WSU NMR Project - Undergraduate Research
Kopitzke Group - Polymer/Organic Chemistry
Dr. Kopitzke and his research group are using the NMR for research in the general area of polymer/organic chemistry. He and his students are particularly interested in developing new monomers for proton exchange membranes.
Dr. Kopitzke received funding for his research through the National Science Foundation-funded Research Site for Educators in Chemistry (RSEC) at the University of Minnesota. For this grant, Dr. Kopitzke collaborated on a joint research project with Dr. Timothy Lodge of the U. of MN. This funding facilitated the use of the NMR instrument for research during the summer of 2003 by Dr. Kopitzke and his research student, Jennifer Zemke.
List of Student, Project Titles, and Presentations:
- Eric Anderson, Suzuki Polycondensation of a Novel Sulfonic Acid Bearing Monomer
- Ray Gunawidjaja, Investigation of the difluoromethyl group as an activator
for nucleophilic aromatic substitution
229th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, March 2005. POLY 357 - Ross Haroldson, Polymerization of Poly(aryl)ethers Containing Difluoromethyl Groups
- Joanna Zanmiller, Polymerization of Polyarylethers Based on a New Aromatic Monomer
- Jennifer Zemke, Synthesis of sulfonated,
aromatic-based monomers for use as PEM electrolytes in fuel cells
229th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, March 2005. ORGN 136
