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Networks formed with connectivities greater than six are very unusual due to limitations in coordination numbers at metal centers. Our approach to the preparation of high-connectivity networks is to utilize cage compounds containing large alkali metals as nodes or points of polymer extension. The example shown above is a simplification of the first ever nine-connected net. It is built from rubidium hexamers that each connect to nine neighboring hexamers. For further information see: Chem. Commun. 2007, in press.

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  Department Chair
• Office: 385 Stepan
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Primary Research Areas

• Inorganic Chemistry
• Organic Chemistry

Research Specialties

• Materials Chemistry
• Nanotechnology
• Synthetic Chemistry

Lab Personnel

• Jeffrey A. Bertke
• Melanie Bunda
• Erin R. Hurley
• Mounia Sacha
• Eric Guardino
  undergraduate
• Patrick Gorman
  undergraduate
• Kyle Hakanen
  undergraduate

Courses

• Effective Scientific Presentations
• Chemistry across the periodic table
• Organometallic Chemistry