School of Chemistry University of Dublin, Trinity College Welcome Document 2014/15 Nanochemistry Advanced Materials Synthetic Chemistry Chemicals of Everyday Life January 2015 Welcome to the School of Chemistry. We very much hope that you have an enjoyable and productive time here. In this document you will find information that should assist you in familiarizing yourself with the teaching and research programmes in the School of Chemistry. Teaching in the School is arranged within the three broad disciplines of Organic, Medicinal and Biological Chemistry, Inorganic and Synthetic Materials Chemistry, and Physical, Computational and Materials Chemistry, each with its own Head of Discipline. Staff in the School are located in a number of buildings and institutes in College, such as the Main Chemistry Building, the SNIAM Building, CRANN, the Trinity Biomedical Science Institute (TBSI), the Lloyd Building and East-End 4-5 (where the Cocker teaching lab is located). Administration (School office) is housed in the main Chemistry Building. The College fosters an interdisciplinary approach to research and members of the School have strong links with colleagues in the physical, technological and biological sciences. There is an extensive overlap of interests with the School of Physics and CRANN, especially in surface and solid state science, and polymeric and optical materials. Members of the discipline of Organic, Medicinal and Biological Chemistry are housed in the TBSI, which is an interdisciplinary centre for biomedical translational scientific research involving the five schools of Chemistry, Engineering, Biochemistry & Immunology, Medicine; and Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences. We hope that this booklet will prove useful. It contains important details on the School and its policies. Best wishes, ________________________ Sylvia Draper, Head of School 2 Contents: Page Head of School Welcome 2 Contents 3 Arrival in the School of Chemistry 4 Safety 4 Equality Training 4 Undergraduate Teaching 4 Postgraduate Teaching and Research 5 Research in the School of Chemistry 5 Mentoring Procedures 5 Other Training 6 Administrative Information 6 School Facilities/Instrumentation 7 Staff Directory 12 3 1. Arrival in the School of Chemistry: On arrival, new members of the School should call to the Chief Technical Officer’s (Teresa McDonnell) office (accessed through the coffee room on the first floor of the main chemistry building) so that she can provide you with the relevant office and laboratory keys on receipt of a €10 deposit. You should also introduce yourself to the office staff in the adjacent office so that they will know to add you to mailing lists etc., if needed. Please complete the registration form at http://chemistry.tcd.ie/staff/new and send it to the School Administrator, Sinéad Boyce (sboyce@tcd.ie). General information for all new members of staff in TCD is provided by TCD human resources. (http://www.tcd.ie/hr/new/information/). The Appendix at the end of this document provides information on contracts, work permits, tax, insurance, pensions and more (also available at http://www.tcd.ie/hr/assets/pdf/newstaffinfo.pdf). 2. Safety: The School’s Safety Officer is Prof. Mike Bridge and the Deputy Safety Officer is Prof. Bob Baker. All new members of the School of Chemistry must obtain the required safety training prior to performing any laboratory work. The School of Chemistry’s Safety Statement can be found on the School website (http://chemistry.tcd.ie/safety/safety-statement/) along with the document, “Safety Is Your Business” (http://chemistry.tcd.ie/assets/pdf/SafetyIsYourBusiness2014_v2.pdf), which contains a more detailed account of “local rules” for working in the School of Chemistry. These documents should be read and understood by all persons working in the School. Every