Molecular Materials: Design, Synthesis, and Properties

Graduate / Professional

Materials synthesized from molecular building blocks have an extraordinary range of properties (porosity, magnetism, conductivity, and combinations thereof, etc.), which depend on the molecular components and the manner in which they are assembled. This course introduces ways to understand and predict the properties of molecularly derived materials from their constituent molecules and their covalent, ionic, or spatial interactions upon assembly. The course also introduces techniques used to synthesize and study molecular materials, with the goal of providing students with a holistic understanding of research in this field. Prerequisite: Fundamentals of Transition Metal Chemistry (CHEM 402) or permission of the instructor. ½ Course cr TTh 11:35am-12:50pm