In fall 2023, Jarad Mason from Harvard University was awarded the ACS Award in Pure Chemistry for his contributions to the fields of phase-change materials, microporous materials, and materials chemistry. In this literature discussion, students will examine his recent paper “Microporous water with high gas solubilities," Nature 2022, 608, 712-718 which is related to that work.
This LO was written by the IONiC Leadership Council to celebrate Steve Koch as the recipient of the 2024 ACS Award for Distinguished Service in Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry. Steve has been a major supporter of the IONiC community since its inception. This LO is based on the article New Members of the Class of [Fe(CN)x(CO)y] Compounds. published in Inorganic Chemistry (DOI: 10.1021/ic015604y).
This LO is part of the 2024 series for national ACS award winners. This particular LO focuses on a collaborative paper from the winner of the 2024 ACS Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution, sponsored by Research Corporation (Rachel Narehood Austin). The award was given "for contributions to our understanding of the bioinorganic chemistry of alkane oxidation and metal binding to neurologically important metallothionein and for the development of heterogeneous catalysts." This literature discus
This literature discussion was created on invitation as part of a broad collection of learning objects celebrating Spring 2024 ACS award winners conducting research in Inorganic Chemistry. This learning object is in celebration of Prof. Christopher J.
Please join us on Thursday, March 7th at 7:15 pm Eastern (4:15 pm Pacific) as Marilyn Mackiewicz (Oregon State University) presents "Inclusive leadership: Your role in creating cultures of belonging where everyone can thrive". Professor Mackiewicz is a recent awardee (2020) of the Stanley C. Israel Regional Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences from the ACS. Her unique story and experiences will be presented, along with how faculty can make their spaces and themselves more welcoming.
This literature Discussion LO was created for the 2024 ACS Inorganic Chemistry Award Winners Collection. Professor Louise A.
This literature discussion LO was created for the ACS National Award Winners 2024 collection. Dr. Herbert Roesky was the recipient of the 2024 Frederic Stanley Kipping Award in Silicon Chemistry. This LO is based on the article "Lewis Base Stabilized Dichlorosilylene" published in Angewandte Chemie 2009, 121, 5793-5796.
On Wednesday February 21 at 3 pm eastern, join BoB LeSuer (Associate Professor at SUNY - Brockport and President of IBiB) for a discussion on using a maker space for teaching chemistry. Topics include: digital fabrication of pedagogical materials (models and periodic tables); instrumentation (potentiostat and liquid dispenser); and upcycling plastics into functional materials. Of special interest to this group will be work BoB has done on making the ICE solid state model kits (see below) available to anyone.
Welcome to 2024!
Team SLiThEr has been hard at work arranging SLiThErs for this spring, and our first one will be in one week's time!
The presenter will be friend of IONiC George Stanley, and the title is "What to do when your published results are questioned". We will meet at 4pm Eastern (1 pm Pacific, 2 mountain, 3 central) on Thurs Feb 8th, a week from today.
I regularly give an oral exam instead of a written exam in my junior and senior level organometallics seminar course. The course focuses on the primary literature, discussion of advanced topics, and asking questions. A written exam would not evaluate the students' abilities on the important skill development they learned in the class. Besides, I am better able to gauge when a student has no idea about a certain topic, or just needs a little nudge in order for them to demonstrate that they actually understand 95% of it.