Inorganic Chemistry


2008-10-20 14:00: New Bond Activations at Transition Metal Centers: Fundamental Studies and Applications to Catalysis (T. Don Tilley (University of California at Berkeley))

2008-10-30 14:00: Selective Molecular Transformations Using Organic Superbases (Professor Yoshinori Kondo (Tohoku University))

2008-11-06 14:00: CPGS Talks (CPGS Talks)

2008-11-20 14:00: Controlled redox and activation reactions in organometallic f-block complexes (Dr Polly Arnold (University of Edinburgh))

2008-12-11 14:00: Technomimetic Nanomachines: A wheelbarrow and a molecular motor (Gwenael Rapenne (University of Toulouse))

2009-01-22 14:00: Single-Molecule Magnets and Magnetic Refrigerants (Professor Euan Brechin (University of Edinburgh))

2009-03-26 14:00: From Polyoxometalate-based building blocks to Functional Nanoclusters, Frameworks and Self-Fabricating Materials (Professor Lee Cronin, University of Glasgow)

2009-04-02 14:00: Uranium Sandwiches: Activating Small Molecules with Uranium Petalene and Cyclooctatetraene Complexes (Dr Geoff Cloke, University of Sussex)

2009-04-21 14:00: New Anion Receptors and Transporters (Professor Phil Gale, University of Southampton)

2009-04-23 15:00: Construction Principles in the Development of New Molecular Catalysts (Dr Lutz Gade, University of Heidelberg)

2009-04-30 14:00: Rapid and efficient production and oxidation of hydrogen by air-sensitive metalloenzymes: electrochemistry, mechanisms and implications for life and energy (Professor Fraser Armstrong, University of Oxford)

2009-05-07 14:00: Model Chemistry, theoretical calculations and recent advances in understanding the chemistry of nitrogenase (Professor Dimitri Coucouvanis, University of Michigan)

2009-05-11 11:00: Organometallic f-Element Chemistry and the Importance of Questioning Scientific Assumptions (Professor William J Evans, University of California Irvine, USA)

2009-10-01 14:00: Halogen Bonding and Metal Ion Coordination in Supramolecular Complexes (Professor Kari Rissanen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland)

2009-10-15 14:00: The Many Faces of Heme in Biology (Professor Emma Raven, University of Leicester)

2009-10-29 14:00: Probing the structure of organic-inorganic biocomposites (Dr Melinda Duer, University of Cambridge)

2009-11-12 14:00: Metal-organic frameworks for chemistry and medicine - Can we design them? (Professor Russell Morris, University of St Andrews)

2009-11-19 14:00: The physical and chemical state of nanoparticulate catalysts during carbon nanotube and silicon nanowire CVD (Dr Stephan Hoffman, University of Cambridge, Dept. of Engineering)

2009-12-10 14:00: Designer Crystals: Bio-Inspired Approaches to Controlling Crystallisation (Professor Fiona Meldrum, University of Leeds)

2010-01-07 13:00: BP Day (3rd Year PhD students)

2010-01-21 17:00: Colourful chemistry with zwitterionic-type pi-ligands and their metal complexes (Professor Pierre Braunstein, University of Strasbourg)

2010-02-18 14:00: Self-Assembly and Self-Sorting: How to Construct and Characterize Complex Architectures (Professor Christoph Schalley, Institut fur Chemie & Biochemie der Freien Universitat Berlin)

2010-02-25 14:00: Strong CH Hydrogen Bonds: The Newest Player in the field of Anion Receptors (Professor Amar Flood, University of Indiana)

2010-03-04 14:00: Framework Materials: Fascinating Properties (Professor John Evans, University of Durham)

2010-03-08 17:00: Extended ß-Triketone Derivatives: Versatile Building Blocks for Metallosupramolecular Chemistry and Crystal Engineering (Professor Leonard Lindoy)

2010-03-11 12:00: BP Day (3rd Year PhD students)

2010-03-18 16:00: What will a nanobot look like? (Professor Tony Ryan)

2010-04-22 14:00: EPR spectroscopy of transition metal clusters and clusters-of-clusters (Professor Eric McInnes, University of Manchester)

