Term-paper topics: Taken topics scratched

A. Techniques:

1) Atomic absorption and emission spectroscopy

Related class material: Atomic structure (Chapter 2).

2) Photoelectron spectroscopy:

Related class material: Bonding theory (Chapter 5)

3) UV/VIS molecular absorption spectroscopy:

Related class material: Electronic spectra of coordination compounds (Chapter 11)

4) Molecular luminescence (fluorescence and phosphorescence) spectroscopy:

Related class material: Electronic spectra of coordination compounds (Chapter 11)

5) Electron spin resonance spectroscopy:

Related class material: Bonding in simple molecules (Chapter 5) and coordination compounds (Chapter 10).

6) X-ray crystallography:

Related class material: The crystalline solid state (Chapter 7)

7) MRI: Why did a chemist win the 2003 Noble Prize in Medicine? (ANNAMRAJU, APARNA)

Related class material: Bioinorganic chemistry (Chapter 16)

B. Research topics:

I. Fundamental chemistry topics:

1) Cation-pi interactions

Related class material: Acid-base and donor-acceptor concepts; coordination compounds (Chapters 6 and 9)

2) Metal-metal bonding in coordination compounds

Related class material: Bonding theory (Chapter 5); Coordination compounds (Chapters 9-11)

3) Organic excimers and exciplexes

Related class material: Bonding theory (Chapter 5)

4) Inorganic excimers and exciplexes

Related class material: Bonding theory (Chapter 5); Coordination compounds (Chapters 9-11)

5) Electron and energy transfer

Related class material: Bonding theory (Chapter 5)

II. Biochemistry topics:

1) Structure and functions of hemoglobin and myoglobin

Related class material: Coordination compounds (Chapters 9-11)

2) Cisplatin in cancer treatment

Related class material: Coordination compounds (Chapters 9-11)

3) Gold drugs for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

Related class material: Coordination compounds (Chapters 9-11)

4) Medicinal uses of nitric oxide for treatment of cancer and high blood pressure

Related class material: Bonding theory (Chapter 5)

5) Any topic that interests you among those discussed briefly in Chapter 16.

III. Industrial Catalytic processes:

1) Homogeneous catalysis (choose a process)

Related class material: Organometallic chemistry (Chapters 13-14)

2) Heterogeneous catalysis (choose a process)

Related class material: Organometallic chemistry (Chapters 13-14)

3) Conducting materials (semiconductors, conductors, superconductors, photoconductors)

Related class material: The crystalline solid state (Chapter 7)

4) Magnetic materials

Related class material: The crystalline solid state (Chapter 7); Coordination compounds (Chapters 9-11).

5) Optoelectronic applications of inorganic materials (select a topic in consultation with instructor. e.g., sensors; solar cells; light-emitting devices, etc.)

Related class material: Coordination compounds (Chapters 9-11).

IV. Environmental chemistry topics:

1) Photochemical smog

Related class material: Bonding theory (Chapter 5)

2) Ozone layer (Vincent Kofi Nanevie)

Related class material: Bonding theory (Chapter 5)

3) Photodecomposition of nitric oxide

Related class material: Bonding theory (Chapter 5)