CHEMICALBONDS

THE UNIvErSITy Of TENNESSEE, KNOxvILLE DEpArTMENT Of CHEMISTry

fall 2012

Teaching Lab Makeover: Chemistry for the 21st Century

vol III Issue No.1Chemical Bonds is published in the spring and fall by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Department of Chemistry

Dr. Charles feigerleProfessor and Department Head

Dr. Diane SchmidtPresident, Board of Visitors

Rachel RuiWriter/Editor/Photographer

Harrison PangPhotographer

Pam RoachProofreader

Address correspondence to the edior:The University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleDepartment of ChemistryThe University of Tennessee552 Buehler Hall1420 Circle Dr.Knoxville, TN 37996-1600

chemistry@utk.edu(865) 974-3141

Visit the Department of Chemistry Web Site atwww.chem.utk.edu

Contents

3 Message from Chair

4 Department News

6 faculty Highlight

8 Student feature

11 Alumni News

Newly Renovated Conference Room - Buehler Hall 511

The past year has seen many positive changes in the Department of Chemistry. Probably the most significant of these is completion of the programming stage of new undergraduate teaching laboratories for general, honor’s, introductory analytical and organic chemistry. In the FY13 state budget, funds were appropriated for renovation and expansion of Strong Hall, which is to be the home for new undergraduate teaching laboratories in Chemistry. This is truly exciting for us as it will be the first new chemistry teaching laboratories we have been able to build since Buehler Hall was completed in 1970. We are all looking forward to the prospect of providing our students with a more modern laboratory experience so they are better prepared for the challenges of the 21st century. We want to thank the leadership of the university, particularly Chancellor Cheek, and of the state for recognizing and making the commitment to deal with this need for modernizing the chemical laboratory experience at UT. We will provide periodic updates on this project in future newsletters. If you are interested in checking out the Strong Hall site, you can find it on the master plan map available at http://masterplan.utk.edu/nearterm/ Also, if you are interested in contributing to this transformational project in chemistry, please contact us as there are development opportunities small and large.

In addition to the Strong Hall project, there are quite a few improvements already completed or in planning stages here in Buehler Hall. We just completed renovation of restrooms and Bu 511, the main conference room for the Department. These improvements will help us provide the positive impression we need to attract top quality faculty, graduate students and researchers to the Department. Two of the older classrooms in Buehler Hall, Bu 475 and 476, will be renovated this summer to provide an active learning setting that stimulates student success.

Following the lead of our chancellor, departmental units across the university are developing plans and taking action to improve the University and raise its standing to one of the top-25 state universities in the nation. The Department of Chemistry considers itself a leader in this charge. Our graduate program continues to grow, with 30 students entering this past fall bringing our new total up to 130 students in the program. We anticipate bringing in a class of over thirty again next year which will mark 3 years in a row of classes of 30 or more. The success of faculty in obtaining new funding continues to grow with yearly external funding in chemistry increasing to nearly $6M in FY12.

As you read this newsletter, we hope the stories reveal the current vibrancy of the department and engage you in sharing the excitement and optimism we have for our future. We continue to be a highly achieving and productive department worthy of your investment. We are grateful to our alumni and friends, and invite your encouragement and support as we continue on the path of growth and achievement.

We would be like to hear from you! I invite you to stay in touch by calling or sending me an e-mail to share your thoughts and comments. If you are planning to be in Knoxville, please stop by the department for a visit.

Message from Chair

With best wishes,Charles Feigerle

feigerle@ion.chem.utk.edu(865)974-3141

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Department News

Date: 09/12/2012

Modern chemistry laboratories have witnessed many striking advancements in the past few decades as computers have been integrated into almost every facet of the collection, processing and storage of measurement data. The introductory chemistry sequence (our beloved Gen Chem), introduces students to the fundamental concepts in chemistry as well as basic techniques used to mea sure the properties of compounds and materials. After more than 30 years of tinkering with this course, the chemistry department undertook a major redesign of General Chemistry and its laboratory. In the Fall of 2012 the new curriculum was unveiled to the main body of undergraduate students that take it every year.

About six years ago, Craig Barnes, professor and former head of the chemistry department, saw the need to redesign the general chemistry program to fit the needs of modern chemistry education. A committee, composed of faculty, instructors and graduate teaching assistants was formed two years ago to begin working on this challenging project. They decided to look closely at the two main parts of the course – the text and the laboratory – and make whatever changes were needed.

“The General Chemistry lab really needed to be updated.” said Barnes, “Some of the current labs had not changed much in several decades, while the modern chemistry laboratory doesn’t look at all the same.”

