Saturday AM 0001
40th SOUSCC 2012
Saturday AM
RozH 103
Conference Welcome
09:00 SOUSCC Opening Remarks
B/OR
RozH 103
09:40 0009 Radical-based Spin Ladders:
An Example in Crystal Engineering
Wong
J. W. L. <University of Waterloo>, Lekin K.,
Oakley R. T.
10:00 0010 Synthesis and Reactivity of
Low Valent Cationic Gallium Complexes
Malbrecht B.J. <University of Western
Ontario>, Dube J.W., Ragogna P.J.
Bio-inspired Organic Chemistry
09:20 0001
Modifications on the C8
position of deoxyguanosine to develop pushpull probes for the detection of small molecule
binding to DNA aptamers Humphries R.
<University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East,
Guelph ON N1G 2W1>, Manderville R. A.
09:40 0002 Synthesis of Novel Symtriazine Compounds as Multi-target-directed
ligands (MTDLs) for Alzheimer's disease
Rahman S. <University of Toronto>, Co R.
10:00 0003 Synthesis of 1, 2dihydropyridazine-3, 6-dione Derivatives of 1,
3, 5-Triazine with potential bioactivity
Zhang H. <Department of Physical and
Environmental Science, University of Toronto
Scarborough , 1265 Military Trail Toronto, ON,
Canada, M1C 1A4, >, Mikhaylichenko S.
10:20 Coffee Break
10:40 0011 Synthesis and Magnetic
Properties of Alkyl- and Acid-Modified
DOTAM-Derived Lanthanide(III) Complexes
Elmehriki AAH <Department of Chemistry,
University of Western Ontario, London ON,
N6A 5B7>, Suchy M, Milne M, Hudson RHE
11:00 0012 Nanorod Anion Exchange of
Cadmium Selenide to Cadmium Sulfide
Trang A.K. <University of Toronto,
Department of Chemistry>, Mirkovic T.,
Scholes G.D.
11:20 0013 Investigations Towards the
Isolation of Novel Phospheniums Kosnik S.C
<University of Windsor>, Farrar G.J,
Macdonald C.L.B
10:20 Coffee Break
10:40 0004
The Intramolecular AryneEne Reaction: Scope and Applications to Total
Synthesis Candito D., Dobrovolsky D.
<Davenport Chemical Laboratories , 80 St.
George St. , University of Toronto , Toronto,
Ontario , M5S 3H6, >, Lautens M.
11:00 0005 Determining the Reactivity at
O-3 of N-Acetyl-Glucosamine with the
Presence of Benzylidene at the Non-reducing
End Bricker J. <University of Guelph, 50
Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, >
11:20 0006 Synthesis of New Esters of
Sym-triazine as Potential Inhibitors of Amyloid
Beta-Peptides in Alzheimer's disease Luk T.
<Supervisor: Dr. Lana Mikhaylichenko,
Department of Physical and Environmental
Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough,
1265 Military Trail, Toronto, ON, M1C 1A4,
Canada>, Dhar D., Co R., Levinta A.
11:40 0007 Synthesis of CA Anticodon
for use in incorporating unnautural amino
acids in proteins via tRNA McNelles S
<UOIT>, Desaulniers J.-P.
12:00 Lunch at Brass Taps
IN
RozH 102
Inorganic Chemistry
09:20 0008 Synthesis of New imidazol-2-
imine-thioureate Transition Metal Complexes
and Use as Polymerization Catalysts Fan L.
<Department of Chemistry, York University,
4700 Keele Street, Toronto ON>, Lavoie G.G.
11:40 0014
Novel Pincer Ligands
Derived from 2-(2'-anilinyl)-4,4-dimethyl-2oxazoline Skeleton
Herasymchuk K.
<Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street ,
Toronto, ON M5B 2K3>, Gossage R. A.
12:00 Lunch at Brass Taps
BIOL
RozH 105
Biological Chemistry
09:20 0015
Directed Evolution of
Trypsin for the Mediated Sol-Gel Processing of
TEOS Nash L.A. <>, Zelisko P.M.
