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Volume 83, No 3, July 2019 ISSN 0110-5566 (Print) ISSN 2624-1161 (Online) Volume 83, No.3, July 2019 Subtleties and complexities: some musings on teaching first year chemistry Towards functional surfaces using Langmuir-Blodgett deposition techniques Getting structures into gear: a computational microscope to discover, understand and design molecular function Lavoisier’s gazometer Published on behalf of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry in January, April, July and October. The New Zealand Institute of Chemistry Printed by Graphic Press Incorporated PO Box 13798 Disclaimer Johnsonville The views and opinions expressed in Chemistry in New Zealand are those of the individual authors and are Wellington 6440 not necessarily those of the publisher, the Editorial Email: [email protected] Board or the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry. Whilst the publisher has taken every precaution to ensure the total accuracy of material contained in Editor Chemistry in New Zealand, no responsibility for errors Dr Catherine Nicholson or omissions will be accepted. C/- BRANZ, Private Bag 50 908 Copyright Porirua 5240 The contents of Chemistry in New Zealand are subject Phone: 04 238 1329 to copyright and must not be reproduced in any Mobile: 027 348 7528 form, wholly or in part, without the permission of the Publisher and the Editorial Board. Email: [email protected] Publisher Rebecca Hurrell Email: [email protected] Advertising Sales Email: [email protected] The International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry On behalf of the local organising committee, you are invited to participate in the International Symposium on Supramolecular and Macrocyclic Chemistry (ISMSC-2020) to be held in Sydney, Australia from July 12 – 16, 2020. ISMSC-2020 will provide a forum for the discussion of all aspects of macrocyclic and supramolecular chemistry, including nanoscience and materials science. It will follow the style of the preceding meetings in the series with a single scientific session running throughout the conference. ISMSC, the International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry, came from a fusion of the International Symposium on Macrocyclic Chemistry (ISMC) and the International Symposium on Supramolecular Chemistry (ISSC). These meetings combined in 2006 and since then have been held on an annual basis in a different location. Join us for the meeting in Sydney in 2020! https://www.ismsc2020.org/home Contents Volume 83, No.3, July 2019 Articles and features 104 Subtleties and complexities: some musings on teaching first year chemistry Allan Blackman 108 Towards functional surfaces using Langmuir-Blodgett deposition techniques Alex T. O’Neil, Kelly J. Kilpin, Jonathan A. Kitchen 113 Getting structures into gear: a computational microscope to discover, understand and design molecular function Davide Mercadante 121 Lavoisier’s gazometer Richard Sorrenson Other columns 94 From the President 95 NZIC news 93 Chemistry in New Zealand July 2019 Comment from the President Welcome to the July issue of Chemistry in New Zealand. 2019 is racing by and we are well into the International Year of the Periodic Table celebrations with continued contributions to the Radio New Zealand Sonic Tonic seg- ment and subsequent discussion on the Friday evening Nights show with Bryan Crump. All of the interviews are available on the Radio NZ website in the Nights section. Professor Allan Blackman (AUT) is continuing his series of Elemental podcasts, also available on the Radio NZ web- From the President site. We recently launched our flagshipIYPT2019 competition for schools and school-age children. To celebrate the In- ternational Year of the Periodic Table the NZIC and the Royal Society of Chemistry New Zealand Branch are run- ning an exciting video competition. Entries will be in the form of a 1-2 min video about a favourite element from the periodic table. There are 118 elements to choose from, so we hope that there will be lots of diversity in the entries! There are two judging categories: Junior/In- termediate School (Years 1-8) and Senior School (Years 9-13). Individual and group/team/class entries are both Another conference looming on the horizon is Paci- welcome. Each category will have three cash prizes and fichem2020, at which many NZIC members will be pre- entries close on 1 October 2019. Please see the follow- senting and involved in organising symposia. I take this ing webpage for more details and conditions of entry: opportunity to remind members that the more of you at- https://nzic.org.nz/iypt-video-competition/. tend, the more NZIC gets back in remuneration as a con- The NZIC2019 National Conference preparations are well stituent organisation member, and therefore the more under way, and