2010-04-30 16:00: Nanosized Clusters with Main Group elements as Ligands (Professor Dieter Fenske)

2010-05-11 16:15: Recharging the Planet: New Approaches for Optimizing the Performance of Lithium-Ion Batteries and Fuel Cells (Professor Clare Grey)

2010-05-13 16:00: Materials Chemistry and Climate Change (Professor Peter Bruce, University of St Andrews)

2010-05-19 15:00: Designing metal containing anticancer drugs in the absence of a well defined target (Professor Paul Dyson, EPFL)

2010-09-10 14:00: Developing Catalytic Reactions One Step at a Time (Professor Jennifer Love, University of British Columbia, Canada)

2010-09-22 14:00: Structure-property relationships of molecular crystals (Professor Len Barbour, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)

2010-10-07 14:00: New Supramolecular Strategies in Transition Metal Catalysis (Professor Joost Reek, Van t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, Amsterdam)

2010-11-11 14:00: Novel Types of Organic Electronic Materials: Polyselenophenes and Oligofurans (Professor Michael Bendikov, Weizman Institute, Israel)

2010-11-18 10:00: Inorganic 2nd Yr PhD Student Talks (University of Cambridge)

2010-11-29 14:00: Metallopolyynes and Metallophosphors: Multifunctional Materials with Emerging Applications in Optical Devices (Professor Raymond Wong, Hong Kong Baptist University)

2011-01-27 14:00: Studies of Ion Mobility in Materials for Alternative Energy Applications Using Solid-State NMR (Professor Gillian Goward, McMaster University, Canada)

2011-02-03 14:00: Stable Silicon Clusters with Partial Substitution – Exploring the SI6R6 Potential Energy Surface Experimentally (Dr David Scheschkewitz, Imperial College London)

2011-02-17 14:00: Form Matters: Catalysis with "Butterflies" (Professor Hansjorg Grutzmacher, ETH Zurich)

2011-02-24 13:30: BP Day (3rd Year PhD students)

2011-03-03 14:00: Influencing Folding and Structure of Large RNAs by Metal Ions: Moving from Bulk to the Single Molecule Level (Professor Roland Sigel, University of Zurich)

2011-03-10 14:00: Hydrogen Storage and Carbon Dioxide Capture in Metal-Organic Frameworks (Professor Jeffrey R Long, Berkeley, USA)

2011-03-14 15:30: Modelling synthesis and catalytic applications of doped AlPOs (Dr Furio Cora, University College London)

2011-03-25 16:00: Tooling Up for Nanoworld: The Magic of Molecular Machines (Professor David Leigh, University of Edinburgh)

2011-04-28 14:00: Noncovalent Nanostructures in Aqueous Medium: Robust yet Adaptive (Dr Boris Rybtchinski, Weizman Institute of Science, Israel)

2011-05-05 14:00: A transition metal chemist's view of C-H and C-F bond activation (Professor Robin Perutz FRS, University of York)

2011-05-13 16:00: Design of New Catalytic Reactions for Sustainable Chemistry (Professor David Milstein, Weizmann Institute, Israel)

2011-05-16 14:00: Molecular Nanostructures and Sensors by Self-Assembly (Professor Kay Severin, EPFL, Switzerland)

2011-05-19 14:00: Anion Supramolecular Chemistry: Sensing and Materials (Professor Jonathan Steed, Durham University)

2011-06-02 14:00: Molecules and nanostructures for solar energy conversion (Professor James Durrant, Imperial College London)

2011-06-09 14:00: Soft and hard nanomaterials made by self-assmebly (Professor Ullrich Steiner, Cambridge)

2011-06-23 14:00: Identification of Active Species and Reaction Pathways in Molecular Catalysis: Recent Case Histories (Professor Lutz Gade, University of Heidelberg)

2011-07-08 14:00: Networking the Self-assembled Cages (Professor Makoto Fujita, University of Tokyo)

2011-07-11 14:00: Spin crossover complexes and macrocyclic single-molecule magnets (Professor Sally Brooker, University of Otago)