To start the process, Barnes was successful in a proposal to the College of Arts and Sciences to outfit the Honors Chemistry laboratory with new computer interfaced lab stations, one for every two students. The next year 25 MeasureNet (MNet) stations were installed and Jeff Kovac, professor and Director of the College Scholars program, who has taught Honors Chemistry for many years, took on the task of developing new MeasureNet labs for his students.

“MeasureNet has allowed us to perform some experiments

Teaching Lab Makeover: Chemistry for the 21st Century

General Chemistry Text Book and Lab Manual

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that we could not do in the past.” Kovac said. “For example, we can now use the MeasureNet advanced colorimeter to follow the kinetics of a chemical reaction spectroscopically. It has also allowed students to collect higher quality data that can be processed using excel.” Kovac continued, “Modern science uses electronic, computer-controlled equipment, not the traditional glassware of the chemistry lab. What we try to do is to mix the older techniques with the more modern.”

After a year and a half of developing and testing new labs, the department felt it was ready to take the leap and introduce MeasureNet into the main General Chemistry sequence. “It’s a lot of work to make such a big change in a lab taken by almost 2,000 students each semester,” Barnes said, “we also knew we’d have to rewrite the lab manual because you have to first understand MeasureNet, then you have to modify all the procedures that were written for hand data collection.”

There was also the question of how to fund such a massive overhaul of the lab. Barnes again went to the College and, with the positive responses from students in Honors Chemistry, was able to secure the funds needed to bring MeasureNet to the main body of UTK students starting out in General Chemistry.

In total, the College of Arts and Sciences has invested over $500,000 toward the redesign of the entire undergraduate general chemistry program at UTK which culminated in the installation of 150 MeasureNet instrument stations in the General Chemistry labs with twenty computer hubs during the summer of 2011.

“Without the support of the College and upper administration at UTK we could never have even dreamed of pulling this off. This is a testament to the importance of undergraduate education here.” Barnes said.

The newly installed MNet system is a network-based electronic data acquisition interface. It performs data acquisition tasks that enables users to monitor, collect, store, and disseminate laboratory data, as well as share lab instruments. While there is still value in learning traditional lab methods, Kovac believes that it is essential to show students how things are done in both research and industrial labs in the 21st century. each two students have their own MeasureNet station with which to collect data such as temperature, time, pressure, pH, etc.

“Having both used and taught with MeasureNet, I can honestly say that it was probably my favorite part of General Chemistry lab.” James Humble, a recent chemistry graduate in the Chancellor’s Honors program and undergraduate teaching assistant, said. “It made performing experiments, especially titrations, much easier and more interesting because we actually had time to think about what our data meant and to observe the experiment instead of simply mindlessly recording dozens of data points.”

“The laboratory makeover not only benefits the first-year students, but will help improve their preparation and success as they go on to take upper-level chemistry courses, “ said Al Hazari, Director of Undergraduate laboratories.

Although MeasureNet gave committee the opportunity to review the entire lab manual, Barnes mentioned that it’s only one of the reasons why the manuals all need to be re-written. “The last edition was written almost 15 years ago. Most of the experiments needed major updates and several brand new labs

were developed.” Heather Bass, graduate teaching associate and student member of committee, said besides integrating MeasureNet information into the lab manuals, another major change is “making sure that labs and topics covered in section coincide better than in the past, so that students would actually see the material for lab before the actual lab itself. This way they have a better grasp on what is going on.”

While this was going on, the committee had also been working for almost two years to consider new text books for the introductory chemistry sequence and rewrite the lab manual for the course. Along with the teaching lab make over, as part of redesigning the General Chemistry program, the Department also published a newly customized text book in collaboration with pearson publishing. With more than 60 pages added to the introduction, the text book is specifically tailored towards students taking classes in the UTK Chemistry Department.

“We were able to rearrange some materials in the text book to meet our curriculum needs.” Barnes said. “What is really new is the section at the beginning of the book which describes our department, the curriculum and possible careers in chemistry to students just as they begin their studies here at UTK.” The added section also includes study tips, departmental information, tutoring information, and advising information for chemistry majors and minors. Although a lot of these materials were available online or through various sources, the committee consolidated this information and provided them to the students in one location.

“Many students need assistance while taking general chemistry, and although there is an abundance of resources available, many students aren’t aware of all the possible avenues of help.” Belinda lady, graduate teaching assistant and member of the committee said. “Now instructors can direct students to this section of the custom textbook.”

