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In fall 2023, Jarad Mason from Harvard University was awarded the ACS Award in Pure Chemistry for his contributions to the fields of phase-change materials, microporous materials, and materials chemistry. In this literature discussion, students will examine his recent paper “Microporous water with high gas solubilities," Nature 2022, 608, 712-718 which is related to that work.
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- Appreciate the research of an ACS Award Winner in featuring an unusual use of MOF and zeolite materials
- Apply fundamental topics of inorganic chemistry to recent cutting edge research:
- intermolecular interactions
- modes of ligand binding
- polyhedral representations
- thermodynamics
- Interpret figures to understand the significance of experimental results
- Learn more about funding and publication of scientific results
This literature discussion is new so it has not yet be implemented in the classroom, but typically I give my students the guiding questions and the paper and several days to prepare for a class discussion, followed by giving the students some time to edit their answers and then collecting them. This would fit well into a class as an enrichment activity after covering coordination chemistry (MOFs and/or zeolites) or solid state or nanochemistry. It might also tie in nicely with coverage of hemoglobin because of the connection to biological O2 delivery. There are several other parts of the paper (molecular models, gas desorption) that would yield other questions as well.
Evaluation
This literature discussion is new so it has not yet be implemented in the classroom, but typically I give my students the guiding questions and the paper and several days to prepare for a class discussion, followed by giving the students some time to edit their answers and then collecting them.
Students could be evaluated on their written questions either before or after the class discussion and/or their participation in the classroom discussion. Given the number of questions, you could also split up the class and have them answer selected questions.