CHEM 145 - Chemistry Research Techniques

0.5 or 1 unit(s)

This course provides an introduction to modern research instrumentation and techniques in chemistry through multiple-week laboratory projects. Students get experience with the use of advanced instrumentation, and in interpreting and analyzing the experimental results. Topics may include: structural characterization with X-ray crystallography; materials analysis with scanning probe microscopies; polymer synthesis and characterization; synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials; computational chemistry to perform theoretical ab initio calculations and computer modeling of biomolecules. Mr. Donhauser.

Prerequisite: CHEM 125.

Enrollment by permission of the instructor.

Not offered in 2015/16.

One 50-minute period; one 4-hour laboratory.