researcher (research assistant/postdoctoral researcher/academic) and technical staff must sign the safety agreement form, found at the end of “Safety is Your Business” to indicate that they are aware of, and will conform to, the safe working practices in the School of Chemistry. The signed form should be returned to the School Office. Members of the School Safety Committee review our compliance levels at regular intervals to ensure that School-wide safety training is in place. The School annually provides at least one oneday workshop on Safety for postgraduate and more senior research staff, normally in September. The College Safety Office also provides a one-day workshop (normally in April) on Chemical Safety; other safety workshops are also provided (e.g. by CRANN and Physics) and these may be suitable for staff who are unable to attend the School’s own workshop. The School also has a policy of on-going development of workshops and training (including the provision of web-based materials) at every level from undergraduate entry upwards. Materials from these workshops are generally available on the School’s safety web page (http://chemistry.tcd.ie/safety). Individual research and teaching laboratories may also have labspecific safety protocols/guidelines that must be read and understood prior to any laboratory work being performed. All members of the School of Chemistry who are actively working in laboratories must attend a fire safety training course, organized by the Director of Buildings Office each year (normally in September). 3. Equality: All new members of the School of Chemistry (academic, research, administrative and technical staff, and postgraduate students) are encouraged to complete the LEAD web-based equality training programme available at http://www.leadequalitynetwork.com/. This will form part of our efforts towards Athena Swan accreditation, and is also mandatory for any staff asked to sit on an interview panel. 4 4. Undergraduate Teaching: The Director of Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate; DTLUG) is Prof. Stephen Connon. The School of Chemistry runs the Chemistry component of TR071, TCD’s general science common-entry programme. As part of this we teach the Junior and Senior Freshman cohort (groups of up to 400 students), as well as the Junior and Senior Sophister Chemistry classes (up to 80 students). The School of Chemistry also runs the following direct-entry courses: Chemistry with Molecular Modelling (CMM, TR074); Medicinal Chemistry (MedChem, TR075); and, in association with the School of Physics, Nanoscience, Physics and Chemistry of Advanced Materials (N-PCAM, TR076). Further information on these courses can be found at http://chemistry.tcd.ie/undergraduate/. Academic staff in the School have a teaching load of approximately 100 contact hours per annum. This is divided between lecturing and undergraduate lab supervision. Academic staff lecture between 50-60 direct contact hours per annum (tutorials make-up approximately 15% of this time), and supervise undergraduate laboratories for between 40 and 50 hours per annum. Academic staff are responsible for all assessment and marking of the lecture material. Lecture material is predominantly assessed in end-of-year examinations (late April and May). In the first two years of study, students may sit supplemental (repeat) examinations in August. TCD Schedule of Grades I = 70%+ II-1 = 60-69% II-2 = 50-59% III = 40-49% F-1 = 30-39% F-2 = 0-29% 5. Postgraduate Teaching and Research: The Director of Teaching and Learning (Postgraduate; DTLPG) is Prof. Dónall Mac Dónaill. Postgraduate students will automatically be enrolled in the Dublin Chemistry Graduate Programme, a joint programme of modules offered in conjunction with UCD, and will be required to act as demonstrators in undergraduate laboratories within the School