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 1992
Theoretical and neon matrix electron spin resonance studies of the methanol cation: CH3OH+, CH3OD+, CH2DOH+, and 13CH3OH+, Lon B. Knight, Kelly Kerr, Martha Villanueva, Allan J. McKinley, and David Feller
Experiment in quantization: Atomic line spectra, George C. Shields and M. M. Kash
Submissions from 1991
AM1 and PM3 calculations of the potential energy surfaces for hydroxymethyl radical reactions with nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide, G. H. Kalkanis and George C. Shields
Generation and Study of Inorganic Cations in Rare Gas Matrices by Electron Spin Resonance, Lon B. Knight
Electron-spin-resonance studies of 12CH3F+, 13CH3F+, and 12CH2DF+ in neon matrices at 4 K: Comparison with theoretical calculations, Lon B. Knight, Brian W. Gregory, Devon W. Hill, Caleb A. Arrington, Takamasa Momose, and Tadamasa Shida
Matrix isolation electron spin resonance studies of silicon (28,28Si2+, 28,29Si2+, 29,29Si2+) and germanium (Ge2+ and 73Ge2+) cations produced by pulsed laser vaporization. Comparison with theoretical calculations, Lon B. Knight, John O. Herlong, Robert M. Babb, Edward A. Earl, Devon W. Hill, and Caleb A. Arrington
Crystal structure of a CAP-DNA complex: the DNA is bent by 90 degrees, S. C. Schultz, George C. Shields, and T. A. Steitz
Submissions from 1990
Laser vaporization generation of Al12C, Al13C, Al12C2, and Al13C2 for rare gas matrix electron spin resonance studies: Experimental-theoretical comparisons, Lon B. Knight, Scott T. Cobranchi, John O. Herlong, and Caleb A. Arrington
Laser vaporization/rare gas matrix-isolation electron spin resonance studies of PdH+2, PdD+2, PdH, and PdD: Theoretical investigation of PdH+2, Lon B. Knight, Scott T. Cobranchi, John O. Herlong, Thomas J. Kirk, K. Balasubramanian, and K. K. Das
Laser vaporization generation of PdCH3, 105PdCH3, and Pd13CH3 for electron spin resonance neon matrix study at 4 K, Lon B. Knight, John O. Herlong, Scott T. Cobranchi, and Thomas J. Kirk
Crystallization of Escherichia coli catabolite gene activator protein with its DNA binding site: The use of modular DNA, S. C. Schultz, George C. Shields, and T. A. Steitz
Submissions from 1989
Production Methods for ESR Studies of Neutral and Charged Radicals, Lon B. Knight
Electronic ground state assignment for O+4 Neon matrix electron-spin resonance investigation, Lon B. Knight, Scott T. Cobranchi, and Jeffrey T. Petty
The generation and electron spin resonance characterization of 63,65Cu12CH2 and 63,65Cu13CH2 in neon matrices, Lon B. Knight, Scott T. Cobranchi, Jeffrey T. Petty, and Daryl P. Cobranchi
Electron spin resonance investigations of 11B12C, 11B13C, and 10B12C in neon, argon, and krypton matrices at 4 K: Comparison with theoretical results, Lon B. Knight, Scott T. Cobranchi, Jeffrey T. Petty, Edward A. Earl, David Feller, and Ernest R. Davidson
Laser vaporization generation of 69Ga31P+ and 71Ga31P+ for neon matrix electron spin resonance studies: Electronic structure comparison with GaAs+, Lon B. Knight and John O. Herlong
The generation and trapping of 28SiH+2 and 29SiH+2 in neon matrices at 4 K: Electron spin resonance and theoretical investigations, Lon B. Knight, Michael Winiski, Paul Kudelko, and Caleb A. Arrington
Neon matrix electron spin resonance and theoretical investigations of10,11BH2, 12,13CH2, and 12,13CH+2, Lon B. Knight, Michael Winiski, P. K. Miller, Caleb A. Arrington, and David Feller
Submissions from 1988
Neon matrix ESR investigation of 12C+2 and 13C+2 : Confirmation of a 4Σ-g ground electronic state, Lon B. Knight, Scott T. Cobranchi, and Edward A. Earl
Rare gas matrix ESR investigations of 12CH363,65CuF,13CH363,65CuF, H63,65CuF, and D63,65CuF generated by reactive laser vaporization, Lon B. Knight, Scott T. Cobranchi, Brian W. Gregory, and Glenn C. Jones
High resolution ESR spectroscopy and structure of the acetaldehyde radical cation (CH3CHO+) in neon matrices at 4 K: comparison with results in freon matrices, Lon B. Knight, Brian W. Gregory, Scott T. Cobranchi, Ffrancon Williams, and Xue Zhi Qin
Radical-ion generation and trapping in neon matrices at 4 K. Electron spin resonance investigations of F2CO± and C+2, Lon B. Knight and Jane Ott
Neon matrix ESR investigation of 69,71GaAs+ generated by the photoionization of laser vaporized GaAs(s), Lon B. Knight and Jeffrey T. Petty
The generation of 12C31P and 13C31P by reactive laser vaporization for rare gas matrix electron spin resonance studies: Comparison with ab initio theoretical calculations, Lon B. Knight, Jeffrey T. Petty, Scott T. Cobranchi, David Feller, and Ernest R. Davidson
ESR investigation of the cation radicals 14N213CO+, 15N212CO+, and 15N213CO+: The trapping of ion-neutral reaction products in neon matrices at 4 K, Lon B. Knight, Jhobe Steadman, P. K. Miller, and J. A. Cleveland