Department News

Researchers studied how a special metal—ruthenium—reacts when it's part of a molecule attached to a thin glass-like surface. This metal can help pull apart water molecules, a process necessary for a hydrogen-based economy.

Charlotte Montgomery tackles a highly specific, but critical, question: how does tweaking tiny chemical features on a molecule affect its ability to form a crucial intermediate called a metal hydride?
Research

Herein, an approach for discriminating between tardigrade morphological states is developed and utilized to compare sucrose- and CaCl2-induced tuns, using the model species Hypsibius exemplaris.

Herein, we disclose a backbone rearrangement approach to tune the short-chain branching of polymers.

A new homoleptic Ru polypyridyl complex bearing two aldehyde groups on each bipyridine ligand, [Ru(dab)3](PF6)2, where dab is 4,4′-dicarbaldehyde-2,2′-bipyridine, was synthesized, characterized, and utilized for iodide photo-oxidation studies.
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