University of Nebraska Kearney

Project Title:

Preparation of Pd(II) Interligand Charge-Transfer Complexes

Student Researcher:

Rupesh Shrestha

Project Start and Finish Dates:

Fall 1996 – Spring 1997

Resulting Dissemination:

none

Project Title:

Spectroscopy of Pd(II) Interligand Charge-Transfer Complexes

Student Researcher:

Andy Johansen

Project Start and Finish Dates:

Spring 1997

Resulting Dissemination:

External presentation (co-author of faculty presentation) -- “Substituent Effects on the Degree of Solvatochromism of Charge-Transfer-to-Diimine Complexes”  Exstrom, C. L.; Johansen, A. N.*  32nd Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Osage Beach, MO, October 30, 1997.

Project Title:

Acid-Base Chemistry of Acridine Derivatives

Student Researcher:

Matthew Polk

Project Start and Finish Dates:

Spring 1997 – Summer 1997

Resulting Dissemination:

Internal presentation --“Acid-Base Chemistry of Acridine Derivatives”  Polk, M. A.*; Exstrom, C. L. UNK Research & Creative Activity Symposium, March 10, 1998.

External presentation -- “Preparation and Acid-Base Chemistry of Novel Acridine-Containing Polymers.”  Polk, M. A. *; Exstrom, C. L.; Major, J. S. *; Mosher, M. D. 32^nd Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Osage Beach, MO, October 30, 1997.

External presentation -- “Acid-Base Chemistry of Novel Nitrophenylhydrazine Derivatives.”  Polk, M. A.*; Bolling, S. M.*; Exstrom, C. L. 33^rd Midwest Regional American Chemical Society, Wichita, KS, November 5, 1998.

Project Title:

Preparation and Spectroscopy of Pt(II) and Cu(II) Charge-Transfer Complexes

Student Researcher:

Devis Sinani

Project Start and Finish Dates:

Spring 1997 – Fall 1999

Resulting Dissemination:

Internal presentation --“Chemistry of Copper Charge-Transfer-to-Diimine Complexes”  Sinani, D.*; Exstrom, C. L. UNK Research & Creative Activity Symposium, March 10, 1998.

External presentation -- “Diimine Structural Effects on the Spectroscopic Properties of Copper(II) Diimine Catecholate Complexes.”  Sinani, D.*; Exstrom, C. L. 33^rd Midwest Regional American Chemical Society, Wichita, KS, November 5, 1998.

Project Title:

Preparation and Spectroscopy of Ni(II) Charge-Transfer Complexes

Student Researcher:

Ben Fagot

Project Start and Finish Dates:

Fall 1997 – Spring 1999

Resulting Dissemination:

Internal presentation -- “Synthesis and Properties of Nickel Charge-Transfer-to-Diimine Complexes”  Fagot, B. L.*; Exstrom, C. L. UNK Research & Creative Activity Symposium, March 9, 1998.

Internal presentation --“Preparation and Spectroscopic Properties of Novel Diimine Nickel(II) Catecholate Complexes”  Fagot, B. L.*; Exstrom, C. L. UNK Student Research Day, April 12, 1999.

Internal presentation -- “Preparation and Solution Properties of Nickel Complex Ion Pairs”  Fagot, B. L.*; Exstrom, C. L. UNK Student Research Day, April 24, 2000.

External presentation -- “Preparation and Spectroscopic Properties of Novel Diimine Nickel(II) Catecholate Complexes.”  Fagot, B. L.*; Exstrom, C. L. 33^rd Midwest Regional American Chemical Society, Wichita, KS, November 5, 1998.

External presentation -- “Preparation and Solution Properties of Nickel Complexion Pairs”  Fagot, B. L.*; Exstrom, C. L. 14^th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Missoula, MT, April 28, 2000.

Project Title:

Preparation and Chemistry of Novel Acridine and Pyridine Hydrazones

Student Researcher:

Sara Bolling

Project Start and Finish Dates:

Spring 1998

Resulting Dissemination:

External presentation -- “Acid-Base Chemistry of Novel Nitrophenylhydrazine Derivatives.”  Polk, M. A.*; Bolling, S. M.*; Exstrom, C. L. 33^rd Midwest Regional American Chemical Society, Wichita, KS, November 5, 1998.

