Catalysis CURE Proposal in Capstone Lab Course
Description

In CHEM 146, a capstone course for chemistry majors at San José State University, I run a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) developed in collaboration with many members of the IONiC VIPEr community. This CURE starts with every student in the lab developing and presenting their proposed project to the class. Each proposal is addressing the same overarching scientific aim: to study catalysts for catechol oxidation where at least one of the proposed catalysts has not been used for this reaction before.

Madalyn Radlauer / San Jose State University Wed, 05/27/2026 - 17:25
Physical-Inorganic Techniques
Description

Application of advanced instrumental and preparative techniques to the study of structure, reactivity, and spectroscopy of inorganic and organic substances including materials. This is a capstone course and includes a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) that runs throughout the semester.

Madalyn Radlauer / San Jose State University Wed, 05/27/2026 - 17:16
Intermediate Inorganic Laboratory with CURE SQ2025
Description

In this lab we have two standard introduction labs (LUM and POR) and then a full CURE. This was the second time I ran this CURE (the first was Spring 2024).

The CURE is being published as a multi-institution ACS Symposium Series Chapter in 2026, and the materials from the CURE will be hosted in a collection on VIPEr. 

Once the chapter is published, I will add the link to it in the description. 

Kyle Grice / DePaul University Wed, 04/29/2026 - 15:06

Programmable Atom Equivalents: Colloidal Crystal Engineering with DNA

Submitted by Alexandra Brumberg / Drexel University on Sun, 03/08/2026 - 23:05
Description

This literature discussion was created for the ACS National Award Winners 2026 collection for Prof. Chad Mirkin, the recipient of the 2026 ACS Award in the Chemistry of Materials for “establishing the field of colloidal crystal engineering with DNA.” This LO is based on the article, "A General Approach to DNA-Programmable Atom Equivalents" published in Nature Materials, 2013, 12, 741.

Symmetry of Polyhedral Dice

Submitted by Jacob Lutter / University of Southern Indiana on Tue, 02/17/2026 - 12:34
Description

This activity allows students to manipulate highly symmetric objects and find the symmetry elements that are present. 

National ACS Award Winners 2026 LO Collection

Submitted by Chip Nataro / Lafayette College on Tue, 02/10/2026 - 08:48

This collection of learning objects was created to celebrate the National ACS Award Winners 2026 who conduct research related to inorganic chemistry.

The list of award winners included in this collection are shown below. (* denotes learning object pending) IONiC members are welcome to develop more LOs for the collection.

Character Tables for Chemically Important Point Groups

Submitted by Chip Nataro / Lafayette College on Mon, 02/09/2026 - 19:04
Description

You might be familiar with the wonderful symmetry site that was (to my knowledge) originally published on the Jacobs University site and with the name change to the Constructor University site. In addition to having wonderful character tables, the site allowed you to enter reducible representations that the site would then reduce. It would also allow you to the full range of molecular motions or select vibrations (both IR and Raman active). The site has disappeared from time to time and it is unclear if it will ever return.

Si and Ge ferrocenes
Description

This literature discussion is in honor of the work of Shigeyoshi Inoue, winner of the 2026 Frederic Stanley Kipping Award in Silicon Chemistry for “groundbreaking contributions to the synthesis and reactivity of low-valent silicon compounds, and advancing the potential of silicon in metal-free catalysis and small-molecule activation” (https://cen.acs.org/a

Chip Nataro / Lafayette College Thu, 02/05/2026 - 17:12
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