Thursday, November 8, 2007: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Pavilion VI (Intercontinental at the Plaza)
Physical Chemistry General Papers I
Contributed papers on spectroscopy-related topics and photochemistry
Presider:John E. Adams
Organizer:Peter Groner
8:00 AMWelcoming Remarks
8:05 AMSimulation of Hole-Burned Spectra of the CP43 Proximal Antenna Complex of Higher Plant Photosystem II
Mike E. Reppert, Valter Zazubovich, Nhan C. Dang, Ryszard Jankowiak
8:25 AMElectronic Structure of a Metal-Organic Copper Spin-1/2 Molecule: Bis(4-cyano-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptanedionato)Copper(II)
David Wisbey, D.-Q. Feng, Ning Wu, Marshall T. Bremer, Camelia N. Borca, Anthony N. Caruso, Carter M. Silvernail, John Belot, Neil M. Boag, Elio Vescovo, Yaroslav Losovyj, Laurent Ranno, P. A. Dowben
8:45 AMVibrational Relaxation of Amino Acids in Aqueous Solutions
Ying Fang, Shinsuke Shigeto, Nak-Hyun Seong, Dana D. Dlott
9:05 AMSpectroscopic Characterization of Intermolecular Interactions of 1-Alkyl-3-Methylimidazolium Room Temperature Ionic Liquids
Deborah S. Wright, Melissa C. Steadman, Michael W. Ducey Jr.
9:25 AMContinued Elucidation of Vanadyl-Alkoxide-Nitrile Coordination Complex Chemistry
Zach Parsons, Mike Van Stipdonk, Carol A. Deakyne
9:45 AMBreak
10:00 AMPhoto-Fragmentation of the Closo-Carboranes
Jing Liu, D.-Q. Feng, A. P. Hitchcock, A. L. D. Kilcoyne, T. Tyliszczak, E. Rühl, J. D. Bozek, P. A. Dowben
10:20 AMMutation Enhanced Binding of Mycobacterial Porin MspA / Gold Nanoparticle Complexes
Raj Kumar Dani, Mausam Kalita, Michael Niederweis, Stefan H. Bossmann, Viktor Chikan, Suja Sukumaran
10:40 AMSupramolecular ß-Cyclodextrin Complexes – Nanoscale Hosts for Molecular Recognition and [2+2] Photosynthetic Reactions
John J. Stezowski, Yunxuan Xie, Van Nguyen Mai, Peinado Jessica, Meghen Friesen, Sara Vestecka, Lachmi Yerra, Robert L. Vold, Sotiris S. Xantheas
11:00 AMDynamics of Host-Guest Complexes: Solid-State Porosity and Differential Sorption
John E. Adams, Jack R. Cox, Andrew J. Christiano

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