Chemistry
Development of
Electrochemical Capacitor Technology for DOD Applications
This project will establish a
viable research program that will provide new capabilities and broaden the university research base in
support of national defense. The research will positively impact the
development of supercapacitors, which are vital to the production of electrical
vehicles and low-maintenance power sources for military applications. The
research will take advantage of novel ceramic precursors to elaborate novel
synthetic methods for the preparation of electrode materials that are currently
under investigation for use in electrochemical capacitors. The research will
also target the identification of new, superior electrode materials based on a
combinatorial approach using water-based precursors. At the same time, the
research will provide for the training of at least two graduate students, two
undergraduate students, and a postdoctoral fellow in areas relevant to national
defense.
Sponsor: OSRHE
PI: Allen Apblett
Development of
Electrochemical Capacitor Technology for DOD Applications
This project will establish a
viable research program that will provide new capabilities and broaden the
university research base in support of national defense. The research will
positively impact the development of supercapacitors that are vital to the
production of electrical vehicles and low-maintenance power sources for
military applications. The research will take advantage of novel ceramic
precursors to elaborate novel synthetic methods for the preparation of
electrode materials, which are currently under investigation for use in
electrochemical capacitors. The research will also target the identification of
new, superior electrode materials based on a combinatorial approach using
water-based precursors. At the same time, the research will provide for the
training of at least two graduate students, two undergraduate students and a
postdoctoral fellow in areas relevant to national defense.
Sponsor: AFOSR
PI: Allen Apblett
Development of Technology
Addressing Power Generation and Storage Challenges
For the proposed research, an
established, vertically integrated, interdisciplinary, multi-university team
will address several concerns of NASA in the area of electricity generation and
storage. One goal will be the development of technology for roll-to-roll
processing of metal-selenide-based solar cells into flexible polymeric
substrates. At the same time, the project will target improvements in
electrical storage through research that will allow the incorporation of novel
ion conducting materials such as nano and microporous ceramic membranes and
biological ion-conducting channels into lithium polymer batteries leading to
enhanced lithium ion conductivity and battery performance.
Sponsor: University of Oklahoma
PI: Allen Apblett
Expanding Efforts in the
Ultrapure Water Group to Address Resin Chemistry Issues – Phase 2
Phase two covered two
directions. Defining the impact of
the hyposthesized fouling mechanism on ion exchange resin performance and
fouling the resins by specific chemical/physical means.
Sponsor: Electric Power Research Institute
PI: Alan Apblett
NanoNet
Seed Grant
In this research, a new method, called the sol-gello
method, was used to synthesize nanoparticlate yttrium iron garnet, an important
target for high density magnetic and magneto-eprical drives and for the
investigation of magnetic phenomena on the nanometer scale.
Sponsor: EPSCoR
PI: Alan Apblett
Process
for in-situ
Incapacitation of Explosives
This research will develop two promising techniques for
rapidly and safely neutralizing explosives under ambient conditions. One method
will involve the reduction of explosive compounds to non-explosive compounds.
The second process decomposes aromatic or cyclic explosives by reacting them
with organic amines at moderate temperatures.
Sponsor: Memorial
Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism
PI: Allen Apblett,
Nicholas Materer
New Mono
and Bicyclic Saturated Azaheterocycles with Anesthetic and Antiarryhthmic Activity
This is a two-year project to develop the chemistry of
judiciously selected heterocyclic systems that exhibit useful anti-arrhythmic
and anesthetic properties. Our research team from OSU will work with a team at
the National Academy of Sciences in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The chemistry involves synthesis of
members of the family of 3, 7-dihetera-bicyclo[3.31] nanones.
Sponsors: US
Civilian Research and Development Fund and Oklahoma State Regents for Higher
Education
PI: K.D. Berlin
This research is directed toward the study of tandem
reaction for the efficient synthesis of new heterocyclic drug candidates. The
reaction sequences being studied are initiated by reduction of an aromatic
nitro group that is captured in subsequent reactions to generate novel
structures for drug testing. The focus of this study is to develop and optimize
each new process, elucidate its mechanism and scope and to search for ways to
generate product compounds with higher stereoselectivity.