The new Chem120 laboratory manual is in the hands of the students this semester with the MeasureNet stations in the laboratory. The final touches are being put on the new Chem130 manual as it goes to the printers for next semester. “Without a doubt we will find things to change and keep making the experiments better, but it sure feels good to have ‘version 1.0’ done.” the committee said.

General Chemistry Lab

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faculty Highlight

Date: July 15, 2012

Jon Camden, an assistant professor of analytical chemistry at UTK, has been announced as a recipient of the CAreer award from the National Science Foundation.

CAreer award is one of “the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations.”

Camden’s award includes a 5-year $600,000 grant to support his research and educational activities. “The CAreer recognizes the potential of our research to be transformative and to integrate our research mission with education. This award will have a major impact on our efforts and it is a privilege for which I am very grateful.” Camden said.

Funding from this award will be used to develop surface nonlinear spectroscopy as an analytical method for probing the two-photon properties of molecules, surface adsorbate structure, and ultrasensitive detection. Camden group will pursue detailed comparisons between experiment and theory. “This work is fundamental in that it explores how molecules adsorbed on nanoparticles scatter light, and it provides much needed experiments for the benchmarking of new theoretical methods of calculating nonlinear molecular properties.” Camden added, “It also has the potential to impact a wide range of practical applications such as catalysis and renewable energy production.”

In addition to the scientific endeavor, Camden group seeks to increase the number of high-school students pursuing Science, Technology, engineering, and Mathematics (STeM) majors in college. In collaboration with Debbie Sayers, a Chemistry Teacher at Hardin Valley Academy, Camden and his group will provide curricular enrichment to local public high-schools through the creation of ASpIre teams (Aspiring Scientists participating in research and education). ASpIre teams will deliver hands-on laboratory experiments to local high school classrooms once a month during the regular school year, for a total of six activities.

professor Camden received NSf CArEEr Award

Top: The Camden Group; Left: Dr. Jon Camden

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Date: 07/27/2012

David Baker, professor of the Chemistry Department was inducted into the 2012 class of Fellows of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world’s largest scientific society.

As stated in a letter issued by the Chair of ACS Fellows Oversight Committee, Dr. John Adams, “ACS Fellows are nominated by their peers and selected for their achievements in and contributions to the sciences and for providing volunteer service to the ACS community.”

The 2012 ACS Fellows will be honored at a special ceremony during the ACS National Meeting in philadelphia on Monday, August 20. The official list appeared in the July 23 issue of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN).

The ACS Fellows program began in December 2008. This year’s Fellows represent 23 technical divisions and 52 local sections and reflect a wide range of disciplines and geographic locations.

Dr. David Baker

professor Baker Named 2012 ACS fellow

The last decade has seen an explosion in the study of plasmonic materials, with current applications including plasmon-assisted catalysis, solar energy harvesting, imaging beyond the diffraction limit, surface-enhanced spectroscopy, and ultrasensitive detection. Almost all of these optical phenomena rely on the unique ability of plasmonic nanostructures to concentrate light on length scales that are smaller than the diffraction limit of visible light. The Camden group is exploring electron microscopy as a technique to image plasmons and plasmonic particles with atomic resolution, which will provide fundamental insights into these new materials. Simultaneously we are developing analytical applications of plasmon-driven spectroscopies, with an emphasis on near-infrared detection and nonlinear processes.

Camden Group research

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Student Feature

Date: 04/04/2012

The University of Tennessee’s sixteenth annual exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EURēCA) was held March 28-29 at the Carolyn p. Brown Memorial University Center Ballroom. The event highlighted research and creative projects completed by UT Knoxville students in collaboration with a faculty mentor.

Chemistry students Britta Johnson and Andrew Moss won two out of three awards given in the physical and earth Sciences division.

Andrew Moss’ winning project entitled “Ongoing Synthesis of Galactose Disaccharides for Binding Studies” was guided by David Baker, professor of Chemistry, and Irene Abia, faculty member at the Chemistry & Biochemistry Department of the University of Mississippi, and a recent graduate from Baker’s group.

Working on the project, Moss concentrated on the synthesis of

galactose disaccharides for investigation into lectin binding using Atomic Force Microscopy and Förster resonance energy transfer.

Moss was excited receiving this award. “I have put much effort into my research and enjoyed the opportunity to present it to peers and professors.” Moss was also very grateful for the help from professor Baker. “Dr. Baker is always very helpful in guiding the synthesis and providing feedback on ideas and problems encountered.” Moss said.

