Schroeder, Lianne Lecturer lschro6 uic. Snee, Preston Associate Professor Chemistry. Stec, Ewa Lecturer Chemistry. Stieff, Mike Professor mstieff uic. Trenary, Michael Professor mtrenary uic. Wardrop, Duncan Associate Professor wardropd uic. Wink, Donald Professor dwink uic. Yang, Xiaojing Associate Professor xiaojing uic. Yermolina, Maria V. Clinical Assistant Professor Chemistry.
Group theory and its applications in inorganic chemistry are developed. These concepts are used in surveying the chemistry of inorganic compounds from the standpoint of quantum chemistry, chemical bonding principles, and the relationship between structure and reactivity. Synthesis and Physical Methods in Inorganic Chemistry. This course covers theoretical and practical aspects of important physical methods for the characterization of inorganic molecules.
This course covers preparation and properties of organometallic compounds notably those of the transition elements, their reactions, and the concepts of homogeneous catalysis. This course provides an overview of nanoscale phenomena in metals, semiconductors, and magnetic materials e.
Special attention is paid to preparative aspects of nanomaterials, colloidal and gas-phase syntheses of nanoparticles, nanowires, and nanotubes. Engineered nanomaterials and their assemblies are considered promising candidates for a variety of applications, from solar cells, electronic circuits, light-emitting devices, and data storage to catalysts, biological tags, cancer treatments, and drug delivery. The course covers state-of-the art in these and other areas. Finally, the course provides an overview of the experimental techniques used for structural characterization of inorganic nanomaterials e.
Chemistry Of The Elements and Materials. This course surveys the descriptive chemistries of the main-group elements and the transition metals from a synthetic perspective, and reaction chemistry of inorganic molecules is systematically developed. This course covers various roles of metals in biology. Topics include coordination chemistry of bioinorganic units, substrate binding and activation, electron-transfer proteins, atom and group transfer chemistry, metal homeostasis, ion channels, metals in medicine, and model systems.
Instructor s : C. This course focuses on the quantitative aspects of structure and reactivity, molecular orbital theory, and the insight it provides into structures and properties of molecules, stereochemistry, thermochemistry, kinetics, substituent and isotope effects, and pericyclic reactions. Organic Synthesis and Structure. This course considers the mechanisms, applicability, and limitations of the major reactions in organic chemistry, as well as of stereochemical control in synthesis.
Strategies and Tactics of Organic Synthesis. This course discusses the important classes for organic transformation. Topics include carbon-carbon bond formation; oxidation; and reduction using a metal, non-metal, or acid-base catalyst.
We also cover design of the reagents and the scope and limitation of the processes. Physical Organic Chemistry II. Topics covered in this course include the mechanisms and fundamental theories of free radicals and the related free radical reactions, biradical and carbene chemistry, and pericyclic and photochemical reactions.
A goal of this course is to relate chemical phenomena with biological activities. We cover two main areas: 1 chemical modifications of biological macromolecules and their potential effects; and 2 the application of spectroscopic methods to elucidate the structure and dynamics of biologically relevant molecules. Terms Offered: Not offered in This course describes chemical systems in which nonlinear kinetics lead to unexpected emergent behavior of the system.
Autocatalytic and spatiotemporal pattern forming systems are covered, and their roles in the development and function of living systems are discussed.
New Synthetic Reactions and Catalysts. This course presents recent highlights of new synthetic reactions and catalysts for efficient organic synthesis.
Mechanistic details and future possibilities are discussed. This course emphasizes the concepts of physical organic chemistry e. Topics, which are taken from recent literature, include the roles of proteins in signal transduction pathways, the biosynthesis of natural products, strategies to engineer cells with novel functions, the role of spatial and temporal inhomogeneities in cell function, and organic synthesis and protein engineering for the development of molecular tools to characterize cellular activities.
The aim of this course is to teach chemical biology using primary literature examples, both classic and modern, focused on fundamental approaches and technologies. A general focus on the course are biomolecules - their biophysics, function, engineering, and repurposing and research tools. This course and the subsequent "Chemical Biology II course Chem are geared toward those interested in pursuing chemical biology in their research endeavors or future career.
Instructor s : R. Chemistry of Enzyme Catalysis. The course will cover fundamental aspects of the physical organic chemistry of enzyme catalysis, with special emphasis on the role of pre-oriented local electric fields in catalysis, and will use case studies based on the primary scientific literature--both classic and current papers. For each class, there will be primary scientific papers assigned that the student will be expected to have studied in depth prior to class, including "reading around" on the same and related topics; suggestions for supplementary reading will be given.
Classes will be conducted as discussion sessions; guided by the Instructor--all students will be expected to be prepared to answer questions from the instructor, and to take active part in class discussions. Participation in class will count for a portion of the grade for each student.
Biological Chemistry of Materials: Principles and Applications. Applications of cofactor-dependent enzymes: building of enzymatic electrodes and biofuel cells. Development of immunosensors based on ELISA, electrochemistry, optics, carbon nanotubes and piezoelectric methods. Amplification methods for nucleic acids detection in test tube and in cells.
Preparation and characterization of nanoparticles in nucleic acids and proteins sensing processes. In recent years it has become apparent that much of an organisms genome is transcribed, yielding a far more expansive collection of RNA molecules than previously thought: many of these RNAs are classic messenger RNAs that code for proteins but many serve functions other than protein coding noncoding RNAs.
We will consider emerging themes in noncoding RNA biology and investigate methods for interrogating their cellular structure and function. Current Topics and Methods in Chemical Biology. The aim of this course is to teach modern chemical biology methods, technologies, and applications as applied to problems and challenges in human health and biotechnology. Both classics in translational chemical biology and emerging technologies will be used to teach general principles in the application of chemistry to therapeutic development and biotechnology.
Wave Mechanics and Spectroscopy. This course presents the introductory concepts, general principles, and applications of wave mechanics to spectroscopy. Instructor s : A. This course builds upon the concepts introduced in CHEM with greater detail provided for the role of quantum mechanics in chemical physics.
This course covers the thermodynamics and introductory statistical mechanics of systems at equilibrium. Advanced Statistical Mechanics. Topics covered in this course may include statistics of quantum mechanical systems, weakly and strongly interacting classical systems, phase transitions and critical phenomena, systems out of equilibrium, and polymers.
This course develops a molecular-level description of chemical kinetics, reaction dynamics, and energy transfer in both gases and liquids.
Topics include potential energy surfaces, collision dynamics and scattering theory, reaction rate theory, collisional and radiationless energy transfer, molecule-surface interactions, Brownian motion, time correlation functions, and computer simulations.
This linear and nonlinear spectroscopy course includes notions on matter-radiation interaction, absorption, scattering, and oscillator strength.
We cover nonlinear optical processes such as coherent Raman, harmonic, and sum-frequency; induced transparency; slow light; and X-ray generation. We also cover coherent and incoherent dynamical probes, such as pump-probe, echos, and two-dimensional spectroscopy. Advanced Special Topics in Theory and Computation. Learn More. Graduate Studies. The Ph.
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