |
Topic upload |
10 |
Final corrections due |
15 |
Homework #1 |
25 |
Homework #2 |
25 |
Homework #3 |
25 |
Class presentation |
30 |
Total grade |
300 |
Homework
Day |
Date |
Module deadlines |
Reading for class |
Homework |
T |
January 8 |
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Th |
January 10 |
Connexions account and signed up to working group |
ICP-AES (http://cnx.org/content/m22058/latest/)
ICP-MS (http://cnx.org/content/m34666/latest/) |
#1 issued |
T |
January 15 |
Topic due |
ion selective electrode (http://cnx.org/content/m43567/latest/) |
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Th |
January 17 |
No class |
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T |
January 22 |
Topic goals due |
Gamma ray (http://cnx.org/content/m38345/latest/) |
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Th |
January 24 |
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Solution Mw (http://cnx.org/content/m43553/latest/) |
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T |
January 29 |
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NO CLASS |
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Th |
January 31 |
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DSC (http://cnx.org/content/m43548/latest/) |
#1 due |
T |
February 5 |
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BET (http://cnx.org/content/m38278/latest/) |
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Th |
February 7 |
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Magnetism (http://cnx.org/content/m22749/latest/) |
#2 issued |
T |
February 12 |
No class |
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Th |
February 14 |
Topic references due |
Photo (http://cnx.org/content/m38357/latest/) |
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T |
February 19 |
No class |
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Th |
February 21 |
Topic outline due |
Mossbauer (http://cnx.org/content/m22328/latest/) |
#2 due |
T |
February 26 |
No class |
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Th |
February 28 |
No class |
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T |
March 5 |
Topic Figures due |
EPR (http://cnx.org/content/m22370/latest/) |
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Th |
March 7 |
No class |
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T |
March 12 |
Topic draft due |
Mass spectroscopy (http://cnx.org/content/m38353/latest/) |
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Th |
March 14 |
Copyright due |
NMR dynamic systems (http://cnx.org/content/m43679/latest/) |
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T |
March 19 |
No class |
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Th |
March 21 |
No class |
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T |
March 26 |
Topic word due |
X-ray (http://cnx.org/content/m38289/latest/) |
#3 given |
Th |
March 28 |
No class |
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T |
April 2 |
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XAFS (http://cnx.org/content/m38333/latest/) |
Class presentations |
Th |
April 4 |
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Circular dichroism (http://cnx.org/content/m38277/latest/) |
Class presentations |
T |
April 9 |
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Optical microscopy (http://cnx.org/content/m38343/latest/) |
Class presentations |
Th |
April 11 |
No class |
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T |
April 16 |
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AFM (http://cnx.org/content/m34664/latest/) |
Class presentations |
Th |
April 18 |
Final corrections due |
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#3 due |
Projects
Possible module topics
Total organic content
SIMS
Chemical analysis by NMR
Depth profile methods
13C NMR of carbon nanomaterials
Interpretation of NMR with multiple nuclei
Interpretation of NMR with multiple isotopes
31P NMR
Quadrupole NMR
Electron diffraction of thin films
Gas phase electron diffraction
Single crystal XRD
Powder XRD
Thin film XRD
NMR of ligand exchange
Ligand exchange reactions
Conformational changes
CONNEXIONS SITE
In order to upload your project content to the Connexions Site,
please follow the instructions for creating a module - http://cnx.org/
Connexions Editing Aide-Mémoire - This file will help you in formatting your content - PDF
Example of paper in Word before formatting - PDF
Example of paper in Word after formatting - PDF
Example of paper in final format
NAME |
PROJECT TOPIC |
PROJECT GOALS |
Date of
Presentation |
REFERENCES |
PROJECT |
| Tyler Boyd |
Interpreting and Evaluating Single-crystal XRD Data as it is Reported in Literature |
Understand single-crystal XRD data that is reported in scientific literature, including how parameters are determined and how they are related to each other.
Extract relevant information from tables of reported values.
