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 1986
ESR investigations of molecular cation radicals in neon matrices at 4 K: generation, trapping, and ion-neutral reactions, Lon B. Knight
An ESR investigation of the F-2 radical anion in neon matrices at 4 K, Lon B. Knight, Edward A. Earl, A. R. Ligon, and Daryl P. Cobranchi
Neon matrix ESR and CI theoretical investigation of AlF+; photoionization of AlF from thermal and laser sputtering generation methods, Lon B. Knight, Edward A. Earl, A. R. Ligon, Daryl P. Cobranchi, James R. Woodward, J. M. Bostick, Ernest R. Davidson, and David Feller
Neon matrix ESR and CI theoretical investigation of 10BF+ and 11BF+: Photoionization of BF from reactive laser sputtering and high temperature sources, Lon B. Knight, A. R. Ligon, Scott T. Cobranchi, Daryl P. Cobranchi, Edward A. Earl, David Feller, and Ernest R. Davidson
Doubly-charged ethane ions: Solution to the dilemma of stability predicted by theory and instability observed in experiment, George C. Shields and T. F. Moran
Doubly-charged gas phase cations, George C. Shields and T. F. Moran
Sensitivity of charge transfer reactions to hydrocarbon ion structures, George C. Shields, L. Wennberg, J. B. Wilcox, and T. F. Moran
Submissions from 1985
Structures, Energetics and Fragmentation Pathways of CnH22+ Carbodications, G. W. Burdick, George C. Shields, J. R. Appling, and T. F. Moran
The generation and trapping of the high-temperature oxosilyliumyl cation radicals (28SiO+ and 29SiO+) in neon matrixes at 4 K; an ESR and ab initio CI theoretical investigation, Lon B. Knight, A. R. Ligon, R. W. Woodward, David Feller, and Ernest R. Davidson
Molecular charge-transfer cross sections and their correlation with reactant ion structures, George C. Shields and T. F. Moran
Submissions from 1984
Fast atom bombardment (FAB) generation of neutral and charged reactive intermediates for rare gas matrix isolation spectroscopic studies. An ESR investigation of 111,113CdOH and 111,113Cd+ in neon and argon matrices at 4 K, Lon B. Knight, P. K. Miller, and Jhobe Steadman
An ESR investigation of the C17O+ radical isolated in a neon matrix at 4 K, Lon B. Knight and Jhobe Steadman
An ESR investigation of the formaldehyde cation radicals (H212CO+ and H213CO+) in neon matrices at 4 K, Lon B. Knight and Jhobe Steadman
Experimental evidence for a C2v (2B1) ground-state structure of the methane cation radical: ESR and ab initio CI investigations of CH4+ and CD2H2+ in neon matrixes at 4 K, Lon B. Knight, Jhobe Steadman, David Feller, and Ernest R. Davidson
ESR and ab initio theoretical studies of the cation radicals 12C216O+2, 12,13C216O+2,13C216O+2, 12C216,17O+2, 12C217O+2, and 12,13C216,17O+2 isolated in neon matrices at 4 K. The use of matrix isolation for trapping ion-neutral reaction products, Lon B. Knight, Jhobe Steadman, P. K. Miller, D. E. Bowman, Ernest R. Davidson, and David Feller
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