of Chemistry as part of their duties. Dublin Chemistry is a structured Ph.D. programme designed to provide students with advanced-level course material that will assist them in their Ph.D. More information can be found at http://chemistry.tcd.ie/research/info/current/. All members of the academic staff contribute ~10 hours of lecturing per annum to the Dublin Chemistry graduate programme. Postgraduate researchers are responsible for undergraduate demonstrating in the School of Chemistry. Demonstrators serve as both mentor and instructor to the students. In laboratory class most of the students have had little or no experience in reducing theory to practice and they are learning new skills that they have not used before. This makes the demonstrators’ help the most important factor contributing to the successful acquisition by the students of the skills required to be a good experimental chemist. The Freshman Laboratory coordinator is Dr. Noelle Scully. Detailed information on demonstration responsibilities can be found in the handbook for new postgraduate students (add weblink to current postgrad – or new postgrad page – and have Niamh’s document there. 6. Research in the School of Chemistry: The Director of Research is Prof. Wolfgang Schmitt. The School of Chemistry has an active research programme (http://chemistry.tcd.ie/research/) that spans all sub-disciplines of Chemistry. There are a great many inter-departmental and 5 international research programmes currently underway. Research income is earned from national, international and commercial sources and the School holds grants in a number of research programmes funded by the European community. Several groups are involved in networks of European laboratories, often as co-ordinators. The College fosters an interdisciplinary approach to research and members of the School have strong links with colleagues in the physical, technological and biological sciences throughout the College. 7. Mentoring Procedures: The School’s mentoring document can be found at this link. It is the School’s responsibility to ensure that early stage academic staff and postdoctoral research fellows are successful in the next phase of their careers. The School’s Faculty Mentoring Programme is designed to help younger faculty members plan their careers with the advice of more experienced colleagues. The assignment of a mentor to young faculty will be made by the Head of School (HoS) or by asking senior faculty to volunteer, with the pairing based on research interests and input from the Head of Discipline (HoD). The postdoctoral Mentoring Programme’s chief objective is to ensure that all postdocs have access to broad and sound advice about their career and personal development. The postdoc mentor is typically the PI of the grant that funds the postdoctoral researcher, i.e. their supervisor. However, in many instances it is desirable for the mentee to build a network of advisors beyond the postdoctoral supervisor. 6 8. Other training: TCD offers regular training courses through Human Resources ( http://www.tcd.ie/hr/development/staff/inhouse.php), the Centre for Academic Practice and eLearning (https://www.tcd.ie/CAPSL/staff/learning-teaching/professional-development-events/) and Trinity Research & Innovation (https://www.tcd.ie/research_innovation/). Training on how to maintain a scientific notebook/lab-book can be found here: http://colinpurrington.com/tips/academic/labnotebooks https://www.training.nih.gov/assets/Lab_Notebook_508_(new).pdf 9. Administration Information: The administrative office is housed in the Chemistry Building, on the first floor. The administrative staff comprises two executive officers (Tess Lalor and Maria Copley) and a senior executive officer, Kate Brennan. Dr. Sinéad Boyce is the School Administrator (located on the second floor of the Chemistry