Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2010 Interfaces, Facilitating Transport of Doctoral Fellows

newsletter November 2010

Santa Clara valley Section American Chemical Society Volume 32 No. 11

november 2010 NEWSLETTER TOPICS January Dinner Meeting

• January Dinner Meeting: Mosher Mosher Award Recipient Award Recipient Plastic Solar Cell with Engineered Interfaces • Chair’s Message Dr. Tobin J. Marks • November Dinner Meeting: Dr. Joe Abstract He received a B.S. degree Francisco, President of American The ability to fabricate from the University of Maryland Chemical Society; Teacher-Scholar molecularly-tailored interfaces in1966 and a Ph.D. from MIT in Award Presentation with nanoscale precision can selec- 1971 in Chemistry. Dr. Marks • About Molecule of the Week tively modulate charge transport has mentored over 100 Ph.D. stu- across hard matter-soft matter dents and nearly as many post- • Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2010 interfaces, facilitating transport of doctoral fellows. He has been • Nobel Prize in Physics 2010 the “correct charges” while block- chair of the ACS Division of • Next Year is the International Year of ing transport of the “incorrect charges.” Inorganic Chemistry, and he has been Chemistry 2011 This interfacial tailoring can also control active in the Chicago local section. Dr. defect densities at such interfaces and stabi- continued on next page • Welcome to the Santa Clara Valley lize them with respect to physical/thermal Section of ACS decohesion. In this lecture, challenges and • New Members List for October opportunities are illustrated for three specif- January • Some Chocolate Happenings from July ic and related areas of research: 1) charge Dinner Meeting to October transport across hard matter-soft matter interfaces in organic electroluminescent Thursday, January 20, 2011 • Marker Butterflies Date: devices, 2) charge transport across hard Time: 6:00 Social Hour • Speak for Science matter-soft matter interfaces in organic 7:00 Dinner • Highlights from the September 23rd photovoltaic cells, 3) charge transport to 8:00 Presentation Dinner Meeting unconventional electrodes. It will be seen Location: Biltmore Hotel & Suites that rational interface engineering along 2151 Laurelwood Blvd. • From the October 14th Dinner with improved bulk-heterojunction poly- Santa Clara, CA 95054 Meeting mer structures leads to solar power conver- Speaker: Dr. Tobin Marks • Chemployment Abstracts sion efficiencies as high as 5.6% - 7.3%, Northwestern University along with far greater cell durability. “Plastic Solar Cells with Biography Engineered Interfaces” Chair's Message The 2010 Harry and Carol Mosher Cost: $27.00 with a choice of: I hope you had a safe Halloween and award recipient is Dr. Tobin J. Marks. Dr. Pork Marsala or Eggplant Parmesan that there were no problems in your Marks is the Vladimir N. Ipatieff Professor neighborhood. The next major holiday is of Chemistry and Professor of Materials Reservations: www.scvacs.org Thanksgiving which falls this year on Science and Engineering at Northwestern Sally Peters 650-812-4994 November 25. Think about those things University. Among the themes of his Reservations should be made by for which you are thankful. research are synthetic organo-f-element and January 17th stating your name, address, November 15 is a big event for our early-transition metal organometallic chem- company affiliation, number of people in Section. National ACS President Dr. Joe istry, polymer chemistry, materials chemis- party. Watch the web site for more infor- Francisco will be here to present the try, homogeneous and heterogeneous catal- mation. If you are unable to honor your reservation and do not cancel by Teacher-Scholar Award to a chemistry ysis, molecule-based photonic materials, Wednesday, January 19th, you will be faculty member in one of our community superconductivity, metal-organic chemical invoiced following the dinner meeting. colleges. This will be an enjoyable and vapor deposition, and biological aspects of inspirational evening. Plan to attend. transition metal chemistry. Mosher Award, continued from front page Marks has also organized a number of con- identify promising future directions for US and honors from the ACS and other orga- ferences and symposia to help introduce the scientific research. He will be serving as the nizations. We are very pleased to add the scientific community to emerging fields, US team leader (on behalf of ACS office of 2010 Mosher Award to this distinguished and he has been an Associate Editor of the International Activities and NSF Chemistry list. A few of the major ones include the ACS journal, Organometallics. Division) at an upcoming Chemical ACS 2000 ACS Cotton Medal; 2001 ACS Dr. Marks has served on the NAS-NRC Sciences and Society Symposium on Willard Gibbs Medal; 2001 ACS Linus International Benchmarking committee to Sustainable materials involving the US, Pauling Medal; 2002 American Institute of evaluate the health of the US chemical UK, German, Japanese and Chinese Chemists Gold Medal; 2003 German research, and the DOE Basic Energy Grand Chemical societies Chemical Society Karl Ziegler Prize; 2004 Research Challenges Committee to help Dr. Marks has received multiple awards Royal Society of Chemistry Frankland Medal, and the 2005 ACS Bailar Medal. He received the 2008 Spanish Principe de Asturias Prize for Scientific Research; the Reminder November Dinner Meeting Reminder 2009 N. American Catalysis Society Pines The Chemical Enterprise: Thinking and Acting Globally; Award; the 2009 Taylor Materials Research Award from Pennsylvania State University; 2010 Teacher-Scholar Award Presentation the 2009 Von Hippel Award from the Dr. Joseph Francisco, President of American Chemical Society Materials Research Society; the 2010 ACS Joseph S. Francisco com- of Advanced Studies at the Nichols Medal; the 2010 Distinguished pleted his undergraduate stud- University of Bologna, Italy. Affiliated Professor Award and Wilhelm ies in Chemistry at the He has been appointed to and Manchot Prize, Technical University of University of Texas at Austin served on committees for Munich; and the 2011 Schulich Prize from with honors, and he received the National Research Council, the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. his Ph.D. in Chemical Physics National Science Foundation, at the Massachusetts Institute American Chemical Society, of Technology in 1983. Dr. and the National Aeronautics Francisco spent 1983-1985 as a Research and Space Administration. Fellow at Cambridge University in England, and following that he returned About Molecule to MIT as a Provost Postdoctoral Fellow. November of the Week He has been an Assistant Professor at Wayne State University, and a Visiting Dinner Meeting Associate in Planetary Science at the Date: MONDAY, November 15, 2010 California Institute of Technology. He Time: 6:00 Social Hour has been a professor at Purdue University 7:00 Dinner since 1986. 