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2024 Chemistry and Biochemistry Newsletter
Check out highlights from 2024 and catch up with some of our alumni in the latest issue of the UO Chemistry and Biochemistry newsletter!
Darren Johnson Wins SEED Award
UO Chemistry and Biochemistry faculty Darren Johnson is among 11 accomplished researchers selected to receive Research Corporation for Science Advancement’s Cottrell Plus SEED Award for 2024.
The competitive SEED (Singular Exceptional Endeavors of Discovery) Award is designed to support members of the Cottrell Scholar community in high-impact research activities. Each award is $60,000.
Johnson’s award is in the New Research Directions category.
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Rapp Lab Receives First External Funding
In July, the Teresa Rapp Lab received $100K grant from the Donald E. And Deliah B. Baxter Foundation, a charitable institution established to advance medical and scientific research at institutions of higher learning. In the Rapp Lab, the funding will provide support for a new project modelling late stage fibrosis with light responsive biomaterials.
More information about the Baxters can be found on the Stanford Medicine website.
Julia Widom among four UO researchers win NSF awards for early career faculty!
Julia Widom
Physical Chemistry Seminar – John Hardwick, June 3rd
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Physical Chemistry Seminar Series
Professor John Hardwick, University of Oregon
Monday, June 3, 2024—2:00pm
Tykeson 140
Hosted by: Jeff Cina
Electron detachment in the infrared: the spectrum and structure of HNO– in the infrared
Over the past few decades, the importance of ions in both common and exotic chemical processes has become obvious. The chemistry of flames, atmospheres, and astronomical objects all involve ion-molecule and ion-ion reactions, some of which are critical in understanding the complex reaction kinetics in those systems. In many such environments, the best way of observing the abundance of molecular ions is high resolution spectroscopy.
The spectra of positive ions are often observed in emission or absorption in laboratory discharges, since positive ions can survive in high temperature environments. Negative ions, on the other hand, often will detach an electron under moderate thermal conditions, since molecular electron affinities are rarely above 1 or 2 electron volts. Rotationally resolved spectra of molecular anions are, as a result, relatively rare.
The HNO– ion is known to have an electron detachment energy of 0.338 eV (about 2776 cm–1). We have recorded the rotationally resolved vibrational spectra of H14NO– and H15NO– near 3000 cm–1. The rotational analysis indicates that the origin of the vibrational band is only about 20 cm–1 above this limit. The analysis requires a determination of the geometry that can be compared with previous experimental and computational studies.
Building better batteries through material chemistry – Q&A with Matthias Agne
Guenza Lab Research Featured on the Cover of The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Artwork depicting research being conducted in the Marina Guenza lab was selected for the cover of the February 8th issue of The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.
Read more about the cover and the full research article at https://pubs.acs.org/toc/jpcbfk/128/5