Peter Flynn, former graduate student Wade Van Horn, and chemistry undergraduate Mark Ogilvie published the results of a novel application of reverse micelle encapsulation to studies of membrane protein structure in the Journal of Biomolecular NMR.
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The long sought structure of the organic-based magnet, Fe[TCNE]2 has been reported by Joel S. Miller's group in collaboration at Stony Brook University.  It possesses Fe[µ4-TCNE]^.- magnetic layers separated by magnetically insulating rare sigma dimers of [TCNE]^.- (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 1351).  The work was featured on the Front Cover of Angew. Chem.  learn more... Oxidation leading to reduction, an apparent contradiction in terms, has been achieved by Joel S. Miller's group.  One electron oxidation of the [Co^IICA^2-M^II]²⁺ dication core to form mixed-valent [Co^IIICA^2-M^II]³⁺ resulted in the reduction of CA^2- of CA^.3- forming the [Co^IIICA^.3-M^III]³⁺ trication (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 2360). learn more...

Valeria Molinero and experimentalists from Arizona State University reported (Nature 448, 787-790) the vitrification of metallic germanium and found evidence for a rare liquid–liquid phase transition in this single component system  The team used recent theoretical predictions by Molinero et al. (Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 07570) in their work. learn more... and more... and more...

Work of Ilya Zharov and Julie Cichelli on transport of chiral aminoacid deriatives though nanoporous opal films surface modified with chiral selector moieties was published in the Emerging Investigators issue of the Journal of Materials Chemistry (J. Mater. Chem. 2007, 17, 1870) and is featured on the Journal cover. learn more...

Jennifer Shumaker-Parry and co-workers reported on versatile solid phase synthesis of gold nanoparticle dimers using an asymmetric functionalization approach in JACS (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 5356) and on highly tunable infrared extinction properties of gold nanocrescents in Nano Letters (Nano Lett. 2007, 7, 1113). learn more... and more...

The Department of Chemistry at the University of Utah is soliciting applications for a summer research program for outstanding undergraduates majoring in chemistry.  This program provides the opportunity for an undergraduate to join an active research group and participate in a research project directed by a member of the faculty.learn more...

HEC SYMPOSIUM, Monday, April 28
08:00-08:20 Refreshments 08:20-08:30 Welcoming Remarks 08:30-09:00 Professor Jack Simons ("How electrons fragment peptides") 09:00-09:30 Professor Greg Voth ("Systematic Coarse-graining of Condensed Phase Systems") 09:30-09:45 Break 09:45-10:15 Professor Grant Smith ("Multiscale Simulations of Nonoparticle Self-Assembly") 10:15-10:45 Professor Thanh Truong ("Cyber-enabled education and research in computational chemistry") 10:45-11:00 Break and Refreshments 11:00-12:00 HEC Lecure by Professor Ken Jordan ("Theoretical Studies of Clathrate Hydrates") 12:00-02:00 Lunch Break (Students/PostDocs take Anne and Ken to Lunch) 02:00-02:30 Professor Julio Facelli ("Crystal structure prediction of drugs and related compounds") 02:00-03:00 Professor Valeria Molinero 03:00-03:30 Professor Tom Cheatham 03:30-04:00 Break and Refreshments 04:00-05:00 HEC Lecture by Professor Anne McCoy ("Puzzling Protons: Unraveling Spectral Signatures of Proton Transfer in Hydrogen Bonded Complexes")