Sponsor: Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and
Technology (OCAST)
PI: Richard A. Bunce
Physics and Chemistry of Hydrogen-Bonded Nanoparticles
and their Interactions with Strong Absorbates
This program continues to be unique in its focus on the
properties of icy nanoparticles at the molecular level. Of particular current
interest is the comparative nature of the surfaces of ice and methanol particles and their respective interactions
with strong H-bonding absorbates to T<140 K. Methanol particles have been
selected for a study complementary to that of ice. The results of these
particle studies are pertinent to several active areas of science including:
solvation processes/H-bond chemistry in chemical and biochemical systems;
H-bond chemistry and physics of (charged) icy particles in the atmosphere; and
clathrate hydrates in fuel science and in the life-cycle of comets.
Sponsor: National
Science Foundation
PI: J. Paul Devlin
Spectroscopic and Simulation Studies of Structures and
Mobilities of Icy Surfaces and Adsorbates: Physics and Chemistry of Molecular
Nanoparticles
The primary objective of this research is to further
characterize the surface of crystalline ice (and related solids), in terms of
both structure and kinetic response to a variety of adsorbates.
Sponsor: National
Science Foundation
PI: J. Paul Devlin
Bioavailability of Aromatic
Hydrocarbons and Dynamics of Their Interactions with Natural Organic Matter:
Linkin Molecular- and Microbial-Scale Interactions
The purpose of this project is
to bridge the gap between microbial-scale and molecular-scale interactions in
order to define and quantitatively characterize bioavailability in terms of
nanoscale processes. A predicted, applicable outcome from this research is the
development of an enzymatic assay and a whole-microbe assay that utilize
enzymes and bioluminescent bacteria, respectively, for characterizing and
quantifying different levels of bioavailability in complex environmental
matrices. It is intended that these assays will eventually permit risk
assessments and remediation interventions to be evaluated by contaminated
bioavailability rather than total contaminant concentration.
Sponsor: University of Oklahoma
PI: Margaret Eastman
Capillary Electrophoretic
Analysis of Nanoparticle Bioconjugates
The primary objective of this
project will be to demonstrate the capabilities of capillary electrophoresis in
several model systems relevant for biosensor and drug delivery research.
Simultaneously, the information about the protein/nanoparticles ratio in the
bioconjugates, which still remain largely unknown will be obtained.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation, EPSCoR
PI: Ziad El Rassi
Capillary
Electrophoresis-Based Biosensor for Water Quality
This project is concerned with
the development of a capillary electrophoresis (CE)-based biosensor for the
detection of microorganisms in water via the selective detection of biomarker
compounds indicative of a particular microorganism. The CE-based biosensor will
consist of an affinity capture capillary that contains an immobilized
carbohydrate, which will selectively bind microbial lectins or adhesions that
are present on bacteria cell surfaces.
Sponsor: Center for Water Research
PI: Ziad El Rassi
Electrically Driven
Microseparation Methods for Pesticides and Metabolites
The broad objective of this
investigation entails an integrated approach to the development of high
performance capillary electrphoresis (HPCE) and capillary elctrochromatography
(CEC) methods for the rapid, sensitive and efficient separation of neutral and
charged pesticides and their metabolites. This broad objective will be
approached by performing systematic studies on the mechanisms of the
electrophoretic migration and electrochromatographic partitioning of pesticides
and metabolites in HPCE and CEC. Also, detection methods for the sensitive
determination of these pollutants by laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) are
proposed as a plausible route to the broad objective.
Sponsor: US Department of Agriculture
PI: Ziad El Rassi
Biophotonics:
Collaborative Research: Photoactivated Coupling of Nanoparticle Multilayers and
Nerve Cells
In this project, a multidisciplinary and multi-university
research team is investigating the dynamics and mechanisms of the live/lifeless
matter interaction in a model system consisting of a thin film composed of
nanoparticles and cultured nerve cells. Specifically, the objectives of the
project are the following, (1) Preparation and optimization of biocompatible
nanoparticle multilayers that can be attached to nerve cells. (2) Registration
and characterization of the photoinduced nerve cell membrane currents and
potentials following optical excitation of the interface as function of
nanoparticle and biological structures.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
PIs: Warren Ford,
Nicholas Kotov
Department of Physics: James Wicksted
Composite Latexes of
Dendrimers and Ploystyrene
The goals of this research are to
synthesize polymer colloids 15-100nm in diameter that are more nearly
monodisperse than any made before and to assemble the spherical particles into
colloidal crystals. The new particles are expected to self-assemble into
colloidal crystalline arrays having lattice dimensions smaller than those of
any previous colloidal crystals. The new materials may serve as calibration
standards for electron microscopy, as optical filters and switches, and as
templates for the synthesis of photonic bandgap materials.