Born and raised in Cookeville, TN, Moss attended Cookeville High School before he joined UT in the Fall of 2010. He has been working in Baker’s lab since the

first week of his freshman year. Prior to this research presentation, he also participated in the poster presentation at the National Collegiate research Conference at Harvard University in Jan. 2012 and gave an oral presentation at the Annual Undergraduate research Conference at the University of Memphis in Feb. 2012. Most recently, he gave a presentation at UT in the 3rd Annual Honors Symposium.

Another winner, Britta Johnson presented her project entitled “Dynamics of He Absorbates on Mg0(100) Surfaces”, guided by robert Hinde, professor of Chemistry.

Two Chemistry Students Won 2012 EUrēCA Awards

Date: 04/17/2012

Chris Freye, a rising senior in the Chemistry undergraduate program, and a member of the Chancellor’s Honor program received 2012 undergraduate summer research internship from the UT Office of Undergraduate research.

Freye will be working in professor Sepaniak’s lab on a project labeled Advanced Separation Techniques Employing a Novel Means of Detection.

“I will be integrating thin layer chromatography with surface

enhanced raman spectroscopy.’ Freye said, “The goal of the project is to carry out a separation on a TlC plate, transfer the analytes from the plate to nanocomposite which would be analyzed by raman spectroscopy.”

Freye is extremely excited for receiving this internship opportunity. “I have been working for Dr. Sepaniak for the last year; however, I have had to pay attention to my school work. This summer, I will be able to fully concentrate on my project and hopefully excel.”

Freye is also very thankful that his mentor professor Sepaniak and the UT Office of Research for providing him with this great opportunity.

Undergraduate summer research internships are funded by the UT Knoxville Chancellor’s Office and Office of Research. Up to 75 internships at $2,000 each are awarded each year to support students who will work on a research or creative project with a UT Knoxville faculty mentor during the summer.

Undergraduate Chemistry Major receives Summer Internship

Britta Johnson

Chris Freye

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Iberi and Simmons received ACS Outstanding poster

Date: 04/09/2012

Vighter Iberi and philip Simmons, two graduate students from Dr. Camden’s Group received the American Chemical Society physical Chemistry Division Outstanding Student poster Award presented at the 243rd National ACS Meeting in San Diego, CA on March 25.

During the poster session, Simmons and Iberi presented some results of their project aiming to correlate plasmon data obtained from optical microscopy and electron microscopy with theory. “Vighter did the experimental and I did the theory work.” Simmons said.

Iberi and Simmons both described their working experience with each other as fun and rewarding. “Working with DJ (Simmons) has been fun!” Iberi said. “He (Simmons) has been very helpful in doing all of the complex classical electrodynamics calculations related to our experiments.” Simmons added that while both theory and experiment parts are challenging and call for a tremendous amount of work, “working together we’ve been able to accomplish much more than we would have just working solo.”

They are looking forward to continuing this project. “Work still has to be done in understanding the behavior of electromagnetic hot spots that are responsible for surface-enhanced raman scattering (SerS) when excited by an electron beam.” Iberi said.

Iberi obtained his B.S. degree from Campbellsville University in 2008 and joined Camden Group in 2009. Now a 3rd year graduate student, Iberi’s research area focuses on the plasmonic studies of nobel metallic nanostructures by using the powerful tools of electron and dark-field optical microscopy. After graduation, Iberi hopes to pursue a career in a research institution such as a National laboratory or a company with an intellectually stimulating research and Development division.

Hailed from Buckhannon, West Virginia, Simmons joined the Camden Group in 2011 after obtaining his B.S. from Fairmont State University in 2009. His research involves computational electrodynamics of plasmonic nano-structures and raman spectroscopy. Although it might still be early to think about a career after graduation, Simmons hopes to join the computer hardware industry eventually.

Burton Mandrell and David Cooper, two undergraduate students from Camden Group also attended meeting and presented their research.

Date: 08/01/2012

The Chemistry Department hosted 6 students from universities all over the country during this year’s Summer Undergraduate research program (SUrp).

The students worked with chemistry faculty members and graduate students for 10 weeks to gain the research experience and skills necessary for their future career and further education in the field of chemistry.

Students were provided with free housing, travel allowance, and a stipend.

