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Upcoming Presentations & Seminars:

"The Environmentally Benign (Green) Organic Chemistry Laboratory Cirriculum at the University of Oregon." James E. Hutchison, Kenneth M. Doxsee, Scott M. Reed, Marvin G. Warner, and Brad Wan. 221st National ACS Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 1-5, 2001

"Electron Tansport in Low-Dimensional Metal Nanoparticle Arrays Chemically-Assembled on Biopolymer Scaffolds" Laura Clarke, Christopher A. Berven, Martin N. Wybourne, Jana Mooster, and James E. Hutchison. 221st National ACS Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 1-5, 2001

"Electrical Transport in Biopolymer Template-Patterned Metal Nanopaticle Arrays." Laura Clarke, Christopher A. Berven, Martin N. Wybourne, Jana Mooster, Marvin G. Warner, James E. Hutchison. Invited talk, 2001 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA , April 16-20, 2001

"Electron Transport in Low- Dimensional Metal Nanoparticle Arrays Chemically-Assembled on BioPolymer Scaffolds" Laura Clarke, Christopher A. Berven, Martin N. Wybourne, Jana Mooster, James E. Hutchison. 2001 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA , April 16-20, 2001

Plenary Lecturer, CHEMRAWN XIV, James E. Hutchison. June 9-13 2001, Boulder, Colorado

Northwest Regional ACS Meeting, June 14-17 2001. Several projects from the group will be presented.

Presenting work on green organic chemistry laboratory. James E. Hutchison. Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, Washington, DC, June 26-28, 2001

Past Presentations (From January 1, 1999)

Seminars:

"Defect-tolerant single electron charging effects in metal nanoparticle arrays chemically-assembled on biomolecular scaffold" James E. Hutchison. University of California, Berkeley, February 16, 2001.

"The Future of Microlectronics: New Approaches Toward the Preparation of Nanoscale Wires & Devices." James E. Hutchison. Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA, January 12, 2001.

"The Future of Microlectronics: New Approaches Toward the Preparation of Nanoscale Wires & Devices." James E. Hutchison. Reed College, Portland, OR, November 9, 2000.

"Green Organic Chemistry Laboratory: Practical Solution - Golden Opportunity." James E. Hutchison. Keynote speech, Kansas College Chemistry Teachers Conference. April, 2000.

"Preparation of Ligard Stabilized, Water-Soluble Gold Nanoparticles through Ligand Exchange." Marvin G. Warner, Scott M. Reed, and James E. Hutchison. George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon, February 26, 2000. Abstract

"The Environmentally-Benign (Green) Organic Chemistry Laboratory Curriculum at the University of Oregon." James E. Hutchison, Kenneth M. Doxsee, Scott M. Reed, Marvin G. Warner and W. Brad Wan. George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon, February 26, 2000. Abstract

"Toward Molecular Electronics: New Approaches Toward the Preparation of Nanoscale Wires and Devices," Idaho State University, Pocotello, Idaho, January 21, 2000.

“Chemical Assembly and Electrical Characteristics of Biopolymer Templated Nanoparticle Structures,” Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, October 5, 1999.

“Chemical Assembly and Electrical Characteristics of Biopolymer Templated Nanoparticle Structures,” Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado September 14, 1999.

“Chemical Assembly and Electrical Characteristics of Biopolymer Templated Nanoparticle Structures,” University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, September 10, 1999.

“Chemical Assembly and Electrical Characteristics of Biopolymer Templated Nanoparticle Structures,” Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, May 21, 1999.

“Toward Biomolecular Lithography: Synthesis, Functionalization and Biomolecule-Assisted Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles,” Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, March 5, 1999.

“Toward Biomolecular Lithography: Synthesis, Functionalization and Biomolecule-Assisted Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles,” Eastern Oregon State University, La Grande, Oregon, February 2, 1999.

Presentations:

"Let's Get Small: A Closer Look at Nanotechnology" James E. Hutchison. Keynote Speech at SAE/IEEE Meeting, Portland, Oregon, February 22, 2001. Click here for pdf slide show of talk. (Under "view" in Acrobat Reader, select "fit page," "single page," and "page only" to use arrow keys to watch show).

