Fall 1993/Spring 1994 Inorganic Seminar Abstracts

Fall 1993
Literature Abstracts

Observation of the First Titanium Alkyl/Alkene Complex. The Key Intermediate in the Ziegler-Natta Mechanism for the Polymerization of Alkenes
Michael D. Spencer

Nanotubes and Nanoparticles: The Newest Forms of Carbon
Jeremy J. Way

Nickel-Metal Hydride Batteries: A New Generation of Secondary Storage
Brian Niece

Carbohydrates and Related Compounds in Ligands: Complexes and Applications
Karen M Koczaja

Metalloporhyrin-Oligopeptide Complexes
David L. Huffman

Stereodynamics in Cyclopentadienyl Ruthenium Sulfur Clusters
Eric J. Houser

Electron Transfer in Metalloproteins: Models and Experiment
Christopher Ziegler

Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of Transition Metal Silylenes
Angela A. Sellner

Layered Double Hydroxides: Structure, Synthesis, and Applications
David J. Finnie

Chemical Sensors Based Upon Inorganic Systems
Christopher L. Gross

Inorganic-Organic Composite Materials Derived from Sol-Gel Processing
William B. McNamara


Spring 1994
Literature Abstracts

Inorganic Photochemistry in Organized Media
Christopher L. Hein

The Oxygen Evolution Center in Photosynthesis
Michael M. Rosenblatt

Synthesis and Chemical Characterization of the Transactinides
Arthur Gavrin

Insights into the Effects of Through-Space and Through-Bond Interactions of Super Phanes
Quinetta Shelby

Ligated Nano-Sized Clusters of Transition Metals and Post-Transition Metals; Their Syntheses and Characterizations
Kwangyeol Lee

Aqueous Organometallic Systems: Investigations of Hydroformylation, Ring Opening Mathesis Polymerization, and Alkane Functionalization
Stephen M. Holmes

New Compositions Containing Carbon and Sulfur
Collin Galloway

Low-Nuclearity Titanium Alkoxides and Their Rhodium Derivatives
Jingling Hao

Synthesis and Reactivity Studies of Rhenium Carbido Carbonyl Cluster Compounds
Gishun Hsu

Dinuclear Complexes with a C2 Bridge: Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity
Hsiu-Fu Hsu

Late Transition Metal Complexes as Precursors to Metallic Thin Films and as Promoters of Carbon-Silicon and Carbon-Phosphorus Bond Activation Processes
Wenbin Lin

Sonoluminescence as a Probe of Acoustic Cavitation
Kathleen A. House

Late Transition Metal Complexes Involved in the Catalytic Oligomerization of Ethylene
Mathew E. Riehl

Transition Metal Bis(porphyrin) Complexes
Philip A. Gorlin