Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar-CANCELLED

Abstract:  The key chemical characteristic of cerium is its ability to cycle between trivalent and tetravalent redox states, a unique property amongst the rare earths that is exploited broadly in materials- and synthetic chemistry. In the coordination chemistry of cerium, work from our group has recently shown the sensitivity of the cerium(IV/III) redox couple on the type of crystal field present at the cation. We have also demonstrated the coordination chemistry of nitroxides provides a unique platform for studying electronic structure and new methods for accomplishing elemental separations for pairs of rare earth elements. Results on the development of a new family of rare earth photosensitizers will also be discussed.