“Synthesis of Subnanometer Water-Soluble Thiol-Stabilized Nanoparticles by Ligand Exchange Reactions.” Gerd H. W–hrle, James E. Hutchison. 59th Annual Oregon Academy of Science Meeting, University of Portland, Portland, OR, February 21, 2001

“Convenient Preparations of Small (1.5-nm Core) Functionalized Phosphine- and Thiol-Stabilized Nanoparticles: Direct Synthesis and Ligand Exchange Reactions.” Marvin G. Warner, Scott M. Reed, Evan W. Foster, James E. Hutchison. 59th Annual Oregon Academy of Science Meeting, University of Portland, Portland, OR, February 21, 2001

“The Synthesis of Conformationally Constrained Malonamides and Their Coordination Chemistry with Uranyl Nitrate.” Robert D. Gilbertson, Timothy J. R. Weakley, James E. Hutchison, Brian M. Rapko, and Benjamin P. Hay. 59th Annual Oregon Academy of Science Meeting, University of Portland, Portland, OR, February 21, 2001

"Voltammetric Investigations of Supramolecular Structure in Two-Dimensional Dielectric Coatings."
Oral presentation by Bob Clegg, former hutchlab member now working as a postdoc at the California Institute of Technology. This presentation was part of the Electronics/Dielectric Science and Technology Joint General Session. Thursday, October 26, 2000 at 10:30AM.
198th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Pheonix, Arizona, October 22-27, 2000
 
"Rates of Electron Transfer Across Peptide Groups in Electrode-Confined Assemblies"
Oral presentation by Bob Clegg, former hutchlab member now working as a postdoc at the California Institute of Technology. This presentation will be part of the Physical Chemistry General Session.. Thursday, October 26, 2000 at 11:45AM.
 
198th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Pheonix, Arizona, October 22-27, 2000
"Environmentally-Benign (Green) Organic Chemistry Laboratory Curriculum at the University of Oregon." James E. Hutchison, Scott M. Reed, Kenneth M. Doxsee, Marvin G. Warner, W. Brad Wan. Wednesday, October 25, 2000 at 11AM.
2000 ACS Western Regional Meeting, San Francisco, CA, October 25-28, 2000
 
"An Environmentally-Benign, Biomimetic Approach to Assembling Nanoelectronic Devices." James E. Hutchison. Wednesday, October 25, 2000 at 1:55PM
2000 ACS Western Regional Meeting, San Francisco, CA, October 25-28, 2000
 
"Environmentally-Benign Chemical Research and Education at the University of Oregon: Nanoelectronics and the Green Organic Chemistry Teaching Laboratory."
Pacific Northwest National Labs, October 19, 2000.
 
8th NSF Workshop on Materials Chemistry
Jim Hutchison participated in this workshop.
Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood, near Portland, Oregon, October 12-15, 2000
 
"Environmentally-benign, biomimetic approach to assembling nanostructure arrays." Oral presentation by Jim Hutchison as part of the Green Chemistry session entitled Applications in Academia and Industry/Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. Tuesday, August 22nd at 9:35AM.
ACS National Meeting, Washington D.C. August 20 - August 24, 2000
 
"Defect-tolerant single electron charging effects in metal nanoparticle arrays chemically-assembled on biomolecular scaffolds."
Oral presentation by Jim Hutchison as part of the General Papers on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology session/Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. Thursday, August 24th at 1PM
ACS National Meeting, Washington D.C. August 20 - August 24, 2000
 
"Environmentally-benign (green) organic chemistry laboratory curriculum at the University of Oregon."
Oral presentation by Jim Hutchison as part of the Laboratory Innovations in General Chemistry session/Division of Chemical Education. Wednesday, August 23, 2000 at 2:25PM
ACS National Meeting, Washington D.C. August 20 - August 24, 2000
 
"Environmentally-benign (green) organic chemistry laboratory curriculum at the University of Oregon." S.M.Reed and J.E. Hutchison poster presentation:
4th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., June 27-29, 2000
 
"Electron Transport Properties of Metal Nanoparticles Chemically-Assembled on Biomolecular Scaffolds." J.E. Hutchison and M.N. Wybourne poster presentation
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: Shaping Biomedical Research
Sponsored by the NIH Bioengineering Consortium, Bethesda, MD., June 25-26, 2000

Protein-Electrode Interfaces : Understanding How Protein Structures Mediate Electron Transfer," Scott M. Reed, James E. Hutchison. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: Shaping Biomedical Research Sponsored by the NIH Bioengineering Consortium, Bethesda, MD., June 25-26, 2000

"Development of Environmentally Benign (green) Laboratory Experiments for an Introductory Organic Lab course." Scott M. Reed, Marvin G. Warner, and James E. Hutchison. Poster presentation in the Division of Chemical Education (General Posters). Spring ACS Meeting, San Francisco, California, March 26-30, 2000. Abstract
 
"Electron Transfer Through Peptide-Containing Alkanethiol Assemblies." Scott M. Reed, Robert S. Clegg, Athena Klock, and James E. Hutchison. Oral presentation in the Division of Inorganic Chemistry (Electron Transfer session). Spring ACS Meeting, San Francisco, California, March 26-30, 2000. Abstract
 
