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Dr. John Holbrey Department of Chemistry The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 jholbrey bama.ua.edu... 

Rogers, R.D. (2005) A Platform Strategy Using Ionic Liquids to Dissolve and Process Cellulose for Advanced New Materials. The University of Alabama. 

Smith, I. L., Analytical Applications of the Heavy Metal Induced Oxidation of the Leuco Bases of Triphenylmethane Dyes, Ph.D. dissertation, The University of Alabama (1974) Chem. Abs. 83(8), 71097m. 

Chen, X. (1991). An electrochemical, EPR study of carotenoids and high performance liquid chromatography separation of cis-trans isomers of canthaxantin. MS thesis, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL. 

Deng, Y. (1999). Carotenoid radical cations and dications studied by electrochemical, optical, and flow injection analysis Lifetime, extended chain conjugation, and isomerization properties. Ph.D dissertation, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL. 

The authors are very grateful to the National Science Foundation and to the donors to the Petroleum Research Fund, administered by the American Chemical Society, for grants that have made possible their contributions to the research described herein. They are also grateful to Professor Jerry Atwood of the University of Alabama for fruitful collaborative efforts in this area. 

Fig. 16 Eleven unimolecular rectifiers studied at the University of Alabama as monolayers between Au electrodes (except for 36d and 36e see text). The arrows indicate the experimentally observed direction favored electron transfer however the direction is reversed for 36d and 36e...

Since 1997,11 of the molecules studied at the University of Alabama, including 36a, have exhibited rectification as monolayers between Au electrodes [19, 38,41, 97, 103-109]. The structures are shown in Fig. 16. With the exceptions of 40 and... 

Table 1 Summary data for 11 unimolecular rectifiers studied at the University of Alabama...

Lai.85Ba0.i5CuO4) lost its resistance at a Tc = 30-35 K. The observation of superconductivity in a metal oxide at temperatures higher than those of metals themselves triggered a change in emphasis in superconductivity research towards this type of material. In 1987 two research groups, at the University of Houston and the University of Alabama, reported that the oxide of formula YBa2Cu307 x (commonly known as T-2-3 superconductor , from the stoichiometric ratios Y Ba Cu of 1 2 3) displayed a Tc of 92 K. 

Stephen J. Paddison received a B.Sc.(Hon.) in Chemical Physics and a Ph.D. (1996) in Physical/Theoretical Chemistry from the University of Calgary, Canada. He was, subsequently, a postdoctoral fellow and staff member in the Materials Science Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he conducted both experimental and theoretical investigations of sulfonic acid polymer electrolyte membranes. This work was continued while he was part of Motorola s Computational Materials Group in Los Alamos. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Chemistry and Materials Science Departments at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, AL. Research interests continue to be in the development and application of first-principles and statistical mechanical methods in understanding the molecular mechanisms of proton transport in fuel-cell materials. 

On February 3,1956, Autherine Lucy became the first African-American student to attend the University of Alabama, although the dean of women refused to allow Autherine to live in a university dormitory. White students rioted in protest of her admission, and the federal government had to assume command of the Alabama National Guard in order to protect her. Nonetheless, on her first day in class, Autherine bravely took a seat in the front row. She remembers being surprised that the professor of the class appeared not to notice she was even in class. Later, she would appreciate his seeming indifference, as he was one of only a few professors to speak out in favor of her right to attend the university. 

Autherine Lucy never graduated from the University of Alabama because she... 

The compound consisting of yttrium, copper, and barium oxide, commonly called compound 1-2-3, was formed in 1987 by research scientists at the universities of Alabama and Houston. It had limited superconducting capabilities. It has been known for some time that conductors of electricity such as copper resist, to some extent, the flow of electrons at normal temperatures, but at temperatures near absolute zero (zero Kelvin = -273°C), this resistance to the flow of electrons in some materials is reduced or eliminated. The 1-2-3 compound proved to be superconducting at just 93°K, which is still much too cold to be used for everyday transmission of electricity at normal temperatures. Research continues to explore compounds that may achieve the goal of high-temperature superconductivity. 

We are pleased to acknowledge support from the National Science Foundation INT-8202732. We are Indebted to Dr. Catherine Costello and Thomas Dorsey of the MIT Mass Spectrometry Facility for their invaluable assistance in obtaining the mass spectrum of heritianin. We thank Dr. Jim Dechter and Ms. Vicki Farr of the University of Alabama NMR facility for their help in obtaining NMR data. 

Yvette Jackson, a Jamaican, graduated with a BSc (special) degree in chemistry (1976), and a PhD in chemistry (1983), from the University of the West Indies, Mona campus (UWI, Mona). Her PhD work, under the supervision of Dr. Vernon G. S. Box, involved synthesis of rotenoids -oxygen heterocycles popularly known for their insecticidal activity. She joined the staff at UWI, Mona, in 1983 as an assistant lecturer. Since then she has done postdoctoral work (1986) and many collaborative summer research stints with Prof. Michael P. Cava and Dr. M. V. Lakshmikantham at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA, and has risen up the ranks to professor at the University of the West Indies. Her research interests are in the areas of synthetic organic chemistry and organic reaction mechanisms. 

Joseph S. Beckman (1) Departments of Anesthesiology and Biochemistry, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35233. 

While hundreds of materials probably could fulfill the broad requirements of a solvent for the extraction of pollutants, in this example we will start our investigation with work done at the University of Alabama on a process called biphasic extraction. Homopolymers and copolymers (referred to in this book as polyols) use components made from ethylene oxide (EO) and blends of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide (PO), respectively. Since they are soluble in water, they are not useful in solvent extraction schemes. 

The scientific process is aptly illustrated by the efforts of an Antarctic research team headed by James McClintock, professor of biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Bill Baker, professor of chemistry at the University of South Florida, both shown in Figure 1.6. One aspect of their research involved studying the toxic chemicals Antarctic marine organisms secrete to defend themselves against predators. McClintock and Baker observed a bizarre relationship between two animal species, a sea butterfly and an amphipod— a relationship that led to a series of scientific activities. 

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