The Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois
Materials Chemistry Seminar Abstracts, Fall 2003 - Spring 2004
Fall 2003
Literature Seminars
"Chemical Vapor Deposition of Diamond Films for Advanced Material Applications"
Erin M. Brew
"Recent Studies in Materials for Hydrogen Storage"
Jong Ho Chung
"Modular Synthesis of Porous Metal-Organic Framework"
Zheng Ni
"Thin Films for Electrochromic Devices"
Annabeth Ryder
"Room Temperature Ionic Liquids for Polymer Synthesis"
Sara Skrabalak
"Plasmonics: Surface Plasmon Optics and Circuitry"
Daryl P. Wernette
Final Defenses
"Surface Effects on Anchoring and Dynamical Interactions of Liquid Crystalline Films"
Hye Jin Kwon
"Robust Microporous Metalloporphyrin Framework Solids"
Dennis William Smithenry
Spring 2004
Literature Seminars
"GaMnAs and Its Application Toward Spintronics"
Keith Hurley
Final Defenses
"Decal Transfer Lithography"
William R. Childs
"Use of High-Intensity Ultrasound for Synthesis and Modification of Advanced Materials"
Tatiana Prozorov
"Formation of Porous Silicon Carbide and its Suitability as a Chemical and Temperature Detector"
Tilghman Lee Rittenhouse
