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We use organic and inorganic synthesis to prepare new chemical building blocks that we assemble into organized structures such as two-dimensional films (monolayers) or one-dimensional arrays (lines). Our motivations for this work are to test ideas about the assembly of nanostructures on surfaces and to understand how assembly structure mediates or modulates electron transport through it. A number of fundamental questions regarding mechanisms of long range electron transport in materials remain to be addressed. The ability to tune the electron transfer properties of a material is important because there are many interesting applications (e.g. sensors, nanoelectronic devices, solar cells, etc.) that rely upon controlling electron transfer in materials. Learn about our current projects Learn more about nanotechnology
Over the last three years we have developed a new green organic chemistry lab curriculum at Oregon. Green chemistry seeks to eliminate environmental hazard and increase safety in the lab by substituting less hazardous chemicals to perform the same reactions. In contrast to the microscale approach currently popular in organic labs across the country, in which students use small amounts of hazardous reactants, green organic lab is built around reactions on a macro scale which are much less toxic and produce less waste. Most of the waste we generate in the lab is then recycled for later experiments. Students in our lab helped launch the first green chemistry lab last year and we are actively involved in the growth of the lab as we enter our second year. Find out more about our Green Organic Lab.
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