Chemistry/Materials Science Skill Sets

Synthetic Organic / Polymer Experience

  • Carbohydrate chemistry
  • Carbon-carbon bond formations
  • Carbon nanotube functionalization
  • Computational chemistry
    • Molecular modeling and HOMO/LUMO energy level calculations
      • Chem3D Ultra
      • Gaussian 03
      • PC Spartan
      • Titan
  • Functional coatings
  • Functional group transformations
  • Lanthanide chemistry
  • Metal-catalyzed coupling reactions
  • Microwave-assisted organic synthesis
  • Organometallic complex synthesis
  • Oxidations and reductions
  • Peptide bond formations
  • Peptide chemistry
  • Peptide nulceic acid (PNA) chemistry
  • Polymerizations:
    • Acyclic Diene Metathesis (ADMET)
    • Anionic
    • Condensation
    • Free radical
    • Metal-catalyzed coupling
    • Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP)
  • Polymer processing
    • Precipitation / reprecipitation
    • Drop casting of films
    • Spin casting of films
    • Thermal cross-linking / hardening
    • UV cross-linking / hardening
  • Protective group chemistry
  • Schlenk line & glove box manipulations
    • Moisture-sensitive compounds
    • Oxygen-sensitive compounds
    • Pyrophoric compounds
  • Self-Assembled Monolayers (SAMs)
  • Solid-phase synthesis
    • Fmoc protected PNA oligomer synthesis
    • tBoc protected PNA oligomer synthesis
  • Surface Passivation

Purification Experience

  • Chromatography / Separations Science:
    • TLC / preparative TLC - alumina and silica
    • Column chromatography - alumina, silica, & Florisil
    • Medium-pressure chromatography - Biotage system
    • High-pressure chromatography - reverse-phase
  • Distillation under ambient pressure and vacuum
  • Lyophilization (freeze drying)
  • Reprecipitation
  • Recrystallization
  • Sublimation

Characterization / Instrumental Analysis Experience

  • Cleanliness analysis:
    • Ion Chromatography (IC) - Dionex
    • Ionograph - Alpha Metals, Specialty Coating Systems
  • Integrated circuit (IC) device preparation and analysis:
  • Electrochemical analysis:
  • Microscopy:
    • Confocal / Fluorescence
    • Infrared - Attenuated Total Reflectance / Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (ATR/FTIR)
    • Optical
  • Surface analysis:
    • Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) / Conductive AFM – Digital Instruments / Veeco
    • Field Emission-Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM) - Hitachi
    • Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) – Amray
    • Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (EDS or EDX) - EDAX
    • Sequential Electrochemical Reduction Analysis (SERA) - ECI Technology
    • Surface Insulation Resistance (SIR) - Alpha Metals
    • Transmission X-Ray Analysis - Dage
    • Wetting Balance
    • X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) - Fischer
  • Structural and purity elucidation:
  • Thermal analysis:
  • Photophysical analysis:

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