Project Title:

Spectroscopy of Organic Anions in Varying Solvents

Student Researcher:

Kristina Garnett

Project Start and Finish Dates:

Spring 1998

Resulting Dissemination:

none

Project Title:

Metal Analyses of Soil and Water Samples in Parkinson’s Disease Project

Student Researchers:

Shane Kohl and Jeff Seier

Project Start and Finish Dates:

Spring 1998

Resulting Dissemination:

none

Project Title:

Solvatochromic Shift Determinations for Pd(II) Charge-Transfer Complexes

Student Researcher:

Kristi Holmes

Project Start and Finish Dates:

Fall 1998 – Summer 1999

Resulting Dissemination:

Internal presentation --“Diimine Substituent Effects on the Solvatochromic Shifts of Palladium(II) Charge-Transfer-to-Diimine Complexes”  Weber, G. A.*; Holmes, K. L.*; Exstrom, C. L. UNK Student Research Day, April 24, 2000.

External presentation -- “Pi-donor Substituent Effects on the Solvatochromic Shifts of Palladium(II) Charge-Transfer-to-Diimine Complexes.”  Holmes, K. L.*; Weber, G. A.*; Exstrom, C. L. 33^rd Midwest Regional American Chemical Society, Wichita, KS, November 5, 1998.

Project Title:

Solvatochromic Shift Determinations for Pd(II) Charge-Transfer Complexes

Student Researcher:

Greg Weber

Project Start and Finish Dates:

Fall 1998 – Spring 2000

Resulting Dissemination:

Internal presentation --“Pi-donor Substituent Effects on the Solvatochromic Shifts of Palladium(II) Charge-Transfer-to-Diimine Complexes”  Weber, G. A.*; Exstrom, C. L. UNK Student Research Day, April 12, 1999.

Internal presentation -- “Diimine Substituent Effects on the Solvatochromic Shifts of Palladium(II) Charge-Transfer-to-Diimine Complexes”  Weber, G. A.*; Holmes, K. L.*; Exstrom, C. L. UNK Student Research Day, April 24, 2000.

External presentation -- “Diimine Substituent Effects on the Solvatochromic Shifts of Palladium(II) Charge-Transfer-to-Diimine Complexes”  Weber, G. A.*; Holmes, K. L.*; Exstrom, C. L. 14^th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Missoula, MT, April 28, 2000.

Project Title:

Preparation and Study of Pd(II) Salicylate Complexes

Student Researcher:

Tim Slocum

Project Start and Finish Dates:

Spring 1999 – Spring 2000

Resulting Dissemination:

Internal presentation – “Effects of Molecular Modifications of the Pi-Donor Ligands on Solvatochromic Properties of Pd(II) Charge-Transfer Complexes”, UNK Student Research Day, April 24, 2000.

Project Title:

Preparation of Solvatochromic Werner Complexes

Student Researcher:

Christopher Ferris

Project Start and Finish Dates:

Summer 2000 – Fall 2000

Resulting Dissemination:

none

Project Title:

Preparation and Study of Cadmium Charge-Transfer Complexes

Student Researcher:

Gina Kissel

Project Start and Finish Dates:

Summer 2000 – Fall 2000

Resulting Dissemination:

none

Project Title:

Preparation of Novel Fe(II) MLCT Complexes and their Preferential Solvation Properties

Student Researcher:

Joshua Skrdla

Project Start and Finish Dates:

Spring 2001

Resulting Dissemination:

Internal presentation – “Solvatochromism of Iron(II) Metal-to-Ligand-Charge-Transfer Complexes”, UNK Student Research Day, April 23, 2001.

Project Title:

Preparation and Characterization of Cadmium Interligand Charge-Transfer Complexes

Student Researcher:

Brian Leonard

Project Start and Finish Dates:

Fall 2001 – Spring 2003

Resulting Dissemination:

Internal presentation --"Tunability of Charge-Transfer Energies in Cadmium Complexes", Exstrom, C. L.; Leonard, B., UNK Student Research Day, April 28, 2003.

External presentation -- "Preparation And Solvation Studies On Cadmium(Ii) Diimine Catecholate And Dithiolate Complexes", Exstrom, C. L.; Leonard, B.  36^h Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Lincoln, NE, October 12, 2001.

External presentation -- "Tunability of Charge-Transfer Energies in Cadmium Complexes", Exstrom, C. L.; Leonard, B.  17^th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Salt Lake City, UT, March 15, 2003.

Project Title:

Preparation of Novel Fe(II) MLCT Complexes and their Preferential Solvation Properties

Student Researcher:

Brent Barta

Project Start and Finish Dates:

Spring 2002

Resulting Dissemination:

none

Project Title:

Preparation and Study of Binuclear Pd Charge-Transfer Complexes

Student Researcher:

Jenny Smith

Project Start and Finish Dates:

Summer 2000, Fall 2003

Resulting Dissemination:

External Presentation (co-author of faculty presentation) -- “MLCT Solvatochromism of Molybdenum-Diimine-Tetracarbonyl Complexes as a Probe for Solvent-Solvent Interactions in Solution Mixtures”  Exstrom, C.L.; Smith, J.R.*; Okuno, K.*  38^h Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Columbia, MO, November, 2003.

