Overarching Learning Goals

Students will be able to,

• Develop an awareness of cutting edge research in inorganic chemistry (could include in introduction to LO)
• Transfer previous knowledge to cutting edge research
• Develop critical reading skills for the technical literature
• Recognize the importance of primary literature for ongoing education

Learning Goals for Individual Problems

Students will be able to:

• Understand the unique properties of hybrid nanoparticles within the context of the larger field.
• Identify the conceptual synthetic strategies common to the construction of complex materials and large organic molecules.
• Demonstrate knowledge of simple solid-state structures (cubic close packed), and distinguish features of intermetallic versus alloyed binary metals.
• Compare a fundamental step in nanoparticle synthesis to fundamental steps in molecular redox and acid base chemistry.
• Select an appropriate characterization technique for heterometallic nanoparticles and accurately describe a prospective characterization
• Calculate lattice mismatch and evaluate the percent of mismatch which allows a compound to form.
• Organize and classify TEM and XRD techniques (used in the referenced paper) for the types of information the techniques can provide. Explore the limitations of using only one technique