SPRING 2009: CHEM 575 - 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 |
BH 180 (Dell Butcher Hall) |
Tues/Thurs 9:15 - 10:30 AM |
CONNEXIONS SITE In order to upload your project content to the Connexions Site, please follow the instructions for creating a module - found at http://cnx.org/
Elemental composition
1. Combustion analysis
2. ICP AA
3. EDX
1. XPS
2. Auger
1. NMR
Physical and Thermal
Chemical speciation
1. MS
2. IR
3. XPS
4. Auger
1. NMR
1. EPR
1. Magnetic suseptability
2. UV
Dynamic processes
1. NMR
i. A new mechanism for cement hydration inhibition: solid-state chemistry of calcium nitrilotris(methylene)triphosphonate, M. Bishop, S. G. Bott, and A. R. Barron,C., 2003, 15 , 3074-3088.
iv. Steric effects in aluminum compounds containing monoanionic potentially bidentate ligands: towards a quantitative measure of steric bulk. J. A. Francis , C. N. McMahon, S. G. Bott, and A. R. Barron, Organometallics , 1999, 18 , 4399-4416.
2. TGA
3. UV
Molecular structure
1. Single crystal XRD
1. Electron diffraction
1. Neutron diffraction
2. NMR
Nano to Micro
1. Particle size
2. SEM
3. TEM
4. AFM
5. VLS
Handouts
Projects
In order to upload your project content to the Connexions Site, please follow the instructions for creating a module - found at http://cnx.org/
NAME |
PROJECT TITLE |
Bovet, Cara L. | EPR for mechanistic studies of transition metal catalysts |
Boyle, Samuel | |
Chiang, Pinn-Tsong | SEM imaging on single molecules containing transition metal |
de Frein, Caoimhe | The TGA |
Fisher, Ezekial Z. | Mossbauer Spectroscopy characterization of iron oxide nanoparticles |
Kurganskaya, Inna A. | The application of VSI (Vertical Scanning Interferometry) to studying crystal surface processes |
Orbaek, Alvin | |
Saha, Avishek | RBS of semiconductor thin films |
Sethi, Richa | Raman Spectroscopy for Characterizing Carbon Nanotubes |
Soultanidis, Nikolaos | TGA-FTIR of oxide nanoparticles |
Sun, Zhengzong | TEM of carbon nanomaterials |