0026 Saturday AM
11:00 0019 Ketoacids as antioxidants in
human astrocytes exposed to oxidative and
aluminum stress Thomas S <Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laurentian
University, 935 Ramsey Lake, Rd., Sudbury,
ON, P3E 2C6>, Appanna V
11:20 0020 A Look at the Binding of
Malachite Green Aptamer to Ligands by the
Use of NMR Techniques
Andreiev A.I.
<Dieckmann Lab, University of Waterloo, 200
University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, N2L
3G1>
11:40 0021 Synthesis of supramolecular
vanadate receptor--structural mimics of
vanadium haloperoxidase Notowibowo D
<University of Toronto Scarborough,
Department of Physical and Environmental
Sciences, 1265 Military Trail, Toronto ON,
M1C 1A4>, Co R, Patel D, Zhang X.A.,
Mikhaylichenko S.
12:00 Lunch at Brass Taps
PHY
RozH 107
Physical Chemistry
09:20 0022 Metal Extraction of Alkali
Metals for the Reprocessing of Spent Nuclear
Fuel
Montgomery A. <Department of
Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario,
Chemistry Building, 1151 Richmond Street,
London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7>,
Stockmann T.J., Ding Z.
09:40 0023 Nonlinear Dynamical
Behavior in the Bromate-2-Methyl-1,4hydroquinone Photoreaction
Barbu R.
<Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of Windsor, ON, Canada , N9B
3P4>, Wang J.
10:00 0024 The Copper-Chlorine Cycle
for Production of Hydrogen by Splitting of
Water: Copper Complexation Reactions in
Hydrochloric Acid and Decomposition of
Copper Oxychloride Nixon A. <Faculty of
Science, University of Ontario Institute of
Technology, 2000 Simcoe St. N., Oshawa,
ON>, Trevani L.
09:40 0016 Chemical synthesis and
manipulation of hyaluronic acid hydrogel as a
cell culture model for better representation of
the natural extracellular matrix.
Vo A.
<University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario;
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario>, Owen
S.C., Shoichet M.S.
10:20 Coffee Break
10:00 0017 Single-site mutations in the
10:40 0025 The routine construction of
pVIII coat protein of M13KE bacteriophage:
Potential applications in biomaterials
research Koay N. <University of Waterloo,
200 University Ave W., Waterloo, ON N2L
3G1, >, Daub E., Honek J.
vibronic models and their application to the
simulation of photoelectron spectra Endicott
J <Chemistry Department, University of
Waterloo>, Nooijen M
11:00 0026 Low-Temperature Shpolskii
10:20 Coffee Break
10:40 0018 DNA Damage by UVC in
Bacterial Spores Ibrahim H., Yan T. <Brock
University>
Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Polycyclic
Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Probing Vibrational
States at the Ground Electronic Energy Level
Chen SB <Department of Chemistry,
University of Toronto>, Dinshaw R,
Ostroumov E, Scholes GD
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40th SOUSCC 2012
11:20 0027 Water mediated Nuclear
Overhauser Effect: A new approach to the
study of clay-xenobiotics interactions Soong
R., Botana A., Wang J. <University of
Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, M1C
1A4>, Simpson A.
11:40 0028 Shedding Light on
Photochromism: A Comprehensive Mechanistic
Study with DFT and TD-DFT Methods
Chen L. D. <Queen's University, 99
University Ave, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6;
Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford,
CA 94305-2004>, Mosey* N. J.
12:00 Lunch at Brass Taps
P/SS
RozH 106
Physical Chemistry / Surface
Science
09:20 0029 Fabricating and
Characterizing New Light-Absorbing Materials
for Solar Cells Tapley A <The University of
Western Ontario, London On, N6A 3K7>,
Vaccarello D, Ding Z
09:40 0030
Ru(II) Complexes for the
development of new Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
(DSSCs) Bakhshaei B <York University>
10:00 0031 Non-precious Metal
Catalysts Prepared by Electrochemical
Polymerization Duffin L <Faculty of Science,
Bachelor of Science, U.O.I.T>
10:20 Coffee Break
10:40 0032 Microcantilevers:
Characterization and Applications to New
Nanosensors
Morrison A <Rowntree
Research Group, University of Guelph, Guelph,
ON, N1G 2W1>
11:00 0033 The Adsorption of
Phosphorus on an Iron Oxide Surface Using
Computational Quantum Chemistry Whyte S.