Know how to interpret such data and evaluate them for relevance and accuracy.
Concisely report spectroscopic data from XRD experiments. |
Thursday, April 18th |
Dunitz, Jack D. X-ray Analysis and the Structure of Organic Molecules. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1979. Print.
Glusker, Jenny P., Mitchell Lewis, and Miriam Rossi. Crystal Structure Analysis for Chemists and Biologists. New York: VCH, 1994. Print.
Kastner, Margaret, Timathy Medlock, and Kristy Brown. "Crystallographic CourseWare Main Index." Crystallographic CourseWare Main Index. Bucknell University, n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2013. <http://www.students.bucknell.edu/projects/xray/BetaTest/Index.html>.
Ooi, Li-ling. Principles of X-ray Crystallography. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2010. Print.
Stout, George H., and Lyle H. Jensen. X-ray Structure Determination: A Practical Guide. 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1989. Print. |
PDF
Outline
Draft |
| Aditya Agrawal |
Wide angle X-ray diffraction studies of Liquid crystals |
Topic : X-ray diffraction studies of Liquid crystals
Introduction to Liquid crystals.
Introduction to the 2D XRD.
X-ray optics for 2D XRD.
XRD patterns of different liquid crystals phases.
Sample preparation.
Data analysis |
Thursday, April 18th |
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PDF
Outline
Draft |
| Amir Aliyan |
13C NMR of carbon nanomaterials |
Introduction to NMR: Principles, and Instrument Set up.
13C-NMR spectra : Characteristics and differences with 1H-NMR spectra.
Two dimensional NMR.
Some applications of 13C-NMR in analyzing carbon nanomaterial: Examples and discussion.
Advantages and disadvantages.
Conclusion. |
Tuesday,
April 16 |
- Textbook: Robert M. Silverstein, Francis X. Webster, and David Kiemle, Spectrometric Identification of Organic Compounds - 7th edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2005.
- Textbook: Jerry C.C. Chan, Solid State NMR, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
- Leah B. Casabianca, Medhat A. Shaibat, Weiwei W. Cai, Sungjin Park, Richard Piner, Rodney S. Ruoff, and Yoshitaka Ishii, J. AM. CHEM. SOC., 2010, 132, 5672.
- Shigenobu Hayashi, Fumiyuki Hoshi, Takefumi Ishikura, Motoo Yumura, and Satoshi Ohshima, Carbon, 2003, 41, 3047.
- Y. Ihara, P. Wzietek, H. Alloul, M. H. Rümmeli, Th. Pichler, and F. Simon, EPL (Europhysics Letters), 2010, 90, 17004.
- Chaiwat Engtrakul, Veronica M. Irurzun, Erica L. Gjersing, Josh M. Holt, Brian A. Larsen, Daniel E. Resasco, and Jeffrey L. Blackburn, J. AM. CHEM. SOC., 2012, 134, 4850.
- Alam, Todd M., Friedmann, T. A., Schultz, Peter A., and Sebastiani, Daniel, Phys. Rev. B., 2003, 67, 245309.
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Outline
Draft |
| Elioenai Yap |
Powder XRD |
Production and detection of xrays
Pros and cons of powder xrd
Operation of the powder xrd machine
Determining crystal structure
Determining composition |
Tuesday,
April 16 |
Brady, J. B., & Newton, R. M. (1995). New Uses for Powder X-Ray Diffraction Experiments in the Undergraduate Curriculum. Journal of Geological Education, 43(5), 466-470.
Brugemann, L., & Gerndt, E. K. E. (2004). Detectors for X-ray diffraction and scattering: a user's overview. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 531, 292-301.
Cullity, B. D., & Stock, S. R. (1956). Elements of X-Ray Diffraction (3rd Edition).
D. Shu, P. L. Lee, C. Preissner, M. Ramanathan, M. Beno, R. B. Von Dreele, . . . Toby, B. H. (2007). Mechanical Design of a High-Resolution X-ray Powder Diffractometer at the Advanced Photon Source New Developments in Optomechanics.
