Department of Chemistry

Three synthetic bacteriochlorins (mauve, gold, teal) are each attached to a native-like bacterial photosynthetic β-peptide (green), which self assembles with α-peptide (blue) and bacteriochlorophyll (purple) to form a dyad (top left) and then a cyclic oligomer with enhanced absorption (lower left).  The three constructs can be combined to give cyclic oligomers (top right) with blended bacteriochlorin absorption (lower right) and ~95% energy-transfer efficiency.

Faculty, doctoral students and undergraduates talk about the department and their experiences at Washington University. From the outset, students get exposed to a broad range of expertise and fields. Interdisciplinary and collaborative research are strengths of this medium-sized department with considerable resources, instrumentation, and facilities.

The Hayes and Conradi groups are collaborating on in situ high-pressure high-temperature NMR to monitor the reaction of CO2 as it converts to magnesium carbonate and calcium carbonate.  This work involves WU's Consortium for Clean Coal Utilization

Read more in this special issue of Environmental Science & Technology: Surface et al. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2013, 47, 119?125. DOI: 10.1021/es301287n