Sponsor: American Chemical Society
PI: Warren Ford
EPSCoR Research
Infrastructure improvement Plan
Continuing its long-term
strategy of building upon existing strengths Oklahoma invests in the emerging
fields of nanotechnology and functional genomics to bring them to a nationally
competitive level. Both fields are federal as well as state priorities. Two
multidisciplinary, multi-campus research groups were formed by investigators at
Oklahoma State University, University of Oklahoma, OU Health Sciences Center,
University of Tulsa, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and the private
sector. The participating institutions provided start-up costs and sustained
commitments to new faculty positions throughout the state. Targeting of
reference standards, utilizing the Mesonet system, investment in improved
microscopy equipment, statewide scientific symposia, promotion of linkages
between university researchers and small business, extensive education and
human resource and outreach programs were some of the goals charted for these
groups. This will facilitate efforts to develop major research centers and enhance
private sector research and development in the state and improve the statewide
educational infrastructure to provide highly qualified students and graduates
for the state’s emerging high technology businesses.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation, EPSCoR
PI: Warren Ford
New Materials from Radical
Chain Polymerizations
This research will create three
new types of polymers and test their optical and mechanical properties for
potential use in optical communication devices and in improve plastics. The new
materials will be 1) composites of silica in clear acrylic polymer matrices, 2)
polymers that incorporate C60 (the most common
Buckminsterfullerene), and 3) nanoparticles one millionth of an inch in
diameter that are single polymer chains.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
PI: Warren Ford
Radical Routes to New Copolymeric Materials
Two new
types of polymers will be synthesized and characterized. Copolymers formed by
emulsion polymerization, which has been used for the manufacture of synthetic
rubber latex and coatings for more than fifty years, may provide a low cost
alternative to the block copolymers that are used now to stabilize polymer
blends. Model polyampholytes will be synthesized to enable testing of current
theory of their structures and properties in aqueous solutions.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
PI: Warren Ford
Molecular Laboratory Experiments in Chemistry
This project addresses four perceived problems in
instruction at the introductory level in Chemistry. 1) Curriculum materials that
will support an inquiry oriented instructional strategy. 2) The difficulty
students have linking macroscopic, microscopic and symbolic levels of
understanding. 3) Computer based instructional materials that are simple,
dynamic and interactive. 4) Identification and addressing of student’s
misconceptions. Instructional materials implemented followed a macroscopic
(sensory)/microscopic/symbolic inquiry-oriented laboratory based model.
Specifically the development of eight Molecular Level Experiment (MoLE) simulations:
Gas Laws, Gas Phase Equilibrium, Kinetics, Atomic Structure and Periodcity,
Acid-Base Chemistry, Calorimetry, Electrochemistry and Molecular and Solid
State Structure. Each MoLE includes a powerful, interactive, dynamic computer
simulation and is accompanied by a guided and open-inquiry activity.
Sponsor: National
Science Foundation
PI: John Gelder
This joint project between Oklahoma State University,
University of Texas Medical Branch, Nomadics, Inc., and NASA is aimed at the
development of an ex-vivo analog of the immune system via directed
differentiation of hematopioetic stem cells seed on a new type of rigid
scaffolds tailored specifically for this purpose. They will be made from
colloidal crystals and their inverted replicas surface-modified by means of the
layer-by-layer assembly. The resulting layered coating will provide optimal
conditions for successful hematopioetic cell differentiation into immune cell
lineages, which will be demonstrated by different experimental techniques. The
developed procedure will be transferred into the bioreactor environment and
optimized for further development of the immune tissues and vaccine
productions.
Sponsor: United
States Army Office of Research
PIs: Nicholas Kotov;
Neil Purdie
In order
to combine the benefits offered by iron garnet materials and those of all-fiber
devices a new approach to the design of the MO Faraday rotator will be studied.