"Metal Nanoparticles Chemically Assembled on Biomolecular Scaffolds: Structure, Stability, and Electron-Transport Properties." James E. Hutchison, Martin N. Wybourne2, Jana Mooster1, Laura I. Clarke2, Leif O. Brown1, Scott M. Reed1, and Mary E. Schmidt1. (1) Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon (2) Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College.
Presented in two different poster sessions: (1) Division of Inorganic Chemistry Poster Session II: Organometallics, Ziegler-Natta, Catalysts, Materials, General (2) Sci-Mix. Spring ACS Meeting, San Francisco, California, March 26-30, 2000. Abstract
 
"Large-Scale Synthesis of Near-Monodisperse, sub 2 nm, Triphenylphosphine-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles." James E. Hutchison, Walter W. Weare, Scott M. Reed, Marvin G. Warner, and Mary E. Schmidt. To be presented in two different poster sessions: (1) Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry: Session on Surfactants, Colloids, and Applications (2) Sci-Mix. Spring ACS Meeting, San Francisco, California, March 26-30, 2000. Abstract

"Nanoscale Patterns of Metal Nanoparticles Chemically-Assembled On Biomolecular Scaffolds: Assembly, Stability, and Electron Transport Properties," James E. Hutchison, Leif O. Brown, Jana L. Mooster, Scott M. Reed, Mary E. Schmidt, Laura I. Clarke, Martin N. Wybourne, Materials Research Society Symposium, Boston, Massachusetts, November 29- December 3, 1999.

"Room Temperature Single Electron Charging In Gold Nanoparticle Networks Formed in Biopolymer Templates," M.N. Wybourne, L.I. Clarke, C.A. Berven, J.E. Hutchison, L.O. Brown, J.L. Mooster, Materials Research Society Symposium, Boston, Massachusetts, November 29- December 3, 1999.

“Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles; a Study on the Effect of Incorporating a Protein Binding Ligand into an Alkanethiol Passivated Nanoparticle,” W. W. Weare, S. M. Reed, J. E. Hutchison, 54th Northwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Portland, Oregon, June 20-23, 1999.

“Synthesis of Peptide Containing Alkanethiols,” A. Klock, S. M. Reed, R. K. Smith, J. E. Hutchison, 54th Northwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Portland, Oregon, June 20-23, 1999.

“Investigations of Stability in Hydrogen-Bonding Self-Assembled Monolayers,” R. K. Smith, R. S. Clegg, A. Klock, J. E. Hutchison, 54th Northwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Portland, Oregon, June 20-23, 1999.

“Synthesis of Regioregular Poly(4-Substituted-2,2-Bithiophene)S: Potential Precursors to Organized Conjugated Polymer Solids,” B. D. Straw, S. C. Rasmussen, J. E. Hutchison, 54th Northwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Portland, Oregon, June 20-23, 1999.

“Biomolecular Templating of Gold Nanoparticles,” S. M. Reed, W. W. Weare, L. O. Brown, M. G. Warner, J. E. Hutchison, 54th Northwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Portland, Oregon, June 20-23, 1999.

“Measurement of the Material Dependence of Electron Transfer Upon Peptide Material,” R. S. Clegg, J. E. Hutchison, 54th Northwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Portland, Oregon, June 20-23, 1999.

“Principles for Design of Ordered, Stratified, Self-Organized Supramolecular Assemblies,” R. S. Clegg, S. M. Reed, R. K. Smith, J. E. Hutchison, 54th Northwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Portland, Oregon, June 20-23, 1999.

“Assembly of Nanoparticles on Biomolecular Scaffolds: The Influence of Polypeptide Scaffolds on Assembly Stability and the Characteristics of Electron Transport,” L. Clarke, M. N. Wybourne, J. Mooster, L. O. Brown, S. M. Reed, J. E. Hutchison, 54th Northwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Portland, Oregon, June 20-23, 1999.

“Thermal and Solvent Stability of Self-Assembled Monolayers Cross-Linked by Hydrogen Bonds,” R. S. Clegg, R. K. Smith, A. Klock, J. E. Hutchison, 73rd American Chemical Society Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 13-16, 1999.

“Assembly of Nanoparticles on Biomolecular Scaffolds: The Influence of Polypeptide Scaffolds on Assembly Stability and the Characteristics of Electron Transport,” L. Clarke, J. Mooster, L. O. Brown, S. M. Reed, M. N. Wybourne, J. E. Hutchison, 73rd American Chemical Society Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 13-16, 1999.

“Electron Transfer Through Peptide Backbones in Self-Assembled Monolayers,” R. S. Clegg, J. E. Hutchison, 73rd American Chemical Society Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 13-16, 1999.

“Ligand Exchange Reactions of Phosphine-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles: Controlled Particle Functionalization and Growth,” J. E. Hutchison, L. O. Brown, S. M. Reed, 73rd American Chemical Society Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 13-16, 1999.

“Electron Transfer Through Peptide Chains in Monolayer Assemblies,” R. S. Clegg, J. E. Hutchison, 195th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Inc., Seattle, Washington, May 2-6, 1999.