8:00 Presentation He served as President for the Location: Biltmore Hotel & Suites National Organization for the 2151 Laurelwood Blvd. Professional Advancement of Black Santa Clara, CA 95054 Dr. Joseph Francisco, President, Chemists and Chemical Engineers Speaker: Get the ACS MOTW iPhone App! (NOBCChE) from 2005-2007. In 2008 American Chemical Society he was elected into the ACS presidential The Chemical Enterprise: Molecule of the Week has been a cycle, and he is currently President of the Thinking and Acting popular feature on this site since 2001. Globally; Teacher-Scholar American Chemical Society. Many molecules are suggested by chem- Award Presentation He has published over 400 peer-re- ists and chemistry enthusiasts. Every $27.00 with a choice of: viewed publications in the fields of atmo- Cost: structure is reviewed by a scientist and Filet of Salmon or Pasta Primavera spheric chemistry, chemical kinetics, displayed in 3-D and flat images with a www.scvacs.org quantum chemistry, laser photochemistry Reservations: brief description. Sally Peters 650-812-4994 and spectroscopy. Each week’s molecule also links to a Professor Francisco has received Reservations should be made by sample record from the CAS REGISTRY, November 10th stating your name, numerous national and international which is searched using SciFinder. Each address, company affiliation, number of honors for his academic accomplish record displays the registry number, index people in party. Watch the web site for name and synonyms, bibliographic infor- ments. He was recently awarded an more information. If you are unable to Alexander von Humboldt U.S. Senior mation, and more. Just search ACS honor your reservation and do not cancel MOTW in the App Store, its FREE!!! Scientist Award by the German by Thursday, November 11, you will be government, as well as being appointed invoiced following the dinner meeting. a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Institute Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2010 By Bethany Halford (C&E News) Nobel Laureates garner medals minted cal industry.” “The key word here is versatility,” said in gold, but it was work with another noble Although chemistry oddsmakers had Negishi, when describing his chemistry to metal—palladium—that earned three been betting that Pd-catalyzed cross-cou- reporters during an early-morning phone chemists the big prize this year. Richard F. pling chemistry would earn the Nobel Prize call on the day of the announcement. “One Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi, and Akira Suzuki for many years, Heck, 79, tells C&EN that of our dreams is to be able to synthesize any were jointly awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize his win was “totally unexpected.” Retired organic compound of importance, whether in Chemistry “for palladium-catalyzed from the University of Delaware and living it is a medicinally important compound or cross-couplings in organic synthesis.” Along in the Philippines, Heck admits that he important from the point of view of mate- with their medals, the three chemists will doesn’t run into chemists all that often. rials science.” also share $1.5 million. Nevertheless, he says, “I’m very thankful He likened Pd-catalyzed cross-cou- Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling and very pleased to have received the prize.” plings to the Grignard reaction, a carbon- reactions, in which the metal is used to cat- The pioneering chemistry discovered carbon bond-forming reaction developed alyze the formation of carbon-carbon by Heck in 1968 uses Pd to wed an aryl by Victor Grignard, the 1912 Nobel bonds, are widely used to make complex halide with an olefin. “It’s turned out to be Laureate in Chemistry. “The Grignard reac- molecular structures. They have been something of value to the chemistry com- tion made possible the synthesis of a wide employed to make materials, pharmaceuti- munity,” Heck says of the reaction that variety of organic compounds,” Negishi cals, and other biologically active com- bears his name. told reporters. “We came up with a totally pounds. In 1977, Negishi, who is now 75 and different method that not only comple- “This is a very exciting day for organic the Herbert C. Brown Distinguished ments but also surpasses in versatility chemistry,” comments Stephen L. Professor of Organic Chemistry at Purdue Grignard chemistry.” Buchwald, a chemistry professor at University, used Pd to catalyze couplings of “The award recognizes fundamental Massachusetts Institute of Technology. organozinc reagents with organohalides. chemistry at its best,” says American “This is a well-deserved award that is long Two years later, Suzuki, who is 80 and cur- Chemical Society President and Purdue overdue. It is hard to overestimate the rently a chemistry professor at Japan’s University professor Joseph S. Francisco. importance of these processes in modern- Hokkaido University, began developing a “The beauty of this work is that these cross- day synthetic chemistry. They are the most Pd-catalyzed coupling of organoboron couplings are very robust, very clean, very used reactions by those in the pharmaceuti- compounds with organohalides. versatile, and I have to say, very elegant.” “To practicing synthetic chemists in industry and academe, these names are familiar in the same way as are members of their own family,” adds Victor Snieckus, a chemistry professor at Queens University, in Kingston, Ontario. “Many of us have run Heck, Negishi, and Suzuki reactions with our own hands. The whole community is overjoyed and applauds these awards.”