The new type of Faraday rotator will take advantage of interaction of the
evanescent filed on the surface of specially prepared fiber with a thin hybrid
film of YIG nanoparticles. The objectives of the project will permit addressing
the development of the evanescent field MO devices, as well as expanding the
range of applications of nanostructured materials to fiber optics.
Sponsor:
Oklahoma Center for
the Advancement of Science and Technology, Williams Telecommunications
PI: Nicholas Kotov
Coating systems comprising an inhibitor-doped layer-by-layer
(LBL) assembly basecoat and a dense organically-modified silicate (Ormosil)
topcoat were investigated as corrosion resistant coatings for 2024-T3 aluminum
alloy. A combination of the two coating methods was found to produce a
synergistic enhancement of corrosion resistance characteristics, as determined
using electrochemical techniques. Incorporation of an active corrosion
inhibitor into the LBL layer was found to significantly improve corrosion
resistance properties.
Sponsor: Sciperio
PI: Nicholas Kotov
Fabrication and testing of a novel implantable polymer-based
sensor which responds to changes in glucose concentration can be accurately
monitored using the interferometric/OCT technique. Specifically, the use of
thin film technology and recent development in design and manufacturing of
nanoparticles and micro-optics to design and test a multi-layered polymer-based
implant with enhanced optical contrast that would be engineered to change
optical and morphological properties as functions of glucose concentration
where the changes in the implant can be accurately quantified non-invasively by
monitoring the changes in optical path length within the probe. This will
enable advancement in the field of non-invasive/minimally invasive glucose
sensing toward development of a practical, accurate, and reliable sensor.
Sponsor: University
of Texas Medical Branch
PI: Nicholas Kotov
This project will study an integrated approach to the study
and design of new optical and opteolectronic materials in the university
environment. The primary goals for
this research are the development of structural characterization and
diversification of nanoparticles modified by metal complexes and study of their
photochemical and photophysical properties.
Sponsor: National
Sciences Foundation
PI: Nicholas Kotov
Phase II: Layer-By-Layer Assembled
Films for Light Emitting Diodes from Semiconductor Nanoparticles
Light emitting diodes, LEDs, from poly(phenylene vinylene)
and CdSe/CdS nanoparticles will be made using a layer-by-layer assembly
technique, LBL. This thin film deposition method affords preparation of pinhole
free molecularly organized layers with superior structural, optical and
electrical characteristics. The primary research effort of this project will be
focused on the improvement of the electron transport layer. Optimization of the
multiplayer architecture of the electron layer is expected to improve the
longevity of the device by the acceleration of heat dissipation in the thin
film. Application of the LBL to the deposition of electron transfer layer can
improve performance of LED as an element of flat panel displays, simplify
R&D-to-production transition and reduce the cost of the product.
Sponsor: Nomadics, Air Force Office of Scientific Research
PI: Nicholas Kotov
Widegap Semiconductor
III-Nitride Research
This research is aimed at the
development of UV-blue range photonic and electronic materials and devices. The
focus is III-nitride structures for applications in UV photodetectors, UV-blue
laser diodes and high temperature electronics. AlGaN- and InGaN-based materials
with large alloy concentration will be grown as well as nitride microstructure
arrays. The final goal is to fabricate the prototype photonic devices.
Time-resolved lasing and femtosecond pump-probe experiments will be carried out
for this goal and a theoretical model developed.
Sponsor: Air Force Office of Scientific Research
PI: Nicholas Kotov
Mechanisms of Thermal and
Optically-Driven Deposition on Semiconductor Surfaces
This project will investigate
the use of ultra-violet (UV) radiation sources to selectively deposit and
remove materials from a semiconductor surface. The use of the UV radiation to
drive chemical reactions that are localized on the surface of a material should
result in both the efficient utilization of energy and the elimination of
possible side reactions. The objective is to explore the mechanisms of thermal
and optically-driven deposition on semiconductor surfaces, focusing on the
aspects of deposition of carbon nitride and metal films from halide containing
precursors on variously terminated single-crystal silicon surfaces under both
ultra-high vacuum and high-pressure conditions.