building). The administrative staff oversee the management of the following: Exams/exam papers: Noelle Scully and Kate are responsible for compiling exam papers. Kate will oversee the printing of papers for the Exams Office, the creation of tick sheets, mark sheets, circulation of scripts for marking, collation of results, entry of results into SITS and progression of JS and SS students; Timetabling: Sinéad deals with all undergraduate timetabling (in consultation with the Science Course Office for Freshman teaching). Executive officers in the School office can make ad-hoc room bookings in the School’s seminar rooms, The New Seminar Room (NSR), the Senior Sophister Room (SSR) and the Schuler Room (using the booking book in the office); Undergraduate administration: Primarily Tess and Kate; Postgraduate/DubChem administration: Primarily Maria; School webpage: Updates should be sent to Tess, Maria or Sinéad; Seminars: Tess; Documents for HoS approval/to be signed by the HoS: Sinéad; Outreach: Tess and Maria. Demonstrator payments: Tess and Kate. Everyone in the office should be able to answer any query that comes their way (or be able to find the answer and get back to the requester). 7 10. School Facilities/Instrumentation: Below is a directory of all facilities owned/maintained by the School of Chemistry. Facility locations can be found using Google maps at https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zfWVYqHZEXTI.kH7j21ZKe0jE. NMR Bruker Avance 400 NMR: 2 channel spectrometer 5mm QNP (1H, 19F, 31P, 13C}; Z-Grd probe autosampler Bruker Avance II 600 NMR: Three channel spectrometer Two probes for liquid samples: 5 mm 1H {13C / 15N} (13C enhanced), cryoprobe with Z-Grd 5 mm 1H{109Ag – 31P} Z-Grd; broadband probe Bruker Avance III 400 NMR: 2 channel spectrometer 5mm 1H {109Ag – 31P}; Z-Grd probe Agilent 400 DD2: 2 channel spectrometer It has two probes for liquid samples: 5 mm 1H – 19F {15N - 31P}; Z-Grd 10 mm 15N – 31P {1H}; Z-Grd Autosampler, and a variable temperature control unit to run experiments below room temperature. Agilent 800 DD2 4 channel spectrometer It has three probes for liquid sample: 5 mm 1H {13C / 15N} (13C enhanced), salt tolerant cold probe with Z-Grd 5 mm 109Ag - 31P {1H – 19F} Z-Grd broadband probe 5 mm 1H {13C / 15N} XYZ-Grd, triple resonance probe And two MAS probes 3.2 mm HX double resonance MAS; 25KHz 31 P to 15N observe; 1H to 19F decouple channel 1.6 mm HXF FastMAS; 8 - 40 KHz 31 P to 79Br observe X; 23 Na to 15N observe Y; 1 H to 19F decouple Location Main Chemistry Building Room 0.4 Main Chemistry Building Room 0.4 Contact/Training Dr John O’Brien Dr Manuel Ruether Main Chemistry Building Room 0.5 TBSI Room 7.36 TBSI Room B3.06 / B3.07 Circular / Linear Dichroism Jasco J-815 Linear Dichroism Range 165 nm – 900 nm Jasco J-810 Circular Dichroism Range 165 nm – 900 nm 8 Dr John O’Brien (not for training) Dr Manuel Ruether Dr Ken Mok (not for training) Dr Matteo Pennestri Dr Manuel Ruether Dr John O’Brien (not for training) Location Contact/Training SNIAM Instrument room 1 (second floor) Dr Manuel Ruether Infrared Spectrometer Perkin Elmer FT-IR Range 4200 cm-1 – 250 cm-1 UATR accessory with Diamond/ZnSe crystal; range 4200 cm-1 – 650 cm-1 TG-IR Hyphenation accessory Perkin Elmer FT-IR Range 4200 cm-1 – 250 cm-1 UATR accessory with Diamond/ZnSe crystal; range 4200 cm-1 – 650 cm-1 Perkin Elmer FT-IR Range 8300 cm-1 – 350 cm-1 Polarized UATR accessory with Diamond/Ks5 crystal; range 8300 cm-1 – 350 cm-1 Perkin Elmer FT-IR Range 15000 cm-1 – 4000 cm-1 Perkin Elmer FT-IR Range 7200 cm-1 – 400 cm-1 UATR accessory with Diamond/ZnSe crystal; range 4200 cm-1 – 650 cm-1 Two Perkin Elmer FT-IR Range 4200 cm-1 – 250 cm-1 UATR accessory with Diamond/ZnSe crystal; range 4200 cm-1 – 650 cm-1 Diffusion accessory Location Contact/Training Hamilton Building Cocker Teaching Lab Peter Brien