<Department of Chemistry, Wilfrid Laurier
University,75 University Ave. W, Waterloo,
Ontario, N2L 3C5, Canada>, Hamilton I.,
Adamescu A.
11:20 0034 Development of scaffolded
vesicles for drug and nutraceuticals delivery.
Shodiev M. <Lipkowski Lab, University of
Guelph, Guelph, ON>
11:40 0035
The Effects of Branched
Chain Thiols on Carbon Deposition on Nickel
Catalysts during the Dry Reforming of
Methane Foran G <University of Guelph, 50
Stone Road, Guelph, Ontario>
09:20 0036
ATR-FTIR Microscopy of
Human Embryonic Stem Cells Martino T.
<Department of Chemistry, Western University
, 1151 Richmond Street, , London, Ontario,
Canada, N6A 5B7>, Dieters-Castator D.,
Tabatabaei M., Postovit L-M., LagugnéLabarthet* F.
09:40 0037
Method Validation of
Detection of Guanidino Compounds using
Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass
Spectrometry Zahid Hiba <University of
Toronto>, Schulze Andreas,
Mikhaylichenko Svetlana
10:00 0038 Using Capillary
Electrophoresis and Magnetic Beads for
Miniaturized Protein Sample Preparation
Baillargeon A. L. <Western Univeristy,
London, ON, N6A 3K7>, Booker C. J.,
Yeung K. K.-C.
10:20 Coffee Break
10:40 0039
Exploring the Protein
Electrospray Process By Electrostatic
Modeling Rodriguez A. <The University of
Western Ontario, Department of Chemistry,
London, Ontario>, Konermann L., Jiangjiang
L.
11:00 0040
Investigation of Zn/Mn
Containing Nanoclusters Using Electrospray
Ionization Mass Spectrometry Comeau A.
<The University of Western Ontario, London,
Ontario, N6A 5B7>, Lui J., Corrigan J.,
Konermann L.
11:20 0041 Reconstruction and
Resurrection of a Spectrofluorimeter: The
Frankenstein Project. Bialy R.M.
<Department of Chemical and Physical
Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga,
3359 Mississauga Road North, Mississauga,
Ontario, L5L 1C6>, Piunno P.A.E.
11:40 End of Session
12:00 Lunch at Brass Taps
POST
RozH Foyer
Posters
From 12:00 until 17:20
0042
Manganese TetraphenylporphyrinBased Catalysts for the Dehydrogenation of
Alkanes to Alkenes Kim D. <University of
Toronto Scarborough, 1265 Military Trail,
Toronto, ON M1C 1A4>, Sauer E.L.O.
12:00 Lunch at Brass Taps
B/AN
RozH 108
Bioanalytical / Analytical
Chemistry
0043 Synthesis of pyrrolopyridazine
derivatives as targets for HER receptors.
Canzonieri GC <University of Toronto
Scarborough>, Dalili SD
0054 Saturday AM
0044 Characterization of the enzymatic
activities of voltage-dependent anion channel
and Na+, K+-ATPase in the myelin membrane
Rassam M. <Chemistry department, Wilfrid
Laurier University, 75 University Ave W,
Waterloo, ON, N2L 3C5>, DeBruin L.
0045
Computational Investigations of
Carbonyl Sulfide Adsorption on Cationic
Rhodium Clusters Chow W.C.T.
<Department of Chemistry, University of
Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West,
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3G1>,
Lecours M.J., Hopkins W.S.
0046 A QM/MM Study on the Catalytic
Ion B.F.,
Mechanism of Nicotinamidase
Kazim E. <Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, University of Windsor , Windsor,
ON , N9B 3P4>, Gauld J.W.
0047
Synthesis of Small Molecules as
Potential Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors
Cordero K. <University of Toronto
Scarborough, Department of Physical and
Environmetal Sciences, 1265 Military Trail,
Toronto, ON, M1C 1A4>, Dalili S.