Sponsor: Center for Energy Research
PI: Nicholas Materer
Science and Engineering
Research Center (SERC) for Durable
Miniaturized Systems
The goal of this project is to establish an infrastructure
for a distributed Center of Excellence for “Durable Miniaturized
Systems” in the mid-west. Durability is defined as the synergistic
reliable response of sub-systems as a function of operating time of the system,
and it will be addressed through 1) establishing design and diagnostic tools at
nano and micro dimensions, 2) developing a knowledge base of the effects of
substrate processing, integration and manufacturing parameters on durability,
3) understanding the role of surfaces and interfaces within multi domain/
multi-signal subsystems and systems, and 4) investigating techniques for system
prototyping.
Sponsor: University of Arkansas, National Science Foundation
PI: Nicholas Materer
A Novel Molecular Template
for the Discovery of New Anticancer Drugs
A new methodology for synthesis
of anticancer drugs will be developed in the research. Large libraries of
chiral, small organic molecules with a drug-related structure, will be prepared
based on a template molecule that was generated by a novel rearrangement. This rearrangement is initiated by
enzymatic hydrolysis, and renders large-scale production of the rearranged
product in quite simple and mild conditions starting from inexpensive sources.
Therefore, this method will not only increase the efficiency of the production
of a diverse set of derivatives, but also lower the cost compared to the
existing methods in drug discovery. The derivatives synthesized in this method
will be screened for inhibitors of human papillomaviruses, and p210bcrabl
kinase, in order to observe the preliminary results on the inhibitory effects.
Sponsor: Elsa U. Pardee Foundation
PI: Satomi Niwayama
Ocular Proteomics of Rodent
Retina
The goal of this project is to
define all the proteins expressed in rodent retinas in order to provide vision
researchers with information regarding the proteins actually expressed in
retinal cells.
Sponsor: National Institute for Health, University of
Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
PI: Satomi Niwayama
Assays for Unsaturated
Lipids: A Diagnostic Tool for Early Detection of Serum Lipid Disorders
Serum lipid disorders are accountable in the processes that
initiate several debilitating diseases such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes,
and mental disorders. The availability of a lipids specific diagnostic assay,
routinely performed during regularly scheduled physical examinations, would be
an indispensable aid as an early detection marker that would allow for earlier
intervention thereby saving lives and reducing health care costs. With this
goal in mind, a routine clinical analysis procedure is being perfected in which
the following serum lipids, free cholesterol, unsaturated cholesterol esters,
triglycerides, polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA’s), and phospholipids are
simultaneously determined in a straightforward, single step, non-enzymatic
assay in which unsaturated chemical colored products are produced. Detection is
done using a combination f of absorbance and emission spectroscopies. Full
range spectral data for serum samples that are representative of the various
lipid disorders and disease states are subjected to successive Principal
Component Analysis and Clustering Analysis algorithms. The diagnostic
capability of the combined statistical analysis procedures is presented in the
form of 2-D and 3-D cluster diagrams where relative spatial locations have been
shown to correlate with specific lipid disorders.
Sponsor: State of Oklahoma
PI: Neil Purdie
Modeling of the Metal Cutting
Process
This project works on the molecular dynamics (MD)
simulations of the machining process. Objectives of the project are to advance
the understanding of the machining process in general and, in particular,
nanometeric cutting; and to model the submicron diamond turning process of both
non-ferrous and semiconducting materials at the atomistic level
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
PIs: Lionel Raff
College of Architecture,
Engineering and Technology: Ranga Komanduri
Multiscale Modeling and
simulation of Material Processing
This research will address some
critical issues involved in multiscale, multiphenomena material modeling,
theory and simulation. The primary goal is to develop scaling laws for
multiscale simulations, using such material testing techniques as tension and
indentation, from atomistic to continuum, via mesoplasticity to enable the
design engineer to use these scaling laws as a CAS tool for various materials
design and processing applications.
Sponsor: Air Force Office of Scientific Research
PI: Lionel Raff
Cytochrome B5: A Case Study
in Molecular Recognition
A project to develop the methodology for the bacterial
expression of 13C-heme enriched b5 by combining the now
elucidated biosynthetic pathway of heme and the special properties built in our
expression system of the mitochondrial cytochrome b5. Expression of
the cytochrome b5 gene turns on the synthesis of heme, which is then
incorporated, in the over-expressed polypeptide, thus avoiding toxic
concentrations of free macrocycle in the bacterial cell. Isotopically enriched
heme will be used to develop new NMR spectroscopic studies of important heme
proteins such as hemoglobin, myoglobin, and cytochromes b. Other types of
spectroscopy such as infrared, resonance Raman, EPR and Möbauer will also
benefit from the availability of isotopically enriched heme. Furthermore,
radioiostopically enriched heme can be used to study the metabolism of heme,
the influence of heme metabolism in diseases such as jaundice and prophyria,
and the influence of heavy metals such as Pb and Cd in the metabolism of heme.
