Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Seminars
Spring 2024 Series
Friday seminars take place in the Byker Auditorium at 3:10 pm unless noted otherwise.
Friday, January 26
Dr. James Crawford (Chemical Engineering, MSU) will present "Metallozeolites: Engineering enzyme analogous structures in heterogeneous catalysts."
Host: Nick Stadie
Friday, February 2
Dr. Bo Peng, from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will present "Towards Accurate and Efficient Quantum Simulation for Quantum Chemistry."
Host: Martin Mosquera
Friday, February 9
Prof. Jenée Cyran from Boise State will present a seminar titled "Probing the Structure and Physiochemical Behavior of Organic Pollutants at Aqueous Interfaces."
Host: Erik Grumstrup
Friday, February 16
Dr. Emma Loveday (Research Professor, CBE)
Host: Chris Lemon
February 23 - Grad Recruiting
Friday, March 1
Prof. Timothy Wencewicz (Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis)
Host: Garrett Moraski
Friday, March 8 -OPEN
Friday March 15, Spring Break
Friday, March 22
Viola Birss CLS Distinguished Speaker Seminar
Host: Seminar Committee
Friday, March 29 - University Holiday
Friday, April 5
Heidi Koenig will defend her PhD in Chemistry beginning with a seminar titled (TBD).
Advisor: Tom Livinghouse
Friday, April 12
William Walls, 4th year Seminar
Advisor: Joan Broderick
Friday, April 19
Bamidele Samuel , 4th year Seminar
Advisor: Rob Walker
Friday, April 26
Prof. So Hirata, (University of Illinois)
Host: Martin Mosquera
Friday, May 3
Speaker: Prof. Christopher Hendon (University of Oregon)
Title: Hydrogenic defects in metal-organic frameworks
Abstract: Typical metal-organic frameworks are constructed by combining organic acids with transition metals to form 3D arrays of metals/metal clusters suspended by Lewis basic organo-linkers. During this assembly, entropy drives the inclusion of defects, and these defects may have dramatic impact on the bulk material properties. Hydrogenic adatoms are particularly interesting, as they should be present due to incomplete deprotonation of the organic acids. Yet, these defects are experimentally difficult to detect. In this talk we discuss avenues to control the number of adatomic hydrogen atoms by affecting the nuclearity of the MOF nodes, highlighting a unique molecular-like property afforded to MOFs: site isolated redox events. In systems with delocalized electronic structures, the adatomic hydrogen atoms can be used to dope the framework, affecting the Fermi level. Together, we highlight that adatomic hydrogen is likely a prevalent defect in MOFs and may be useful for control bulk material properties.
Host: Prof. Nick Stadie