0048 Design of a New Intsrument for Gasphase Nanocluster Research Lecours M.J.
<Department of Chemistry, University of
Waterloo, 200 University Ave. W, Waterloo,
ON, Canada N2L 3G1>, Chow W.C.T,
Hopkins W.S
0049
Chloride Transport of Human
Uncoupling Protein-2 Matovic T <Chemistry
Department, Wilfrid Laurier University,
Waterloo, ON>, Hoang T, Smith MD,
Jelokhani-Niaraki M
0050 Isoelectric fractionation using digital
microfluidics Simoes T. <Department of
Chemistry, University of Toronto, >, Choi K.,
Wheeler A.R.
0051
Structural analysis of human
uncoupling protein-2 using selective
tryptophan mutants Auld T. <Department of
Chemistry, Wilfrid Laurier University,
Waterloo ON>, Hoang T., Szabo A.G.,
Smith M.D., Jelokhani-Niaraki M.
Identification of the Capsular
0052
Polysaccharide of Clostridium perfringens
1395 Valliani M <University of Guelph, 50
Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1>,
Monteiro M
0053 Candida antarctica Lipase B as a
biocatalyst in the synthesis of silicone
Burattini S. J. <Brock
polyamides
University, 500 Glenridge Avenue, St.
Catharines, ON., L2S 3A1>, Zelisko P. M.
0054 The Synthesis of cyclopentadienylcobalt-cyclobutadiene Complexes for
Functionalized Metallopolymer Production
Middlemiss S <University of Western
Ontario>
Saturday PM
Saturday PM 0055
OR/D
40th SOUSCC 2012
RozH 103
Organic Chemistry and Devices
13:40 0055
Capture and Release: A
Diels-Alder Strategy for Robust and Switchable
Hydrophobic Coatings
Lui M. W.
<Department of Chemistry and Centre for
Advanced Materials and Biomaterials
Reseaerch (CAMBR), Western University
Canada, London, ON N6A 5B7>, Gobbo P.,
Workentin M. S., Ragogna P. J.
14:00 0056
Synthesis of Rotaxane
containing Benzimidazolium axle and
Cucurbit[7]uril wheel
Youssouf A
<University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue,
Windsor, Ontario , N9B 3P4>
14:20 0057 Useful Molecular Complexity
Generated by a Gramine-type Fragmentation
of a Meldrums Acid Moiety Armstrong E.
L. <The Department of Chemistry,The
University of Western Ontario, London, ON>,
Kerr M. A.
14:40 0058 Synthesis and
Characterization of New Discotic Liquid
Crystals from Substituted Dibenzanthracenes
Psutka K.M. <Department of Chemistry,
Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Ave.
W., Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3C5, Canada>,
Williams J., Paquette J., Maly K.E.
Organic / Organometallic
Chemistry
13:40 0064
Reversal of Ferrocenyl
Imidazolone Planar Chirality Using an
Epimeric Starting Material.
Nelson
Jonathan <Department of Chemistry, Brock
University, St. Catharines, ON, L2S 3A1>,
John Joshni, Dudding Travis, Metallinos*
Costa
14:00 0065 The Reactivity of Digermenes
Towards Isonitriles Cook E. E. <Department
of Chemistry, Western University, London,
Ontario, N6A 3K7>, Baines K. M.
14:20 0066 Towards the Synthesis of a
New Pd-Phosphine Catalyst for the BuchwaldHartwig Reaction
Chojnacka M.W.
<Department of Chemistry & Biology, Ryerson
University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON,
Canada M5K 2B3>, Viirre R.D., Gossage
R.A.
14:40 0067 Synthesis and Application of
Manganese meso-Tetra(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin as a Water-Soluble Catalyst
for Aqueous-Phase Oxidation of
Hydrocarbons Kim K. <University of Toronto
Scarborough, 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, ON
M4C 1A4>, Sauer E.L.O.
Substrates for Organic Synthesis. Prack E.
<University of Toronto>, DaCosta M. V.,
Bancerz M., Youn B., Georges M. K.
15:00 0068 Dancing Directed Metalation
Groups: Regioselective Functionalization of
Azaindoles Dalziel M. <Queen's University,
Bader Lane, Kingston ON, K7L 2S8>,
Kitching M., Schneider C., Snieckus V.,
Bailey A., Crudden C.