Sponsor: National Institute of Health, Oklahoma Center of the
Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST)
PI: Mario Rivera
Biochemical and Biophysical
Characterization of Cytochrome b5 from Outer Mitochondrial Membrane
Membrane-anchored, mammalian
cytochromes b5 are located in the endoplasmic reticulum and the
outer membranes of mitochondria. Although MC cytochromes b5 have
been identified from a number of mammalian sources the only OM cyt b5
that have been positively identified to date originates from rat liver. A
systematic study will be conducted in which residues in the OM protein are
replaced with the corresponding residues in the bovine Mc isoform. These
studies will be preformed with the expectation of decreasing the stability and
kinetic barriers for hemin release of rat OM cyt b5. It is also
important to establish whether the biophysical properties of rat OM cyt b5
are restricted to this protein or rather are common to mitochondrial
cytochromes b5. If the latter is true it would be an indication that
nature has tailored these proteins for specific activity in the outer
mitochondrial membrane. This would set the stage for future investigations
regarding the specific function of these intriguing, yet poorly understood
proteins.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
PI: Mario Rivera
Chemistry Alternative
Certification Pilot
This pilot program includes a
week-long workshop in chemistry for 20 alternative certification candidates.
This workshop will be directed toward those individuals who have the
appropriate subject area content but lack the professional education
background. The workshop is laboratory-centered and will emphasize a
constructive methodology called Hypothesis-Based Learning.
Sponsor: State Department of Education
PIs: Mark Rockley
Center for Science Literacy:
Smith Holt
Star Schools: The New
Millennium Oklahoma State University
This is a multi-departmental education project directed
toward improving, via distance education, the science and mathematics
preparation of in-service middle school science and mathematics teachers.
Sponsor: Department of Education
PIs: Smith Holt
Department of Physics: Bruce
Ackerson
Arts & Sciences Extension:
Robert Brown
Microbiology & Molecular
Genetics: James Blankemeyer
Department of Mathematics: James
Choike
Department of Chemistry: Mark
Rockley
This research involves a multi-university, comprehensive
theoretical/computational research program to develop, validate, benchmark and
apply methods and models that will provide predictive capabilities for
energetic materials. The focus of the project will be on developing accurate
methods for simulating physics and chemical processes in condensed phases. This
project will also provide opportunities to educate a number of young scientists
in research of high relevance to Department of Defense missions.
Sponsor: United
States Army Research Office
PI: Donald L.
Thompson
The basic goal of this research is to develop accurate
models that describe the crystalline states of nitramine and nitro compounds.
The models are formulated so they account for the fundamental thermodynamics,
spectroscopic and kinetic properties of the solid, as well as the liquid and gaseous phases of these materials.
Sponsor: Army Research Office
PI: Donald L. Thompson
The goal of this research is to develop accurate potential
energy surfaces that describe the initial physical and chemical changes tin
ionic solids and H-bonded molecular crystals when subjected to heating or
shocking.
Sponsor: Air Force Office of Scientific Research
PI: Donald L. Thompson
The focus of this research is on the development of
theoretical methods for studying rates processes in large polyatimic molecules,
particularly cyclic nitramines. The goal is to develop a better understanding
of the fundamental chemical dynamics of decomposition reactions.
Sponsor: Army Research Office
PI: Donald L. Thompson
The goal of this research is to develop models and methods
for studying the chemical reactions occurring on and in nanoparticles composed
of metals and energetic molecules, with and without polymer coatings.
Sponsor: Army Research
PI: Donald L. Thompson
Theoretical Chemical Dynamics
Studies of Elementary Combustion Reactions
The goal of this research is to develop methods and perform
studies of the reactions of polyatomic radicals involved in hydrocarbon
combustion.
Sponsor: Department of Energy
PI: Donald L. Thompson