| Instructor: | Dr. Salim M. Diab
Office: Room 215, St. Albert Phone: 815-740-3855 (Ext. 3855) Home Phone: 815-730-8302 E-mail: sdiab@stfrancis.edu homepage:http://www.stfrancis.edu/ns/diab/etherman.htm |
The course is being held at Benedictine University in the Krasa Presentation Room from 7:00-9:00 PM on Tuesday evenings.
Coordinators:
Jeff Jankowski, Benedictine University, Phone 630-829-6587, Fax 630-829-6547,
JJankowski@ben.edu
Salim M. Diab, University of St. Francis, Phone 815-740-3855, Fax 815-740-4285,
sdiab@stfrancis.edu
DATE
TOPIC
SPEAKER
Sept. 10
Color of Silver and Gold
Dr. George C. Schatz,
Nanoparticles: Influence of Size
Northwestern University
Shape, and Environment
Sept. 17
Molecular Electronics and
Dr. Mark A. Ratner,
Molecular Wires
Northwestern University
Sept. 24
Preparation and Application
Dr. Patrick G. Murray,
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Of Metal Oxide Nanoparticle
Nanophase Technologies Corporation
Dispersions in Aqueous and Non-aqueous Fluids
Oct. 1
Nanoscale Examination of
Dr. Rong Wang
Biomolecular Inetractions
Illinois Institute of Technology
By Atomic Force Microscopy
Oct. 8
Are We Putting the Nanotechnology
Dr. Dennis W. Bennett,
Cart Before the Nanoscience Horse?
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Oct. 15
TBA
Dr. M. Ishaque Kahn,
Illinois Institute of Technology
Oct. 22
TBA
Dr. Jeff Eastman
Argonne National Laboratory
Oct. 29
Preparation and Analysis of
Dr. Luke Hanley,
Nanoscale Organic Thin Films
University of Illinois at Chicago
Nov. 5
Molecular Machines
Dr. Brice Bosnich,
University of Chicago
Nov. 12
TBA
Dr. Alanah Fitch,
Loyola University
Speaker Web-sites
Dennis W. Bennett
http://alchemy.chem.uwm.edu/research/bennett/dwb.html
Brice Bosnich
http://chemistry.uchicago.edu/fac/bosnich.shtml
Jeffrey Eastman
http://www.msd.anl.gov/
Alanah Fitch
http://www.luc.edu/depts/chem/faculty/fitch/fitch.htm
Luke Hanley
http://www.chem.uic.edu/WWW/FACULTY/Hanley/FACULTY.HTM
M. Ishaque Kahn
http://bcpsg00.bcps.iit.edu/~bcps/database/search.cgi/Khan/M/Chemistry/:/frontend/faculty/faculty_web_page
Pat Murray
http://www.nanophase.com/
George Schatz
http://www.chem.northwestern.edu/brochure/schatz.html
Mark Ratner
http://www.chem.northwestern.edu/brochure/ratner.html
Required Texts:
None
References(WEB):
http://nano.sandia.gov/Nchem.htm
http://www.ytbioteknik.uu.se/res/area2.html#reports
http://www.nanochem.kth.se/nano/general.htm
http://www.stanford.edu/group/Zarelab/Sections/Solution.html
http://www.nanonics.co.il/pdf/Sciences/Sciences/Nanopen%20APL.pdf
http://crystallization.curtin.edu.au/
http://www.itri.org.tw/eng/news_events/news/2001/n-20011004-ucl.htmlhttp://www.uni-konstanz.de/
FuF/Physik/Leiderer/Research/Physics_on_nm_scale/Nanochemistry_on_Surfaces/nanochemistry_on_surfaces.html
http://www.nanochem.kth.se/nano/related.htm
http://www.infosatellite.com/news/2001/12/p181201nanochemistry.html
(great)
Expectations of Students:
1. Attendance is required. If you need to miss a lecture, please let
me know and we will work out a substitute assignment.
2. A feedback form is required for each speaker. The form will be distributed
on the day of the presentation and must be turned in to your instructor
the following week.
3. Active participation is encouraged. This can be done in the form
of questions, comments, or informal dialogue with the speakers and other
participants.
Criteria for Evaluation
One-hour credit: attend all lectures
and submit a written summary/critique of each lecture.
Two-hour credit: 50% of the grade
will be based on the same criteria as the one-hour credit. The other 50%
will be based on a research paper on one of the topics discussed in the
course. The paper must be 8-10 pages long, well researched, properly cited
with all the relevant bibliography.