15:20 Coffee Break
15:20 Coffee Break
15:40 0060
15:40 0069 Amphtoric a-Boryl Aldehydes
15:00 0059 Verdazyl Radicals as
The Synthesis and SelfAssembly of Novel Dibenzo[a,c]phenazines
Flisar M.E. <Department of Chemistry,,
Wilfrid Laurier University,, 75 University Ave.
W, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3C5, Canada,
kmaly@wlu.ca, >, Maly K.E.
16:00 0061 The Synthesis and Study of a
Light-Switchable Hydrogen-Bond Motif
Sawyer J. <The University of Western
Ontario, London, ON, N6G 2J8>, Wisner J.
16:20 0062
Axially Substituted Boron
Subphthalocyanine with Arylamines and
Nitrogen-Based Heterocycles - Towards
Application in Organic Electronics Weber O
J <Department of Chemical Engineering and
Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, 200
College St., Toronto, ON, M5S 3E5>, Morse
G E, Paton A S, Bender T P
16:40 0063 The Synthesis of an Orexin
Antagonist for the Purpose of Colorectal
Cancer Detection through PET Imaging Park
H <Department of Chemistry, The University
of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5B7>,
Luyt L
17:00 End of Session
OR/M
and Derivatives He Z, Yudin A, Zajdlik A
<University of Toronto, Department of
Chemistry, 80 St. George Street, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada, M5S 3H6>
16:00 0070 Study of High Pressure Diels
Alder Reactions of Azodicarboxylate
Compounds Landschoot B.K. <University
of Western Ontario, Richmond St., London,
ON, N6A 5B7>, Humenny W.J., Kerr M.A.
16:20 0071
Gamma Alkylation of
Unsaturated Carbonyl Derivatives Functionalization of the Homobenzylic
Position of Meldrum's Acid Alkylidenes
Beaton E. <University of Waterloo,,
Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1>, Fillion E.
16:40 0072 Synthesis of Thymine and
Uracil Nucleoside Analogues through a
General Photochemical Reaction of
Cyclobutanone Intermediates
Jobst K.
<York University, 4700 Keele St., Toronto,
ON, M3J 1P3>, Lee-Ruff E.
17:00 End of Session
BIOC
RozH 102
Biochemistry
RozH 105
0083 Saturday PM
13:40 0073
The Effect of Heme on
Giardia lamblia Tseng W. <Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology Program, Trent
University, 1600 West Bank Drive,
Peterborough, ON K9J7B8>, Yee J., Rafferty
S.
14:00 0074 Familial amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis and the stability of SOD1 mutant
E100K
Lockhart M.B. <University of
Waterloo, Chemistry Department, 200
University Ave. W., Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1>
14:20 0075 First Generation Backbone
Modifications of siRNA That Displayed Potent
RNAi Mediated Gene Silencing of Luciferase
Efthymiou T., Desaulniers J.P., Peel B.
<U.O.I.T>
14:40 0076 The challenges associated
with purifying myristoylated hisactophilin, a
co-translationally modified protein Go CD
<University of Waterloo>, Meiering EM
15:00 0077 The Effects of Nitrosative
Stress on Giardia lamblia Ninivirta L <Trent
University, 1600 West Bank Drive,
Peterborough, ON, K9J 7B8>, Yee J, Rafferty
S
15:20 Coffee Break
15:40 0078 Peptide-based Inhibitors of
Metallo-b-lactamases Rotondo C.
<Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,,
Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Rd.,
Sudbury, ON, P3E 2C6, >, Siemann S.
16:00 0079 pH Studies on Immobilized
Montpellier L.
Anthrax Lethal Factor
<Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Rd.,
Sudbury, ON, P3E 2C6>, Siemann S.
16:20 0080 Characterizing the Giardia
lamblia Flavohemoglobin Almey J <Trent
University, 1600 West bank Dr., Peterborough,
ON., K9J 7B8>
16:40 0081 In vivo activity of a photo-
switchable DNA-binding protein Kim YJB
<Department of Chemistry, University of
Toronto>, Mazumder M, Brechun KE,
McMillen D, Woolley GA
17:00 End of Session
T/CC
RozH 107
Theoretical / Computational
Chemistry
13:40 0082 Calculating Nuclear
Quadrupolar Coupling Constants in HCl
Kranz N <Department of Chemistry,
University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G2W1>,
Penner G, Jamieson R
14:00 0083 A Computational Study of
RNA Catalysis in the Hairpin Ribozyme
Stankevicius J <University of Waterloo>
Saturday PM 0084
40th SOUSCC 2012
14:20 0084 Density Functional Theory
Calculations on the Complexation of pArsanilic Acid to Iron Oxide Clusters
Lindner M. <Dept. of Chemistry, Wilfrid
Laurier University, 75 University Ave>,
Adamescu A., Hamilton I.P, Al-Abadleh
H.A.