the website can be found here: https:// we can do for members in terms of financial support for nzic2019.co.nz/. The clock on the front page is counting future Pacifichem conferences and events. down to the opening ceremony so head over to the site, Finally, a reminder that NZIC is on social media! We’re get your abstracts lodged and registrations in before the on Facebook (search New Zealand Institute of Chemistry) early bird pricing closes. We have a fantastic line-up of in- and Twitter (our handle is @_NZIC). Please follow us. On ternational plenary and keynote speakers, a great confer- Twitter, please tag @_NZIC in chemistry related tweets, ence program including the popular student oral presen- and use the hashtag #nzchem to build up a record of ex- tation competition, a conference dinner at the amazing citing NZ chemistry related news. Use #NZIC2019 for the Christchurch Town Hall and even a beer tasting event for conference. all you craft beer lovers. All we need now is YOU! Sarah Masters NZIC President Editor’s note The April 2019 issue of Chemistry in New Zealand included an obituary for Professor Brian Halton. Doug Wright, a former NZIC President, has brought to our attention that NZIC was involved with Pacifichem well before Brian’s con- tributions began in 1990. Doug was the NZIC delegate at the inaugural organising meeting of Pacifichem in the early 1980s. This meeting of the organising bodies was held in Tokyo and included delegates from USA, Canada, Japan, Australia and Malaysia. 94 Chemistry in New Zealand July 2019 News New Zealand Institute of Chemistry supporting chemical sciences July News AUCKLAND Simcock. Two students won poster Professor Greg Qiao (The University prizes at the symposium: Kristel Mae of Melbourne, Australia): CAP for The University of Auckland Castillo (supervisor: Dr Erin Leitao) surface, RAFT for blood, and Star vs with Polysilanes: the unabridged ver- superbugs. Events sion towards metallosupramolecular MOTAT STEM Fair cages for anticancer drug delivery NZIC Auckland Branch Seminars and Antony Melton (supervisor: Pro- The University of Auckland hosted The School of Chemical Sciences par- fessor James Wright) with Green hy- the following NZIC Auckland Branch ticipated in the Super STEM Fair at drogen peroxide on demand. Seminars between March and May the Museum of Transport and Tech- 2019: nology (MOTAT) on 8 April. Dr Joel School of Chemical Sciences Rindelaub initiated and organised Seminars Dr Daniel Foley (University of the stand for the School of Chemi- Adventures in natural The School of Chemical Sciences at Canterbury): cal Sciences with the help of Katrina product-like chemical space. Graaf, Dr Pooja Yadav, Thandeka the University of Auckland hosted Mbangwa, Dr Mansa Nair, Geraldine several seminars between March Dr Sheila Woodgate (The University Powell and Stephen Lo. Our stand in- and May 2019: of Auckland): Use of web-based ac- tivities and data analysis to promote cluded hands-on chromatography, Dr Jakob Andersson (Austrian Insti- learning of chemistry cabbage-water acid-base chemistry, tute of Technology, Austria): Model . and vitamin C analyses. The Photon membranes optimised for the study Dr Richard Hopkinson (University of Factory also had displays at the Fair, of ion channels. which included methylated spirits Leicester, UK): Studies on formalde- hyde biosynthesis, metabolism and rockets, holographs and diffraction Dr Oleksandr Mykhaylyk (The Uni- toxicity. gratings. Dr Viji Sarojini also partici- versity of Sheffield, UK): Applica- pated in the event, supervising the tion of small-angle X-ray scattering construction of catapults with the (SAXS) for structural characterization Association of Women in Science. of materials. Chemistry Olympiad Training During the week of 15 April, The School of Chemical Sciences hosted a training week for the Chemistry Olympiad. The students (32 in total, 14 from outside Auckland) received lectures and training in laboratory skills by a team that included Asso- ciate Professor Duncan McGillivray, Katrina Graaf, and Dr Sheila Wood- gate, together with teachers from the Auckland area and Associate Professor Owen Curnow from the University of Canterbury. ChemComm Symposium 2019: Chemistry for Global Challenges On 15 April the School of Chemi- cal Sciences hosted members of the Editorial Board of ChemComm for a symposium, with talks ranging from fluorine radiochemistry to new ma- terials for water and energy chal- lenges. The event was organised by Professor Penny Brothers, Profes- sor Christian Hartinger and Anna Top: Prize giving at the ChemComm Symposium; bottom: ChemComm Symposium 95 Chemistry in New Zealand July 2019 Drug candidate ready for clinical branch secretary since 2008. In this 2018 LH Briggs Prize role she is well known to the
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