Dr Manuel Ruether UV-Vis-NIR Spectrometer Perkin Elmer Lambda 1050 Range 175 nm – 3300 nm; double beam Three detector module Universal reflectance accessory Carry 300 Range 190 nm - 1100 nm; double beam 10 position autosampler with variable temperature unit Carry 50 Range 190 nm – 900 nm; single beam Location Contact/Training SNIAM Instrument room 1 (second floor) Dr Manuel Ruether Main Chemistry Building Room 0.5 Dr Manuel Ruether TBSI Room 6.35 SNIAM Phys-Chem teaching lab Room 2.07 Perkin Elmer Lambda 35 Range 190 nm – 1100 nm; double beam Variable temperature unit Raman Ntegra Spectra AFM, STM, Tip enhanced Raman Raman Spectroscopy and Imaging System Renishaw inVia Raman Microscope One laser line 785nm External probe 9 Dr Manuel Ruether Patsy Green (not for training) SNIAM Room 2.07 Patsy Green (not for training) Dr Manuel Ruether SNIAM Room 3.22 Dr Manuel Ruether Location SNIAM Room 3.08 CRANN Room -2.35 Main Chemistry Building, Room 1.1 (extension) Contact/Training Prof Georg Duesberg Dr Manuel Ruether Fluorescence Spectrometer Horiba Jobin Yvon Fluorolog UV-Vis detector (250 - 800 nm) Liquid nitrogen cooled InGaAs detector (1000 1800nm) Life time measurement capabilities, several laser diodes with different laser lines available Polarisers Integrating sphere accessory for quantum yield measurements available Quartz dewar accessory for measurements at 77K Cryostat for measurements from 77K to 300K, different holders for liquid and solid samples Horiba Jobin Yvon FluoroMax 4 UV-Vis detector (250 - 800 nm) Measurements of phosphorescence Life time measurement capabilities (longer lifetimes) Integrating sphere accessory for quantum yield measurements available Quartz dewar accessory for measurements at 77K Cryostat for measurements from 77K to 300K, different holders for liquid and solid samples Perkin Elmer LS55 UV-Vis detector (200 nm – 900 nm) Polarisers Filter wheel Temperature control unit Carry Eclipse UV-Vis detector 200 nm – 900 nm) Location SNIAM Instrument room 1 (second floor) Contact/Training SNIAM Room 2.07 Patsy Green Dr Manuel Ruether Mass Spectrometer Waters LCT Premier (LC and ToF systems) Location Contact/Training Main Chemistry Building, Room 0.5 Dr Gary Hessman Dr Martin Feeney SNIAM Room 2.16 Dr Manuel Ruether SNIAM Room 3.22 Waters GCT Premier (GC and ToF systems) Waters Maldi/ESI-QTOF Premier Bruker micrOTOF III TBSI Room 6.29 Thermal Analysis Perkin Elmer Diamond DSC Range -30⁰C – 700⁰C Perkin Elmer Pyris TGA Range 25⁰C to 1000⁰C; Nitrogen or air purge TG-IR Hyphenation accessory 10 Location Contact/Training Main Chemistry Building, Room 0.5 Dr Manuel Ruether Small Molecule Single Crystal Defractometers Rigaku Saturn-724 Molybdenum source Bruker SMART APEX Molybdenum source Bruker SMART APEX II Molybdenum source Copper source Powder accessory Location Main Chemistry Building, Room 0.5 SNIAM Room 0.24 TBSI Room B2.22 Contact/Training HPLC Varian 920-LC Analytical / semi preparative 4 solvent gradient; UV-Vis detector; column oven ; autosampler Varian Star Analytical / semi preparative 2 solvent gradient; UV-Vis detector Location Main Chemistry Building Room 0.5 Contact/Training Varian Star Analytical / semi preparative 2 solvent gradient; UV-Vis diode array detector Varian Star Preparative 2 solvent gradient; UV-Vis detector; sample collector Main Chemistry Building Room 1.4 (extension) Dr Brendan Twamley Dr Manuel Ruether TBSI Room 7.40 AFM Nanoman AFM System LT-STM Dedicated low temperature scanning tunneling Microscope for operation at cryogenic temperatures down to 5 Kelvin VT STM & New Scala SPM Controller Variable temperature(5k to 700K) scanning tunneling microscope with a scanning probe microscope STM1 & Scala SPM control system Scanning Tunnelling Micrsocope and SPM control system for data acquisition and image processing 11 Location CRANN Room -2.24 Contact/Training