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The picture shows the extended structure of a cesium amide dimer solvated by neutral ferrocene molecules: [{(Me₃Si)₂NCs}₂•(Cp₂Fe)] . This network is unusual being assembled from directional cation-∏ interactions, where the metals are attracted to the electron density on the aromatic rings. The rational assembly of such complexes is of interest in the production of direction magnetic and optical materials. For more information see the paper in Chem. Eur. J. here.

Contact Information

• Professor and Associate Department Chair
• Office: 385 Stepan
• Phone: 574.631.8025
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Primary Research Areas

• Inorganic Chemistry
• Organic Chemistry

Research Specialties

• Materials Chemistry
• Nanotechnology
• Synthetic Chemistry

Lab Personnel

• Jeffrey A. Bertke
• Katherine L. Hull
• Erin R. Hurley
• Jeffrey Rood
• Mounia Sacha
• Eric Guardino
  undergraduate

Courses

• Organometallic Chemistry
• Effective Scientific Presentations
• Advanced General Chemistry: Chemistry across the periodic table