Project Title:

Analysis of Drinking Water for Heavy Metals by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy.  Correlation to Onset of Parkinson’s Disease

Student Researcher:

Amanda Peterson

Project Start and Finish Dates:

Summer 2002

Resulting Dissemination:

Project Title:

Development of Novel Diimine Ligands as Indicators for Iron Analysis

Student Researcher:

Lancia Darville

Project Start and Finish Dates:

Summer 2002 – Spring 2003

Resulting Dissemination:

Internal presentation – “Chemistry of Iron Content in the Platte River Valley using 1,10-Phenanthroline and 2,2-Dipyridine”, UNK Platte Studies Seminar Symposium, September 2002.

Internal presentation – "Analyses of Iron Content in the Platte River Water Using Ultraviolet-Visible Spectroscopy and Atomic Absorption", Exstrom, C. L.; Darville, L. 17^th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Salt Lake City, UT, April 28, 2003.

External presentation -- "Analyses of Iron Content in the Platte River Water Using Ultraviolet-Visible Spectroscopy and Atomic Absorption", Exstrom, C. L.; Darville, L. 17^th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Salt Lake City, UT, March 15, 2003.

Project Title:

Method Development for Infrared Analysis of Thin-Film Materials

Student Researcher:

Scott Meisenbach

Project Start and Finish Dates:

Fall 2002

Resulting Dissemination:

none

Project Title:

Ellipsometric Analysis of SiGe:H Thin-Film Materials

Student Researcher:

Nobutoshi Ota

Project Start and Finish Dates:

Spring 2003 – Summer 2003

Resulting Dissemination:

External Presentation (co-author of faculty presentation) -- “Spectroscopic and Ellipsometric Characterization of Amorphous Silicon Germanium Hydride Thin Films Prepared by a Novel Hollow-Cathode Method”  Darveau, S.A.; Exstrom, C.L.; Soukup, R.J.; Ianno, N.J.; Okuno, K.*; Ota, N.*; Laue, C.*; Fitch, A.*; Puppula, N.S.P.; Ramakrishnan, V.; Shicheng, D.H.  38^h Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Columbia, MO, November, 2003.

Project Title:

Infrared Spectroscopic Analysis of SiGe:H Thin-Film Materials

Student Researcher:

Kyoko Okuno

Project Start and Finish Dates:

Spring 2003 – Summer 2003

Resulting Dissemination:

External Presentation (co-author of faculty presentation) --“Spectroscopic and Ellipsometric Characterization of Amorphous Silicon Germanium Hydride Thin Films Prepared by a Novel Hollow-Cathode Method”  Darveau, S.A.; Exstrom, C.L.; Soukup, R.J.; Ianno, N.J.; Okuno, K.*; Ota, N.*; Laue, C.*; Fitch, A.*; Puppula, N.S.P.; Ramakrishnan, V.; Shicheng, D.H.  38^h Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Columbia, MO, November, 2003.

External Presentation (co-author of faculty presentation) -- “MLCT Solvatochromism of Molybdenum-Diimine-Tetracarbonyl Complexes as a Probe for Solvent-Solvent Interactions in Solution Mixtures”  Exstrom, C.L.; Smith, J.R.*; Okuno, K.*  38^h Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Columbia, MO, November, 2003.

Project Title:

Reflective Spectroscopy Method Development for Thin Film Characterization

Student Researcher:

Marc Penny

Project Start and Finish Dates:

Spring 2003 – Fall 2003

Resulting Dissemination:

none

Project Title:

Raman Spectroscopic and Ellipsometric Analysis of SiGe:H and GeC Thin-Film Materials

Student Researcher:

Ruth Udey

Project Start and Finish Dates:

Spring 2003 – Spring 2006

Resulting Dissemination:

Refereed article (co-author) --“Thin Films of GeC Deposited Using a Unique Hollow Cathode Sputtering Technique”  R.J. Soukup, N.J. Ianno, J.S. Schrader, C.L. Exstrom, S.A. Darveau, R.N. Udey, V.L. Dalal, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, accepted for publication. 2006.

External presentation -- "Solid-State Phase Properties of Thin-Film GeC Fabricated by a Novel Hollow-Cathode Plasma-Jet Deposition Method", Udey, R.N.; Exstrom, C. L.; Darveau, S.A.; Soukup, R.J.; Ianno, N.J.  19^th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Lexington, KY, April 22, 2005.