CRANN Room -2.32 Prof Valeria Nicolosi CANN Room -2.38 Miscellaneous Zeta Potential Automated gas sorption analyser Gravimetric vapour sorption analyser Solvent purification system 4 different solvents (Diethyl ether, Dichloromethane, THF, Diisopropyl amine) Solvent purification system 4 different solvents (Diethyl ether, Dichloromethane, THF, Toluene) Group Equipment Prof Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson Several UV-Vis and Fluorimeters Prof Stephen Connon Several HPLC systems Prof Rachel Evans Spin Coater Special equipment for optical measurements Prof Wolgang Schmitt Special equipment for gas sorption analysis Prof John Kelly Special equipment for optical measurements Prof Michael Lyons Special equipment for electro chemistry 12 Location SNIAM Room 2.16 SNIAM Room 2.16a SNIAM Room 3.22 Contact/Training Dr Manuel Ruether TBSI Room 7.21 Dr Manuel Ruether Location TBSI Room 7.39 TBSI Room 7.21 / 7.20 SNIAM Room 2.15 Contact Details Prof Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson Prof Stephen Connon SNIAM Room 2.16a SNIAM Room 2.17 Main Chemistry Building Room 1.20 Prof Wolgang Schmitt Prof Wolfgang Schmitt (not for training) Prof Rachel Evans Prof John Kelly Prof Michael Lyons 11. School Staff Directory. Below is a directory of all current staff connected with the School of Chemistry, listing their location, contact numbers and e-mail addresses. Staff locations can also be found using Google maps at this link. Location Office Lab (+353-1-896-XXXX) Baker, Robert Boland, John Chemistry Ext. 1.6 CRANN 3.12 3501 3140 Boland, Maura Boyce, Sinéad Brehon, Peggy Brennan, Kate Bridge, Mike E. Brien, Peter Colavita, Paula Connon, Stephen Cocker Lab Chemistry 2.3a Cocker Lab Chemistry 1.22 Chemistry 2.5 Cocker Lab Chemistry Ext. 1.5 TBSI 7.13 2832 4587 2832 1726 1264 1277 3562 1306 Cowzer, Fred Delahunty, Dorothy Draper, Sylvia SNIAM 0.28/0.1 Cocker Lab Chemistry 1.21 SNIAM 2.04 1344 2832 1423 2026 Duesberg, Georg CRANN 2.26 3035 Evans, Rachel Feeney, Martin SNIAM SNIAM PhysChem Lab Galvin, Kieron Cocker Lab Greene, Patsy Gun'ko, Yurii SNIAM PhysChem Lab SNIAM 2.02 3732 3543 Gunnlaugsson, Thorfinnur Hessman, Gary Keegan, Mark Kelly, John Lalor, Tess Lyons, Mike Mac Dónaill, Dónall McCarthy, Mary McDonald, Aidan McDonnell, Teresa McGoldrick, Niamh McKenna, Claire Nicolosi, Valeria O’Brien, John TBSI 7.12 3459 Cocker Lab SNIAM PhysChem Lab SNIAM 2.10 Chemistry 1.22 Chemistry 3.2 Lloyd 2.47 CRANN 3.12 Chemistry Ext. 1.7 Chemistry 1.1 SNIAM 0.21 SNIAM 0.21 CRANN Chemistry 0.4/0.5 Rozas, Isabel TBSI 7.14 2832 3732 3734 2040 2051 1456 3144 4546 1354 3463 4142 4408 1050 1929 4553 3731 4215 2768 3732 2832 3734 13 4231 3141 3143 3145 2832 2832 2832 4230 1601 4229 2832 1859 3452 E-mail bakerrj@tcd.ie jboland@tcd.ie maura.boland@tcd.ie sboyce@tcd.ie brehonm@tcd.ie brennank2@tcd.ie mbridge@tcd.ie pbrien@tcd.ie colavitp@tcd.ie connons@tcd.ie cowzerf@tcd.ie dodelahu@tcd.ie headchem@tcd.ie smdraper@tcd.ie 4628 3808 1602 2768 3732 2832 duesberg@tcd.ie 3732 8554 4628 3928 pgreene@tcd.ie igounko@tcd.ie 2832 3732 hessmang@tcd.ie keeganm@tcd.ie kellyj@tcd.ie tlalor@tcd.ie melyons@tcd.ie dmcdonll@tcd.ie mccartm5@tcd.ie aimcdona@tcd.ie mcdnnllt@tcd.ie mcgoldrn@tcd.ie mckennc7@tcd.ie nicolov@tcd.ie jeobrien@tcd.ie nmrchem@tcd.ie 2032 4231 1600 raevans@tcd.ie mfeeney@tcd.ie kgalvin@tcd.ie gunnlaut@tcd.ie rozasi@tcd.ie Ruether, Manuel Chemistry 0.4/0.5 1050 1929 4553 2514 3495 1972 1050 1929 4553 1601 3452 Scanlan, Eoin M Schmitt, Wolfgang Scully, Noelle TBSI 7.11 SNIAM 2.03 Lloyd 2.31 Senge, Mathias TBSI 6.28 8537 Fax: 8536 8552 Southern, Mike Twamley, Brendan TBSI 7.09 TBSI SNIAM Chemistry 1601 southerj@tcd.ie twamleyb@tcd.ie Watson, Graeme Lloyd 2.36 3411 1050 3182 4448 3463 1357 8488 8486 watsong@tcd.ie 14 ruetherm@tcd.ie eoin.scanlan@tcd.ie schmittw@tcd.ie pnscully@tcd.ie jfchem@tcd.ie sengem@tcd.ie