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UAlbany professor and his student researchers play with giant bismuth clusters

Kaitlyn Peck, Evgeny Dikarev and Wendy Chan
 

Left to right: Kaitlyn Peck, faculty mentor Evgeny Dikarev and Wendy Chan.

Research is a vital part of the University at Albany undergraduate experience. Research stimulates critical thinking, encourages experimentation and promotes intellectual accomplishment. Abundant opportunities exist for students to partner with faculty researchers in a variety of disciplines—from the arts to the social sciences to the nanoscale sciences. Here is one such example:

Wendy Chan
 

Wendy Chan

 
     

Wendy Chan
New York, NY
University Scholars Program
Biochemistry major/ Music minor
Professional goal: bio-organic chemist
Quote:
This research has shown me that chemistry is more than just numbers and facts; it's a creation of something beautiful.

 
Kaitlyn Peck
 

Kaitlyn Peck

 

Kaitlyn Peck
Canastota, NY
University Scholars Program
Chemistry major
Professional goal: graduate school for a Ph.D


 
Evgeny Dikarev
 

Evgeny Dikarev

 

Evgeny Dikarev, faculty mentor
Department of Chemistry
Evgeny Dikarev is an expert in the coordination and organometallic chemistry of transition metals, solid-state and materials chemistry. He has authored 96 papers on these topics. Raised in Russia, he received his M.S. in chemistry (cum laude, 1985) and his Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry (1990) from Moscow State University (MSU), where he then joined the department of chemistry as a research scientist in 1991. In 1995 he joined Texas A&M University as a senior postdoctoral associate and in 2001 moved to the University at Albany as an assistant professor.

The Research Project:
Playing with Gigantic Bismuth Clusters

Bismuth is a fascinating metal, the heaviest non-radioactive chemical element of the Periodic Table. Besides its uses in everyday life, bismuth has the greatest potential for applications within the context of green chemistry. Professor Dikarev's research group recently discovered an unprecedented family of giant bismuth clusters. One of the most striking features of these species is their solubility in a variety of common solvents. Such highly unusual compounds are very interesting for prospective applications in materials science and medicine. The students researched the synthesis and crystal growth of gigantic bismuth clusters, their modification, and characterization by a broad array of modern instrumental techniques.

 

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