who was a postdoc at the time, worked out Nobel Prize in Physics 2010 a surprisingly simple method for exfoliating By Mitch Jacoby (C&E News) little chips of graphite by folding adhesive The discovery of graphene—a one-at- gated since the 1980s, when carbon nano- tape against the crystals and peeling apart om-thick sheet of carbon atoms arranged in tubes and buckeyballs were discovered. the tape repeatedly. The team showed that a honeycomb pattern that boasts outstand- Yet after years of trying unsuccessfully not only could single sheets of graphene be ing mechanical and electronic properties— to separate graphite into constituent gra- isolated, but they remain particularly stable has won physicists Andre K. Geim, 51, and phene sheets, researchers had concluded by at room temperature (Science 2004, 306, Konstantin S. (Kostya) Novoselov, 36, both the early part of this decade that freestand- 666). of the University of Manchester, in ing graphene could not be isolated. The discovery of that rudimentary England, the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics. Thermodynamics principles predicted that method for isolating graphene sheets, cou- The researchers will share $1.5 million in the material would spontaneously roll up pled with graphene’s unique collection of prize money. into a nanotube or other curved structure. superlative properties, has led to an explo- The idea that a single “freestanding” “At that time, graphene was considered a sion in research of this “incredibly thought- sheet of graphene—meaning a one-atom- hypothetical or academic material,” Geim provoking material,” says Philip Kim, a thick film that rests on or is suspended told C&EN in 2009 (C&EN, March 2, physicist at Columbia University. from, but is not tightly attached to, a sup- 2009, page 14). Geim points out that graphene is the port—could be isolated had been investi- But in 2004, Geim and Novoselov, continued on next page Nobel Prize in Physics, continued from previous page thinnest imaginable material, is exceptional- tion can be a life-changing experience, but “That’s rather optimistic,” he acknowl- ly strong and stiff yet stretchable, exhibits he says he hopes to “just take every day as it edges in the dry witty tone he’s known for, outstanding thermal and electronic proper- comes and continue working in the lab as a but adds, “I’m hoping not to make too ties, and is chemically inert. normal guy.” much of a fuss and to avoid going crazy.” As a result of those properties, which were discovered in just the past few years, graphene has quickly become a top choice for advanced computing applications, digital displays and various types of flexible electronics, and advanced composite materials. “Andre and Kostya’s seminal work initiated this field just five or six years ago, and since then, the speed of progress in this area has been truly dazzling,” Kim says. He adds that the Nobel is “very well deserved.” Geim knows that this special recogni-

