Research Opportunities for Students
MINIMUM EXPERIENCE: two semesters of General Chemistry
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: one semester each Analytical and Organic Chemistry
Current Research Interests:
Synthesis and characterization of silica composites made with a sol-gel process
- methods used: sol-gel synthesis, viscometry, spectroscopy
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Thermochemical studies of weakly bound adducts
- methods used: isothermal microcalorimetry, spectroscopy, computer analysis
Related Publications:
J. E. Mihalick, W. P. Griffiths III*, J. E. Muten*, T. A. Olson*, J. B. Hein*, "Thermochemistry of Binding of Lead (II) and Cadmium (II) by Saccharides in Aqueous Solution." Journal of Solution Chemistry 28, 1025-1036 (1999).
D. L. Parker, J. E. Mihalick, J. L. Plude, M. J. Plude,T. P. Clark*, L. Egan, J. J. Flom*, L.C. Rai, H.D. Kumar, "Sorption of metals by extracellular polymers from the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa f. flos-aquae strain C3-40." Journal of Applied Phycology 12, 219-224 (2000).
J. E. Mihalick, K. M. Donnelly. “Using metals to change the colors of natural dyes.” Journal of Chemical Education 83, 1550-1551 (2006).
J. E. Mihalick, K. M. Donnelly. "Cooking up colors from plants, fabric and metal." Journal of Chemical Education 84, 96A (2007).
* indicates undergraduate student coauthor