2012 participants are:• Kevin robb from Truman State University, worked in professor

Best’s lab• Michael Hyatt from Murray State University, worked in professor

long’s lab• Joseph Adedigba from Fisk University, worked in professor

Zhao’s lab• lisa Kichner from Missouri State University, worked in professor

Camden’s lab• rachel Mulder from Georgia Southern University, worked in

professor Mays’ lab• Caleb Swain from Georgia Southern University, worked in

professor Campagna’s lab

Department Hosted 2012 SUrp Students

Simmons (2nd from left) and Iberi (3rd from left) receiving awards

2012 SURP Participants with Mentors

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Charles Sun published in ACS NANO

Date: 07/03/2012

Qi (Charles) Sun, a graduate student in professor Musfeldt’s Group, published an article in ACS NANO, a monthly journal that provides an international forum for the communication of comprehensive articles on nanoscience and nanotechnology research. *

In the article “Spectroscopic Signature of the Superparamagnetic Transition and Surface Spin Disorder in CoFe2O4 Nanoparticles,” the researchers measured the infrared vibrational properties of CoFe2O4 nanoparticles and compared the results to trends in the coercivity over the same size range and to the response of the bulk material.

“To the best of our knowledge,” Sun said, “this work is the first time to report a spectroscopic signature of the superparamagnetic transition and surface spin disorder from the spectroscopy point of view.”

Sun is originally from Huadian City, Jilin province, China. He received his B.S. degree of polymer Chemical engineering in June 1999 from Dalian University of Technology in Dalian, China. Then he joined Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Science in Changhcun, where he received M.S. degree majoring in Chemistry and physics of polymers in June 2005. In August 2007, Sun came to UT and joined Musfeldt Group to begin research in the field of spectroscopic investigations of nanoscale materials.

prior to this publication, Sun has more than 10 publications and 5 patents.

* published monthly, ACS Nano is an international forum for the communication of comprehensive articles on nanoscience and nanotechnology research at the interfaces of chemistry, biology, materials science, physics, and engineering. Moreover, the journal helps facilitate communication among scientists from these research communities in developing new research opportunities, advancing the field through new discoveries, and reaching out to scientists at all levels.

Date: 08/02/2012

The Jenkins Group published a paper entitled “Exploiting a Dimeric Silver Transmetallating Reagent to Synthesize Macrocyclic Tetracarbene Complexes” in Chemical Science. The paper was also highlighted in the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Chemical Science blog.

The paper, co-authored by Zheng lu, Alan Cramer and David Jenkins, showcases a general synthetic method to prepare macrocyclic tetracarbenes with first, second and third row transition metals from both sides of the periodic table, using a dimeric silver transmetallating reagent. These silver transmetallation reactions demonstrate a generalized process, wider metal variety, and higher product yields than other typical synthetic methods for preparing polydentate carbene complexes. Their synthetic advance lifts these intriguing compounds out of the realm of curiosities and opens up avenues to their future study and application.

Chemical Science, published by rSC publishing is a journal for findings of exceptional significance from across the chemical sciences. This monthly journal launched in 2010 and was awarded The Best New Journal 2011 by the Association of learned and professional Society publishers.

Date: 06/29/2012

Burton Mandrell, a chemistry undergraduate major, is a member of the University of Tennessee Bridge team that is one of four finalists in the National Collegiate Bridge Championship to be played in philadelphia on July 14. The

other three team members are Jenny Dabbs, Alex Happ, and Tim Michaels.

Metro pulse interviewed Mandrell. He explained bridge is not a game just for old people and encouraged all to participate.

Jenkins Group paper Highlighted in rSC Blog

Qi Figure

Mandrell (1st from left) and his team mates

Chemistry Undergrad to Compete in the 2012 North American Collegiate Bridge Team Championships

From Left: Zheng Lu, David Jenkins, Alan Cramer

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Chemistry Board of visitors Chair received The Henry Hill Award from ACS

Date: 04/10/2012

Dr. Diane Grob Schmidt, UT Chemistry Alumnus and Chair of the Chemistry Department Board of Visitors (2011-12) received The Henry Hill Award presented by the American Chemical Society Division of professional relations during 2012 ACS National Meeting held in San Diego, CA on March 27.

Schmidt was recognized for her services and leadership in ACS for over twenty years. She has chaired or served on more than 20 ACS task forces and working groups that have helped advance the profession. In addition she was elected to the ACS Board of Directors and its executive Committee.

Around the same time, Schmidt was also named as a Director-at-large of the Board of Directors at the Oak ridge Associated Universities.

The Henry Hill Award was established in 1984 by the ACS Division of professional relations to honor distinguished service and achievement towards the advancement of professional relations. It honors Dr. Henry Hill, distinguished chemist, a Director and past president of the American Chemical Society.

More about BOV: http://www.chem.utk.edu/BoV/

The Department of Chemistry would like to extend a thank you to the alumni and friends of the Department who help support the Department in it strategic plan of education, scholarship, and research.

A GENErAL THANK yOU TO OUr DONOrS

Dr. Diane Schmidt

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