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 2003
Syntheses and structures of two acridine orange polyiodide salts, E. R. Gordon, Rosa D. B. Walsh, William T. Pennington, and Timothy W. Hanks
GC-MS of ignitable liquids using solvent-desorbed SPME for automated analysis, Ashley C. Harris and John F. Wheeler
Enzymatic Reductions with Dihydrogen via Metal Catalyzed Cofactor Regeneration, Robert T. Hembre, Paul S. Wagenknecht, and Jonathan M. Penney
Efficient Synthesis of a Complete Donor/Acceptor bis (Aryl)diyne Family, Brian T. Holmes, William T. Pennington, and Timothy W. Hanks
Chemistry of constrained dioxocyclam ligands with Co(III): unusual examples of C-H and C-N bond cleavage, Chuanjiang Hu, Robert M. Chin, Thoi D. Nguyen, Khoi T. Nguyen, Paul S. Wagenknecht, and Lawrence C. Nathan
Solution-state and solid-state structural characterization of complexes of a new macrocyclic ligand containing the 1,5-diazacyclooctane subunit, Chuanjiang Hu, Thoi D. Nguyen, Paul S. Wagenknecht, and Lawrence C. Nathan
An Efficient Method for the Synthesis of Substituted 4-Acetoxynaphthalene-2-Carboxylate Esters, Ethyl 4-Acetoxybenzofuran-6-Carboxylate, and Ethyl 4-Acetoxybenzothiophene-6-Carboxylate, Hari N. Pati, Regan LeBlanc, and Moses Lee
Capillary electrophoresis as a probe of enantiospecific interactions between photoactive transition metal complexes and DNA, James P. Schaeper, Lori A. Nelsen, M. A. Shupe, Brad J. Herbert, Noel Kane-Maguire, and John F. Wheeler
Spectroscopic studies of the multiple binding modes of a trimethine-bridged cyanine dye with DNA, K. M. Sovenyhazy
Cytotoxicity and sequence specificity of C- and N-terminus conjugates of N-methylpyrrole polyamides with seco-cyclopropaneindoline, James L. Toth, James A. Henry, Zarmeen T. Taherbhai, T. Staples, Kaitlin Summerville, Heather L. Handl, Stephen J. Hudson, Konstantinos Kiakos, John A. Hartley, and Moses Lee
Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Regeneration of Nicotinamide Coenzymes with Hydrogen1, Paul S. Wagenknecht, Jonathan M. Penney, and Robert T. Hembre
Effects of steric constraint on chromium(III) complexes of tetraazamacrocycles. Chemistry and excited-state behavior of 1,4-C2-cyclam complexes, Kimberley Wright-Garcia, Jillian Basinger, Sarah Williams, Chuanjiang Hu, Paul S. Wagenknecht, and Lawrence C. Nathan
Self-Organization of Gold Nanoparticles on Surface-Modified Conducting Polymer Films, Donghui Zhang, Sarah Klapman, and Timothy W. Hanks
High quantum yield blue emission from water-soluble Au8 nanodots, Jie Zheng, Jeffrey T. Petty, and Robert M. Dickson
Submissions from 2002
Exploiting intermolecular interactions and self-assembly for ultrahigh resolution nanolithography, Mary Elizabeth Anderson, R. K. Smith, Z. J. Donhauser, A. Hatzor, P. A. Lewis, Lim-Piu Tan, H. Tanaka, Mark W. Horn, and Paul S. Weiss
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