Chemistry 515: Structure and Bonding in Inorganic and ...



Chemistry 580: Current Topics in Inorganic Chemistry & Nanoscience

Prof. Megan Fieser, Fall 2018

(Lecture = 12:30 Tu, SSC 100)

(Discussion = 4:45 Tu, location TBA)

CHEM 580 is a 2-unit graduate level course in modern Inorganic Chemistry & Nanoscience. The intent of this course is to provide you with a broad-based sampling of the latest developments in Inorganic Chemistry & Nanoscience. The course consists of two main components: (i) a seminar component in which you will attend departmental Inorganic seminars and meet for a question and answer session with the speaker after the seminar, and (ii) a monthly journal club component in which students formally present recent articles from the scientific literature. Attendance is mandatory unless previous arrangements have been made with the instructor. We will meet on August 28 at 12:30 (location TBA) to discuss the expectations of the course.

Required Texts: On-line access to journals.

Office/Contact: LHI 305 (fieser@usc.edu) Office hours = By appointment.

Grading: Participation 30%

Synopses of Visiting Speakers' Research 30% (due day of seminar)

Highlight Article of Assigned Topic 40% (due November 30 at 5:00 pm)

Outline:

September 4 Hill Harman, UC Riverside

September 11 Aaron Sadow, Iowa State University

September 18 Scott Daly, University of Iowa

September 25 Janet Macdonald, Vanderbilt University

October 2 Jeffrey Rinehart, UC San Diego

October 9 Taylor Sparks, University of Utah

October 16 Daniel Shoemaker, UIUC

October 26 Warren Piers, Burg Lecture, University of Calgary

October 30 Trevor Hayton, UC Santa Barbara

November 6 Sara Skrabalak, Indiana

All seminars are in Seaver Science Auditorium (SSC 100) at 12:30 pm (seminarherreros@usc.edutime and location TBA).

You are also required to attend ALL inorganic and nanoscience seminars in the Spring semester, but there are no written assignments for those seminars.

The Inorganic Chemistry journal club will meet monthly on Thursdays at 5:00 pm (dates TBA). Location to be determined.

Statement for Students with Disabilities:

Any student requesting academic accommodations based on a disability is required to register with Disability Services and Programs (DSP) each semester. A letter of verification for approved accommodations can be obtained from DSP. Please be sure the letter is delivered to me as early in the semester as possible. DSP is located in STU 301 and is open 8:30 am-5:00 pm, M-F. The phone number for DSP is (213) 740-0776.

Statement on Academic Integrity:

General principles of academic honesty include the concept of respect for the intellectual property of others, the expectation that individual work will be submitted, and the obligations both to protect one’s own academic work from misuse by others as well as to avoid using another’s work as one’s own. All students are expected to understand and abide by these principles. Scampus, the Student Guidebook, contains the Student Conduct Code in Section 11.00, while the recommended sanctions are located in Appendix A: . Students will be referred to the Office of Student Judicial Affairs and Community Standards for further review, should there be any suspicion of academic dishonesty. The Review process can be found at: .

Synopses of Visiting Speakers' Research

(due the day of the seminar, before 12:00)

Research Synopsis

(Due by 12:30 the day of each seminar)

You will prepare a 1-page research synopsis (Times New Roman 12-pt font, single spaced, 1-inch margins) for each of the visiting speakers. You can glean this information from the speaker's faculty website and recent publications from that person. Do not simply copy information off the web or from their publications (that is plagiarism). You must distill information from these sources into your own words.

This research synopsis is to include 2 (sophisticated) scientific questions that will help to facilitate your discussion with the speaker when you meet with them.

This synopsis is due before 12:30 pm the day of the seminar via email (fieser@usc.edu) as a pdf document.

Highlight

(Due Friday, November 30 by 5:00 pm. Email pdf document to me.)

Highlights describe very important new results of original research, in general given by a third person, with a view to instruct and to highlight their significance. The results should be presented clearly, but as succinctly as possible, without the comprehensive details required for an original article. Highlights should be not more than 5 double-spaced pages of text (outside of the template) and include only essential formulas and figures as well as a minimal number of references (10-15). Look at past issues of Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. for examples of Highlights.

• Choose a high impact paper from the seminar speaker assigned to you. A large part of your grade will be based on whether the paper you choose is actually important and high impact. Once you have chosen a paper, it is extremely important that you highlight the importance of the paper you are writing about by placing it in the context of the larger field and past work. What is this paper bringing to the community that is new and innovative? Why is it a big deal?

• Your Highlight must be written in a formal scientific writing style.

• Use the Wiley format for references (in the style of Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.). Pay close attention to detail. In addition to content, you will also be graded for spelling, formatting, grammar, etc.

Once you have written your Highlight of 5 double-spaced pages or less, you must insert it into the journal template. You can download the template at:

(ISSN)1521-3773/homepage/2002_highlight_dot.zip

It is up to you to figure out how to use the journal template and format your Highlight so it looks perfect.

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