External presentation -- “Characterization of Thin-Film GeC Fabricated by a Hollow-Cathode Plasma-Jet Deposition Method”, Udey, R.N.; Exstrom, C.L.; Darveau, S.A.; Soukup, R.J.; Ianno, N.J.;   40^th Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Joplin, MO, October 27, 2005.

External presentation -- “Characterization of Thin-Film GeC Fabricated by a Hollow-Cathode Plasma-Jet Deposition Method”, Udey, R.N.; Exstrom, C.L.; Darveau, S.A.; Soukup, R.J.; Ianno, N.J.;   20^th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Asheville, NC, April 7, 2006.

Project Title:

Spin Coating Thin-Film Materials of Charge-Transfer Complexes

Student Researcher:

Tiffany Feldman

Project Start and Finish Dates:

Summer 2004 – Fall 2004

Resulting Dissemination:

none

Project Title:

Preparation of Novel Solvatochromic “Molecular Grid” Materials

Student Researcher:

Preston Larson

Project Start and Finish Dates:

Fall 2004 – Spring 2006

Resulting Dissemination:

Internal presentation --“Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Binuclear Molybdenum-diimine-diphosphine Complexes.  The First Step Toward Solvatochromic “Molecular Grid” Materials”, Larson, P.T.; Exstrom, C.L.  UNK Summer Student Research Program Symposium, September, 2005.

Internal presentation -- “Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Binuclear Molybdenum-diimine-diphosphine Complexes.  The First Step Toward Solvatochromic “Molecular Grid” Materials”, Larson, P.T.; Exstrom, C.L.  UNK Student Research Day, April 2006

External presentation -- “Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Binuclear Molybdenum-diimine-diphosphine Complexes.  The First Step Toward Solvatochromic “Molecular Grid” Materials”, Larson, P.T.; Exstrom, C.L.  40^th Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Joplin, MO, October 27, 2005.

External presentation -- “Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Binuclear Molybdenum-diimine-diphosphine Complexes.  The First Step Toward Solvatochromic “Molecular Grid” Materials”, Larson, P.T.; Exstrom, C.L.  20^th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Asheville, NC, April 6, 2006.

Project Title:

Preparation and Characterization of Novel Water-Soluble Mo(diimine)(CO)₄ Complexes

Student Researcher:

Andrea Martinez-Skinner

Project Start and Finish Dates:

Fall 2004 – present

Resulting Dissemination:

Internal presentation --“Evidence of Novel Water-Soluble Mo(diimine)(CO)₄ Complexes”, Martinez-Skinner, A.L.; Exstrom, C.L.  UNK Student Research Day, April 2006.

External presentation -- “Evidence of Novel Water-Soluble Mo(diimine)(CO)₄ Complexes”, Martinez-Skinner, A.L.; Exstrom, C.L.  40^th Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Joplin, MO, October 27, 2005.

Project Title:

Preparation and Vapochromic Properties of Fe(diimine)₂(CN)₂ Complexes

Student Researcher:

Christina Garretson

Project Start and Finish Dates:

Summer 2005

Resulting Dissemination:

External presentation –“Preparation, Characterization, and Vapochromic Properties of the novel Fe(4,4'-di-t-butyl-2,2'-bipyridine)₂(CN)₂ Complex”, Garretson, C.A.; Miller, B.D.; Exstrom, C.L.  40^th Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Joplin, MO, October 27, 2005.

External presentation --  “Uncovered Vapochromic Properties of Common Fe(diimine)₂(CN)₂ Complexes”  Exstrom, C.L.; Garretson, C.A.; Miller, B.D.  37^th Great Lakes Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Milwaukee, WI, May 31-June 2, 2006

Project Title:

Solvatochromic Properties of Novel Fe(diimine)₂(CN)₂ Complexes

Student Researcher:

Bradley Miller

Project Start and Finish Dates:

Fall 2005 – present

Resulting Dissemination:

External presentation –“Preparation, Characterization, and Vapochromic Properties of the novel Fe(4,4'-di-t-butyl-2,2'-bipyridine)₂(CN)₂ Complex”, Garretson, C.A.; Miller, B.D.; Exstrom, C.L.  40^th Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Joplin, MO, October 27, 2005.

External presentation --  “Uncovered Vapochromic Properties of Common Fe(diimine)₂(CN)₂ Complexes”  Exstrom, C.L.; Garretson, C.A.; Miller, B.D.  37^th Great Lakes Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Milwaukee, WI, May 31-June 2, 2006