Mukherjee, A. K. (2007). Ab-initio Crystal Structure Determination From X-ray Powder Diffraction Data. Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, 87(2), 221-235.
Sher, F. (2010). Crystal Structure Determination I: Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Wieczorek, H. (2001). Physical aspects of detector design. Radiation Measurements, 33, 541-545. |
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Outline
Draft |
| Daniel Garcia |
Nanoparticle deposition study in different substrates using QCM-D |
Introduction to the principles of QMC-D.
Instrument preparation.
Sample preparation.
How to interpret the data.
Introduction to data simulation. |
Tuesday,
April 16 |
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PDF |
| Mustafa Hizir |
Basic principles of SFC/SFE |
How Supercritical fluids are formed? What are their properties?
Advantages of working with Supercritical fluids.
Key elements/parts of the instruments.
SFC/SFE applications.
A comparison between SFC/SFE and some other chromatography methods. |
Thursday, April 18th |
Textbooks:
- Erdogan Kiran, Pablo G. Debenedetti, and Cor J. Peters. Supercritical Fluids Fundamentals and Applications. The Netherlands, 2000.
- M. D. Luque de Castro, M. Valcarcel, and M. T. Tena. Analytical Supercritical Fluid Extraction. Germany, 1994.
- Douglas A. Skoog and James J. Leary. Principles of Instrumental Analysis. The United States of America, 1992.
- Keith P. Johnston and Johannes M. L. Penninger. Supercritical Fluid Science and Technology. The United States of America, 1989.
- Bernd Wenclawiak. Analysis with Supercritical Fluids: Extraction and Chromatography. Germany, 1992.
- Marcel Caude and Didier Thiebaut. Practical Supercritical Fluid Chromatography and Extraction. The Netherlands, 1999.
- Larry T. Taylor. Supercritical Fluid Extraction. The United States of America, 1996.
Articles:
- Roger M. Smith. Supercritical Fluids in Separation Science – The Dreams, the Reality and the Future. J. Chromatogr. A. 1999, 856, 83-115.
- Larry T. Taylor. SupercriticalFluid Chromatography for the 21st century. J. Supercrit. Fluid. 2009, 47, 566-573.
- W. M. A. Niessen, U. R. Tjaden, and Van Der Greef. Bioanalytical Applications of Supercritical Fluid Chromatography. J. Chromatogr. 1989, 492, 167-188.
- Charlotte Redcliffe, Kristie Maguire, and Brian Lockwood. Applications of Supercritical Fluid Extraction and Chromatography in Forensic Science. J. Biochem. Bioph. Meth. 2000, 43, 261-272.
- Sheng-Meng Wang, Yong-Chien Ling, and Yun-Seng Giang. Forensic Applications of Supercritical Fluid Extraction and Chromatography. Forensic Science Journal. 2003, 2, 5-18.
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Draft |
| Nadia Lara |
31P NMR |
Understand the differences between 1H and 31P NMR
Interpret spectra and coupling constants
Use decoupling experiments to simplify and assign 1H and 31P spectra
Sample preparation and instrument use
Other applications of 31P NMR: purity assays, reaction monitoring |
Tuesday,
April 16 |
Textbooks:
- Verkade, John G., and Louis D. Quin. Phosphorus-31 NMR Spectroscopy in Stereochemical Analysis. Deerfield Beach, FL: VCH, 1987. Print.
- Silverstein, Robert M., Francis X. Webster, and David J. Kiemle. Spectrometric Identification of Organic Compounds. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2005. Print.
Literature example of monitoring reaction and assaying purity
- Chao, S. T., Lara, N. C., Lin, S., Day, M. W. and Agapie, T. (2011), Reversible Halide-Modulated Nickel–Nickel Bond Cleavage: Metal–Metal Bonds as Design Elements for Molecular Devices. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 50: 7529–7532. doi: 10.1002/anie.201102797
Chemical Shifts and Coupling Constants:
- Advanced Chemistry Development Inc. (ACD/Labs) |
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