Next year is the International Year of Chemistry 2011 All known matter – gas, liquid and solid International Association of Chemical at www.acs.org – is composed of the chemical elements or of Societies. • The official IYC website: compounds made from those elements. For more information www.chemistry2011.org/participate/ Humankind’s understanding of the material • Search International Year of Chemistry ideas/ nature of our world is grounded in our knowledge of chemistry. Indeed all living processes are controlled by chemical reactions. The International Union of Pure and Welcome to Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and UNESCO strongly believe that it is time to the Santa Clara Valley Section of ACS celebrate the achievements of chemistry and Each month the section receives a spreadsheet from national ACS with the names of its contributions to the well-being of members new to our section. The members are either new to ACS, have transferred in humankind. from other areas, or are the newest members -- the students. To welcome you to the sec- The goals of IYC 2011 are to: tion and get to know you, the Executive Committee offers new members a free dinner!! • Increase the public appreciation of To encourage you to attend a monthly section dinner meeting, we would like you to be chemistry in meeting world needs our guest. When you register, make certain to mention that you are a new member and • Increase interest of young people in you and a spouse (or friend) will be our guests. The dinner meetings are often the 3rd chemistry Thursday of the month at a local spot, somewhat convenient to the entire section. If you • Generate enthusiasm for the creative are unable to attend in the evening, perhaps you would join us for an outreach event, future of chemistry like judging a science fair, participating in the chemistry olympiad, or a national chemis- • Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the try week event in October. Then, there is our annual wine tasting and awards picnic in Mme. Curie Nobel Prize and the 100th July. The local section is a volunteer organization. Please attend an event, volunteer to Anniversary of the founding of the help, and get to know your local fellow chemists. Welcome!! New Members List for October Dr. Remy Angelaud Taia V. Ergueta Bernie S. Lee Oluwatosin M. Ayo- Dr. Xianqi Feng Xiaorong Liang Vaughan Robert Ferber Darren J. Lipomi Christopher Lee Bailey Stephanie Galanie Jeff Meier Dr. Julie D. Chittenden Jeffrey R. Gour Michael E. Mertzman Dr. Charles Terrence Cox Zachary Hagood Sean O'Leary Dr. James Crawford Dr. Keiichi Hirano Oliver Pabonan Dr. Ronald W. Davis Anna Hitz Yingmei Qi Matthew Delsman Guosong Hong Dr. Lawrence Schein Sreevalsan Divakar Jasmine Kalsi Nandhini Sokkalingam Alan Downie Robert K. Kuster Dr. Yvonne Walbroehl Dr. Matthew Eisaman Vivian Lau Some Chocolate Happenings from July to October By Howard and Sally Peters For the past several years, Howard delicious chocolate samples. Army’s Fort Sill and Cameron University has been an invited speaker at the During the ACS national meeting in at the invitation of 2006 ACS President California State Summer School for August that took place in Boston, Professor, Ann Nalley. The Cameron Mathematics and Science (COSMOS) Massachusetts, Howard and Sally had chemistry department recently received program at UC Santa Cruz. COSMOS is their usual SCIMIX poster session about ACS approval of curriculum from the a California State education program chocolate at the Convention Center. ACS Committee on Professional Training held at 4 UC campuses each July. About There was also a drawing for a ten-pound (CPT). The large international student 500 talented high school juniors are bar of dark bittersweet chocolate; 900 member chemistry group at Cameron selected to participate in an intensive drawing tickets were passed out in just 90 enjoyed the chocolate samples and draw- month long on-campus immersion pro- minutes! ing for the chocolate bar. The following gram in science and technology. Dr. In September, Howard traveled to day, Howard had a lively informal discus- Bakthan Singaram (and Dr. Stanley Oklahoma as an ACS speaker. He was sion with students about traditional and Williamson) both chemistry professors at invited by Oklahoma Christian alternative careers for chemists. UCSC have led this important summer University (OCU) to visit the campus by If you’re interested in seeing out-reach program for many years. On President Mike O’Neal, where he pre- Howard’s Chocolate Food of the Gods July 26, Howard spoke about Chocolate sented talks on chocolate and invention. lecture, it can be viewed at http://tiny- Food of the Gods to over 60 students and The next day, Howard traveled to url.org/chocolate. faculty and, afterward, everyone enjoyed Lawton, OK – home to the very active v v v

