Courtesy of UConn Today The University is investing in a slate of new initiatives designed to enhance research and education, consistent with the goals outlined in its academic plan. Over a three-year period, the 15 grants awarded this year will support $3 million in research across a wide variety of disciplines and departments – fine […]
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Dr. Douglas Adamson Among Outstanding Presenters at 250th ACS National Meeting
The American Chemical Society’s Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research journal recently published a special issue devoted to papers from authors who made outstanding presentations at the 250th ACS National Meeting in Boston. A paper from the Adamson Group titled “Properties of Pristine Graphene Composites Arising from the Mechanism of Graphene-Stabilized Emulsion Formation” was included. Read […]
Metal-Free Oxidation of Primary Amines to Nitriles
The Kyle Lambert – Jim Bobbitt – Bill Bailey, et al. article in Chemistry- A European Journal 2016, 33, 5156, which disclosed a mild, metal-free method for the oxidation of amines to nitriles in high yield, has been highlighted in this month’s Synform. Read more >>>
Paper by Suib Group is Among Top 5 Downloaded in June
A paper by the Suib Group, Mesoporous MoO3–x Material as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reactions, was published in the journal Advanced Energy Materials and is among the top 5 downloaded paper in the month of June. The research is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy […]
Dr. José Gascón Receives Research Excellence Program Award
Dr. José Gascón is the recipient of a 2016 Research Excellence Program Storrs (REP-Storrs) award. The primary goal of the REP is to provide seed funding to promote, support, and enhance the research, scholarship, and creative endeavors of faculty at UConn, including (but not limited to) the strategic and emerging areas delineated in the Academic […]
Dr. Brückner To Become New Department Head
On July 1, Christian Brückner will become the next Department Head. He will be assisted by Associate Department Head Mark Peczuh and Undergraduate Program Director Nick Leadbeater.
Brückner Group Featured on Cover of Accounts of Chemical Research
A review of the Brückner Group’s “Porphyrin Breaking and Mending” work has appeared in the June 2016 edition of Accounts of Chemical Research. A representation of the concept is also featured on the publication’s cover. Brückner, C. ‘The Breaking and Mending of meso-Tetraarylporphyrins: Transmuting the Pyrrolic Building Blocks’ Acc. Chem. Res. 2016, 49, 1080−1092. About […]
Dr. Challa V. Kumar Receives Supplement To NSF Grant
Dr. Challa V. Kumar received an NSF AGEP supplement to his project, “DNA Floor Boards.” This amendment brings Dr. Kumar’s total award to approximately $200,000.
Dr. Mark Peczuh Receives Research Excellence Program Award
Dr. Mark Peczuh is the recipient of a 2016 Research Excellence Program Storrs (REP-Storrs) award. The primary goal of the REP is to provide seed funding to promote, support, and enhance the research, scholarship, and creative endeavors of faculty at UConn, including (but not limited to) the strategic and emerging areas delineated in the Academic […]
Ligand-Free Noble Metal Nanocluster Catalysts On Carbon Supports Via “Soft” Nitriding
The Journal of the American Chemical Society recently published “Ligand-Free Noble Metal Nanocluster Catalysts on Carbon Supports via ‘Soft’ Nitriding.” Within the publication, collaborators from the Suib, Rusling, and He Groups report “a robust, universal ‘soft’ nitriding method to grow in situ ligand-free ultrasmall noble metal nanocatalysts (UNMN; e.g., Au, Pd, and Pt) onto carbon.” […]