With over seventy total researchers during the summer, the Furman University Chemistry Department boasts one of the largest undergraduate research programs in the nation. The summer of 2014 marked the 50th consecutive program in which undergraduates, masters students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty mentors, and visiting faculty from area schools work together over a ten-week period in a wide variety of scientific research projects. The undergraduate students, who receive stipends for the summer, carry out independent investigations in the areas of analytical, inorganic, physical, organic and bio-organic chemistry. This program would not be possible without the support of wide variety of public and private sources.
These student/faculty collaborations produced the following research papers that were published in peer-reviewed journals.
Submissions from 2002
Viscometry and Atomic Force Microscopy Studies of the Interactions of a Dimeric Cyanine Dye with DNA, Jason A. Bordelon, Karl J. Feierabend, Shabana A. Siddiqui, Laura L. Wright, and Jeffrey T. Petty
Length sorting cut single wall carbon nanotubes by high performance liquid chromatography, Elaine Farkas, Mary Elizabeth Anderson, Zhihong Chen, and Andrew G. Rinzler
Carbon Nanotube-Protein Conjugates from Ambient Exchange Reactions, Kefu Fu, Weijie Huang, Yi Lin, Donghui Zhang, Timothy W. Hanks, Apparao M. Rao, and Ya-Ping Sun
Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes with Bovine Serum Albumin in Homogeneous Aqueous Solution, Kefu Fu, Weijie Huang, Yi Lin, Donghui Zhang, Timothy W. Hanks, Apparao M. Rao, and Ya-Ping Sun
Techniques in Chemistry: The Centerpiece of a Research-Oriented Curriculum, Timothy W. Hanks and Laura L. Wright
Synthesis of "Acetylene-Expanded" Tridentate Ligands, Brian T. Holmes, William T. Pennington, and Timothy W. Hanks
Synthesis and Photosensitization Properties of 1,5-Di(netropsin)- and 1,5-Di(lexitropsin)anthraquinone Conjugates, Cameron M. Howard, A. Collins, and Moses Lee
Novel furano analogues of duocarmycin C1 and C2: design, synthesis, and biological evaluation ofseco-iso-Cyclopropylfurano[2,3-e]indoline (seco-iso-CFI) and seco-Cyclopropyltetrahydrofurano[2,3-f]quinoline (seco-CFQ) analogues, Tiffany T. Howard, Brian M. Lingerfelt, Bethany L. Purnell, Adrienne E. Scott, Carly A. Price, Heather M. Townes, Luanne M. McNulty, Heather L. Handl, Kaitlin Summerville, Stephen J. Hudson, J. P. Bowen, Konstantinos Kiakos, John A. Hartley, and Moses Lee
Attaching Proteins to Carbon Nanotubes via Diimide-Activated Amidation, Weijie Huang, Shelby Taylor, Kefu Fu, Yi Lin, Donghui Zhang, Timothy W. Hanks, Apparao M. Rao, and Ya-Ping Sun
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae RAD5 Influences the Excision Repair of DNA Minor Groove Adducts, Konstantinos Kiakos, Tiffany T. Howard, Moses Lee, John A. Hartley, and Peter J. McHugh
Recognition of T*G mismatched base pairs in DNA by stacked imidazole-containing polyamides: surface plasmon resonance and circular dichroism studies, Eilyn R. Lacy, Kari K. Cox, W. D. Wilson, and Moses Lee
Influence of a Terminal Formamido Group on the Sequence Recognition of DNA by Polyamides, Eilyn R. Lacy, N. M. Le, Carly A. Price, Moses Lee, and W. D. Wilson
Absolute pKa determinations for substituted phenols, Matthew D. Liptak, K. C. Gross, Paul G. Seybold, Steven Feldgus, and George C. Shields
AFM Characterization of Surface Segregated Erucamide and Behenamide in Linear Low Density Polyethylene Film, María X. Ramírez, Douglas E. Hirt, and Laura L. Wright
The Benefits of Forming a Consortium for an NSF-MRI Proposal, George C. Shields
Electron spin resonance studies of 199HgH, 201HgH, 199HgD and 201HgD isolated in neon and argon matrices at 4K: an electronic structure investigation, Ashley C. Stowe and Lon B. Knight
Vibrational and Electronic Spectroscopy of the Fluorene Cation, Jan Szczepanski, John Banisaukas, Martin Vala, So Hirata, Rodney J. Bartlett, and Martin Head-Gordon
Preresonance Raman Spectrum of the C13H9 Fluorene-like Radical, Jan Szczepanski, John Banisaukas, Martin Vala, So Hirata, and William R. Wiley
Sequence selective recognition of DNA by hairpin conjugates of a racemic seco-cyclopropaneindoline-2-benzofurancarboxamide and polyamides, James L. Toth, Carly A. Price, Erik C. Madsen, Heather L. Handl, Stephen J. Hudson, III R. Hubbard, J. P. Bowen, Konstantinos Kiakos, John A. Hartley, and Moses Lee
Investigation of a novel reductively-activatable anticancer prodrug of seco-CBI-TMI, an analog of duocarmycin SA, Heather M. Townes, Kaitlin Summerville, Bethany L. Purnell, M. Hooker, Erik C. Madsen, Stephen J. Hudson, and Moses Lee
Kinetics and Mechanism of Chromate Reduction with Hydrogen Peroxide in Base, Douglas A. Vander Griend, Joshua S. Golden, and Charles A. Arrington
Electronic Energy Self-Exchange with Macrocyclic Chromium(III) Complexes, Paul S. Wagenknecht, Noel Kane-Maguire, David G. Speece, and Nancy Helwic
Polypyrrole Surfaces as Substrates for Electroactive Ferrocene-Tethered Assemblies, Donghui Zhang and Timothy W. Hanks
Submissions from 2001
Fluvial geochemistry of selected tributary watersheds in the Enoree River Basin, northwestern South Carolina., C. B. Andersen, Kenneth A. Sargent, John F. Wheeler, and Sandra K. Wheeler
Synthesis and characterization of heteroleptic Cr(diimine)33+ complexes, Kylie D. Barker, Kristin A. Barnett, Stuart M. Connell, Jeff W. Glaeser, Amy Jo Wallace, Justin Wildsmith, Brad J. Herbert, John F. Wheeler, and Noel Kane-Maguire