Marker Butterflies From Celebrating Chemistry Now that the weather is due to get Paintbrush 8. Twist the two pieces of the pipe cleaner colder and wetter, you may find yourself Paper towel together about 4 cm from the open indoors more often. If you have kids, you Cup of rinse water end of the pipe cleaner. This will hold know that they need to be entertained or Procedure the two filters in place. everyone will go stir crazy. What follows 1. Place the coffee filters on top of a piece 9. Turn down the ends of the pipe clean- is a fun and artistic science experiment of scrap paper. Use several different er to look like antennas. that can be done with simple household color markers to create a design or pat- 10. Thoroughly clean the work area and items. You can find more of these experi- tern on each coffee filter. Please note wash your hands. ments on the ACS website under the that this design will be changed when Where’s the Chemistry? Education tab. the directions in Step 3 are carried out. The filter is made of a special type of Some artists use the way paint moves 2. Place both coffee filters on another paper that absorbs water easily. Paper on a surface to produce interesting shapes piece of scrap paper. towels are made of a similar type of and designs. Many artists paint on can- 3. Dip the paintbrush in the water and paper. The colors in the markers dissolve, vas, a type of fabric that is very absor- paint over the designs with the wet or are soluble, in water. When the water bent. Before painting on canvas, most brush. Be certain to rinse the brush in is painted onto the coffee filter, the colors artists treat it so it does not absorb as the water several times while you are dissolve in the water. As the paper filter much liquid. The artist Helen painting with the water. Watch how absorbs the water, the dissolved colors Frankenthaler did not prepare her canvas the designs change. move with the water and create the in this way. Frankenthaler used the absor- 4. Fold the pipe cleaner in half. Hold the resulting color patterns. bent property of canvas to create interest- pipe cleaner about 2 cm from the fold ing shapes and patterns. To make a paint- and twist two times. This will leave a ing, she would tack a canvas onto the small loop. floor and pour the paint directly onto the 5. Scrunch one of the coffee filters along surface. She would let the way the paint an imaginary line down the middle of moved over the canvas help decide what the filter to produce one set of the but- the picture would be. In this activity, terfly’s wings. painting with water over marker designs 6. Place this filter inside the open ends of on coffee filters will produce different the pipe cleaner, centering it close to shapes and beautiful works of art. the twisted end. Materials 7. Repeat Step 5 with the other coffee fil- 2 circular white coffee filters ter. This is the second set of the but- 1 pipe cleaner terfly’s wings. Place it above the first Water-based markers (various colors) filter, inside the open ends of the pipe Scrap paper (do not use newspaper) cleaner. S peak forS cience Less than 10 percent of the 535 mem- input is provided in formal testimony they are given background information on bers of Congress have backgrounds in sci- before committees and panels making deci- the topic and a proposed message that can ence and engineering. Yet every day legisla- sions on spending and legislation relating to be easily personalized and sent directly to tors are asked to make important decisions science and engineering. legislators—the entire process takes only a that affect our nation’s scientific enterprise. But just as important, members of few minutes. You can help them make informed deci- Congress listen to their constituents and It’s free, simple, and done entirely via sions by joining the ACS’s Act 4 Chemistry value their timely input. That’s where you the Web. But more to the point, by partic- Network (formerly the Legislative Action can play a valuable role as members of the ipating in the Act 4 Chemistry Network, Network). network. chemists can impact federal policies critical Act 4 Chemistry is a Web-based politi- Prior to key congressional decisions, to chemistry and our nation. 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SCV Secretary Karl Marhenke and California Section SCV Past Chair Natalie McClure and ACS Board of Chair Paul Vartanian at the registration table Directors Chair Bonnie Charpentier