14:20 0093 Electrocatalytic CO2
Reduction using Ni(cyclam)2+ Covalently
Adsorbed on a TiO2 Nanoparticle Electrode.
McKim C <Faculty of Science, University of
Ontario Institute of Technology, 2000 Simcoe
St N, Oshawa ON, Canada, L1H 7K4>,
Coulter K
14:40 0085 A Self-Interaction Correction
14:40 0094 Platinum-Manganese Alloy
Catalysts for Ethanol Oxidation Reid O.
<The University of Ontario Institute of
Technology, 2000 Simcoe St. North, Oshawa,
ON , L1H 7K4>, Easton E.B.
15:00 0086 A Mechanistic Study of C-H
Bond Activation via Tin-Organo Compounds:
A DFT Study
Mroz N.M <University of
Windsor>, Johnson S., Gauld J. W
15:00 0095 Fully Photodegradable
Dendrimers
Schon T <Department of
Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario,
London, Ontario,, N6A 5B7>, Nazemi A,
Gillies E
Scheme for Approximate Kohn-Sham
Mizzi D. <The University of
Potentials
Western Ontario>, Staroverov V. N.
15:20 Coffee Break
15:20 Coffee Break
15:40 0087 A QM/MM Study of Initial
Substrate Binding Models in Sribosylhomocysteinase (LuxS) Huang W-J.,
Gherib R. <Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, University of Windsor, 401
Sunset Ave. Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4,
Canada>, Gauld J. W.
16:00 0088 A Study of Transition Metal
Complexes Using 35Cl SSNMR and FirstPrinciples DFT Calculations O'Keefe C. A.
<University of Windsor, Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, Windsor, Ontario,
N9B 3P4>, Schurko R. W.
16:20 0089 Spectroscopic & Theoretical
Studies of Low Symmetry Porphyrins Jeffs K.
<Stillman Bioinorganic Group,, The University
of Western Ontario,, London, Ontario, 1151
Richmond St, N6A 5B8>
16:40 0090 Insights into the catalytic
mechanism of Ovothiol A Fortowsky GB
<Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Windsor>, Bushnell EAC,
Gauld JW
17:00 End of Session
P/NS
RozH 106
Physical Chemistry /
Nanoscience
13:40 0091 Design And Evaluation Of
Porous Carbon Materials For Chemical
Protective Filter Canisters Barry A <Royal
Military College of Canada, Chemical
Protection Group, Kingston, Ont>, Cui Y,
Evans M, Prior L, Gudgin Dickson EF
14:00 0092 Covalent Functionalization
of Carbon Nanotubes with PEG Chains for
Water Solubility MacIsaac C <Department of
Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster
University>, Chadwick R, Adronov A
15:40 0096 The Influence of Electron
Withdrawing Groups on the Supramolecular
Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes Using
Conjugated Polymers
Coleman B
<McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario>
16:00 0097 Modification of TiO2 matrix
with CdO and its effect on overall cell
performance in dye- and quantum dotsensitized solar cells Sisopha A. <York
University>, Phung A., Sepehrifard A.,
Morin S.
16:20 0098 The Synthesis and
Characterization of Gold Clusters and
Nanoparticles
Macoretta D. <Wilfrid
Laurier University , Department of Chemistry ,
75 University Ave West , Waterloo, ON, N2L
3C5>, Kitaev Dr. V, Cathcart N., Keunen R.
16:40 0099 The effectiveness of UVozone cleaning is tested using the atomizer
(steam) test, and preliminary metastable
helium de-excitation spectra are analyzed
Moore M <Rowntree Group, University of
Guelph, 50 Stone Road East>
17:00 End of Session
0099 Saturday PM