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 1983
ESR investigations of H2O+, HDO+, D2O+, and H217O+ isolated in neon matrices at 4 K., Lon B. Knight
The ground state of the Sc2 molecule, Lon B. Knight, R. J. Van Zee, and William Weltner
Properties of Sc3, Y3, and Sc13 molecules at low temperatures, as determined by ESR, Lon B. Knight, R. W. Woodward, Zee R. J. Van, and William Weltner
Double Electron Transfer Reactions of CO22+ Ions, George C. Shields and T. F. Moran
Single- and Double-Electron Transfer Reactions of Ground and Metastable State Ar2+ Ions, George C. Shields and T. F. Moran
Submissions from 1982
An experimental procedure for ESR studies of rare gas matrix isolated molecular cation radicals: 12CO+, 13CO+, 14NH3+, and 15NH3+, Lon B. Knight
ESR investigation of matrix isolated B16O and B17O radicals: Comparison of nuclear hyperfine structure with ab initio calculations, Lon B. Knight
Submissions from 1981
Codeposition generation of BeCl in an argon matrix at 12 K: An ESR investigation, Lon B. Knight
Photolytic codeposition generation of the HgF radical in an argon matrix at 12 K: An ESR investigation, Lon B. Knight
Generation of scandium dichloride, dibromide, and dicyanide radicals by codeposition reactions in argon matrices at 14 K: an electron spin resonance investigation, Lon B. Knight, M. B. Wise, and T. A. Fisher
Submissions from 1980
Generation and ESR investigation of YF2 and Y(CN)2 radicals in rare gas matrices, Lon B. Knight and M. B. Wise
The generation and ESR investigation of the BeF radical in rare gas matrices, Lon B. Knight, M. B. Wise, A. G. Childers, Ernest R. Davidson, and W. R. Daasch
Submissions from 1979
ESR matrix isolation investigation of the aluminum hydride radical -AlH+, Lon B. Knight, Richard L. Martin, and Ernest R. Davidson
Submissions from 1978
ESR Matrix Isolation of AlH+ Formed During the High Temperature Vaporization of Al2O3, Lon B. Knight, Richard L. Martin, and Ernest R. Davidson
High-temperature generation and ESR matrix isolation studies of ZnF and CdF in neon and argon matrices, Lon B. Knight, Alfreda Mouchet, W. T. Beaudry, and M. Duncan
Unusual behavior of vaporized magnesium. 2. Evidence for gas-surface exchange, Lon B. Knight, K. S. Stewart, and W. T. Beaudry
Submissions from 1977
Submissions from 1976
Matrix isolation of Mg2 and Mgn molecules in neon, argon, and nitrogen hosts, Lon B. Knight and M. A. Ebener
Submissions from 1975
Vibrational spectra and structure of tetramethyltetrazine, W. C. Harris, F. L. Glenn, and Lon B. Knight
Unusual behavior of vaporized magnesium under low pressure conditions, Lon B. Knight, R. D. Brittain, M. Duncan, and C. H. Joyner
Submissions from 1974
Vibrational spectra and structure of nitrogen containing molecules-I. Formaldehyde dimethylhydrazone, W. C. Harris, Lon B. Knight, R. W. MacNamee, and J. R. Durig
Submissions from 1973
Vibrational spectra of substituted hydrazines. IV. Raman and far-infrared spectra and structure of tetramethylhydrazine, J. R. Durig, R. W. MacNamee, Lon B. Knight, and W. C. Harris
Spectra of matrix isolated transition metal monoxides. Manganese(II) and copper(II) oxides. Evidence for a2Π ground state for copper(II) oxide, Kenneth R. Thompson, Warren C. Easley, and Lon B. Knight