SCV Member Kristen McCaleb with her ACS Salute to Excellence Award

SCV Chair Elect Abby Kennedy, California The large group awaits the evening’s talk Section Councilor Lee Latimer (of Elan Pharmaceuticals) and Speaker Lynette Cegelski

Community College Teacher-Scholar Award winner for 2009 Jeanette Medina and students (L to R) Mayra Rios, Jeanette Medina, Xochitl Rios and Mayu Yamamura

From the October 14th Dinner Meeting

Michelle Pereira, Xochitl Rios and Nchinda Ngeche, three of the wonderful Cañada College volunteers who helped make the night memorable

Toby Freedman giving her extremely interesting talk

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SANTA CLARA VALLEY SECTION 2010 Section Officers Chair Bruce Raby 408-294-6718 [email protected] Chair-Elect Abby Kennedy 209-640-2005 [email protected] FUTURE MEETINGS Past Chair Natalie McClure 650-906-7831 [email protected] Nov 15 Dr. Joe Francisco, President of the Secretary Karl Marhenke 831-688-4959 [email protected] American Chemical Society Treasurer Ihab Darwish 650-594-1654 [email protected] Teacher-Scholar Award Presentation Councilors Biltmore Hotel, Santa Clara, CA 2008-2010 George Lechner 408-226-7262 [email protected] 2008-2010 Herb Silber 408-924-4954 [email protected] Dec 18 Professor Bruce German 2009-2011 Abby Kennedy 209-640-2005 [email protected] Foods for Health 2009-2011 Howard Peters 650-854-4614 [email protected] CA Section meeting 2009-2011 Ean Warren 650-329-4554 [email protected] USDA, Albany, CA Linda Brunauer 2010-2012 408-554-6947 [email protected] http://calvaryslz.org/calacs/?page_id=348 2010-2012 Sally Peters 650-812-4994 [email protected] 2010-2012 Peter Rusch 650-961-8120 [email protected] Dec 15-20 PacifiChem 2010 Alternate Councilors Honolulu, HI 2008-2010 Mark Kent 408-736-0989 [email protected] http://pacifichem.org 2009-2011 Ihab Darwish 650-594-1654 [email protected] 2011 David Parker 2009-2011 408-615-4961 [email protected] Jan 9-14 2009-2011 Bruce Raby 408-294-6718 [email protected] 20th Winter Fluorine Conference 2010-2012 Lois Durham 650-322-3507 [email protected] St. Pete Beach , FL 2010-2012 Natalie McClure 650-906-7831 [email protected] http://fluorine.sites.acs.org/20thwfc.htm 2010-2012 Stephanie Gehling 408-429-9681 [email protected] Jan 15 Dr. Tobin Marks Harry Ungar 2010 831-708-2049 [email protected] Mosher Award Dinner Public Relations Biltmore Hotel, Santa Clara, CA Robert Galemmo 650-866-4702 [email protected] Feb 11 Monthly Dinner Meeting (TBD) Newsletter Mar 27-31 National Meeting and Exposition Editor Aaron Novack 650-796-3665 [email protected] Anaheim, CA ChemPloyment Abstracts Director Charles Sullivan 650-728-7034 [email protected]