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CHEM534/CHEM634: Prof. Barrett is giving the lecture on Feb.12
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Classes and Workshops

CHEM 534/634

Everyone is welcome! If you would like to attend some of the lectures and you not registered, you need to send us an email to reserve your spot and specify the date, since the spaces are limited.

Friday from 9:00am to 11:30pm, in Pulp and Paper Building room 113,at McGill U.

>>> EVALUATION SCHEME

>>> Course Outline

Speakers and course notes
Date Speaker Subject Affiliation Seats left
for guests
Jan. 8 Bruce Lennox Self-Assembly part 1 CSACS McGill
Jan. 15* Adi Eisenberg Diblock copolymers (hard copies only) CSACS McGill
Jan. 22* Pat Kambhampati Quantum Dots part 1 Chem McGill
Jan. 29* Pat Kambhampati Quantum Dots part 2 (see part 1 for notes) Chem McGill
Feb. 5* Bruce Lennox Self-Assembly part 2 CRMAA McGill
Feb. 12 Chris Barrett Wet measurements CSACS McGill 3
Feb. 19 Chris Barrett Soft Lithography CSACS McGill 2
Feb. 26 Study break
March 5 Federico Rosei Scanning Probe Microscopy CSACS INRS 0
March 12 Andreas Ruediger Oxide nanomaterials INRS 1
March 19 Dima Perepichka Organic Photovoltaics CSACS McGill 1
March 26 Amy Blum Molecular Electronics CSACS McGill 2
April 2 Good friday
April 9 Proposal defense
* Updates
Seminar Series 2009-2010


Oct. 5/7, 2009 Prof. David Leigh , University of Edinburgh. Tooling Up for Nanoworld: The Magic of Molecular Machines McGill /Sherbrooke
Oct. 19/20/21, 2009 Prof. Francisco Raymo , University of Miami. Photoswitchable Luminescent Probes for Fluorescence Nanoscopy Sherbrooke/ McGill/UdeM
Nov. 3/4/5/6, 2009 Prof. Olof Ramstrom , KTH - Royal Institute of Technology Supramolecular Control in Synthesis and Discovery Processes McGill/UdeM/Sherbrooke/Concordia
May 11/12, 2010 Prof. Christopher Murray U. of Pennsylvania TBA McGill/UdeM

Student Scholarships

For more information and options please contact your supervisor or Yves Dory , the chair of a scholarship selection committee.

1. Summer undergraduate research scholarships: $4000 (plus travel expenses for non-Quebec students)

We have budgeted for 5-6 students per yr. This program is also eligible for foreign and Canadian students. Please see the list of projects for the year, 2010 and the complete procedure on how to apply. Applications to be submitted on or before Feb.15.

>>> >>> >>> >>> CSACS Summer Student application <<< <<< <<< <<<
Undergraduate 2010 Projects
Supervisors Title
Pellerin/Badia Study of lipid bilayers by FTIR and AFM
Cuccia/Hanan Characterization of Foldamer 2D Self-Assembly using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
More to come!


2. FQRNT International Internships for graduate students: $15,000 (max)

All the info can be found on the FQRNT web page.
>>Briefly:
We can submit up to four applications which will evaluated by the CSACS selection committee. This program is only funded until March 31, 2010 but may be renewed depending on its success. Remember that we are establishing formal links with two international research clusters for student/research exchanges so internships with these researcher groups are encouraged: Europe and NY-USA

3. Scholarship supplements for MSc and Ph.D. students:

We have budgeted for 4 students per yr. Provides scholarship funding for graduate students working on CSACS interuniversity collaborations. To apply, please have the student send in a C.V., a transcript and a 1-2 page description of the proposed research.

Graduate Projects
Supervisors Type Title
Cuccia/Hanan MSc Hemi-labile dendrimers as ligands for homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis.

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Christopher J. Barrett
Derek G. Gray
Dmitrii F. Perepichka
Françoise Winnik
Federico Rosei
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Hanadi Sleiman
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John F. Harrod
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Linda Reven
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Michel Lafleur
Milan Maric
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