Spin crossover complexes and macrocyclic single-molecule magnets

Professor Sally Brooker, University of Otago.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 11 July 2011, 14:00-15:00

Networking the Self-assembled Cages

Professor Makoto Fujita, University of Tokyo.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 08 July 2011, 14:00-15:00

Identification of Active Species and Reaction Pathways in Molecular Catalysis: Recent Case Histories

Professor Lutz Gade, University of Heidelberg.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 23 June 2011, 14:00-15:00

Soft and hard nanomaterials made by self-assmebly

Professor Ullrich Steiner, Cambridge.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 09 June 2011, 14:00-15:00

Molecules and nanostructures for solar energy conversion

Professor James Durrant, Imperial College London.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 02 June 2011, 14:00-15:00

Anion Supramolecular Chemistry: Sensing and Materials

Professor Jonathan Steed, Durham University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 19 May 2011, 14:00-15:00

Molecular Nanostructures and Sensors by Self-Assembly

Extra Inorganic Seminar

Professor Kay Severin, EPFL, Switzerland.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 16 May 2011, 14:00-15:00

Design of New Catalytic Reactions for Sustainable Chemistry

Lewis Lecture 2011

Professor David Milstein, Weizmann Institute, Israel.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 13 May 2011, 16:00-17:00

A transition metal chemist's view of C-H and C-F bond activation

Professor Robin Perutz FRS, University of York.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 05 May 2011, 14:00-15:00

Noncovalent Nanostructures in Aqueous Medium: Robust yet Adaptive

Dr Boris Rybtchinski, Weizman Institute of Science, Israel.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 28 April 2011, 14:00-15:00

Tooling Up for Nanoworld: The Magic of Molecular Machines

Alex Hopkins Lecture 2011

Professor David Leigh, University of Edinburgh.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 25 March 2011, 16:00-17:00

Modelling synthesis and catalytic applications of doped AlPOs

Inorganic/Theoretical Joint Seminar

Dr Furio Cora, University College London.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 14 March 2011, 15:30-16:30

Hydrogen Storage and Carbon Dioxide Capture in Metal-Organic Frameworks

Professor Jeffrey R Long, Berkeley, USA.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 10 March 2011, 14:00-15:00

Influencing Folding and Structure of Large RNAs by Metal Ions: Moving from Bulk to the Single Molecule Level

Professor Roland Sigel, University of Zurich.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 03 March 2011, 14:00-15:00

BP Day

3rd Year PhD students.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 24 February 2011, 13:30-17:00

Form Matters: Catalysis with "Butterflies"

Professor Hansjorg Grutzmacher, ETH Zurich.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 17 February 2011, 14:00-15:30

Stable Silicon Clusters with Partial Substitution – Exploring the SI6R6 Potential Energy Surface Experimentally

Dr David Scheschkewitz, Imperial College London.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 03 February 2011, 14:00-15:00

Studies of Ion Mobility in Materials for Alternative Energy Applications Using Solid-State NMR

Professor Gillian Goward, McMaster University, Canada.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 27 January 2011, 14:00-15:00

Metallopolyynes and Metallophosphors: Multifunctional Materials with Emerging Applications in Optical Devices

RSC Chemistry of the Transition Metals Award Lecture 2010

Professor Raymond Wong, Hong Kong Baptist University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 29 November 2010, 14:00-15:00

Inorganic 2nd Yr PhD Student Talks

University of Cambridge.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 18 November 2010, 10:00-16:00

Novel Types of Organic Electronic Materials: Polyselenophenes and Oligofurans

Professor Michael Bendikov, Weizman Institute, Israel.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 11 November 2010, 14:00-15:00

New Supramolecular Strategies in Transition Metal Catalysis

Professor Joost Reek, Van t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, Amsterdam.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 07 October 2010, 14:00-15:00

Structure-property relationships of molecular crystals

Professor Len Barbour, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 22 September 2010, 14:00-15:00

Developing Catalytic Reactions One Step at a Time

Professor Jennifer Love, University of British Columbia, Canada.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 10 September 2010, 14:00-15:00

Designing metal containing anticancer drugs in the absence of a well defined target

THIS IS A CHANGE FROM THE ORIGINAL TIME

Professor Paul Dyson, EPFL.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 19 May 2010, 15:00-16:00

Materials Chemistry and Climate Change

Professor Peter Bruce, University of St Andrews.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 13 May 2010, 16:00-17:00

Recharging the Planet: New Approaches for Optimizing the Performance of Lithium-Ion Batteries and Fuel Cells

Inaugural Lecture

Professor Clare Grey.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 11 May 2010, 16:15-17:15

Nanosized Clusters with Main Group elements as Ligands

Lewis Lecture

Professor Dieter Fenske.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 30 April 2010, 16:00-17:00

EPR spectroscopy of transition metal clusters and clusters-of-clusters

Professor Eric McInnes, University of Manchester.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 22 April 2010, 14:00-15:30

What will a nanobot look like?

Alex Hopkins Lecture

Professor Tony Ryan.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 18 March 2010, 16:00-17:00

BP Day

3rd Year PhD students.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 11 March 2010, 12:00-18:00

Extended ß-Triketone Derivatives: Versatile Building Blocks for Metallosupramolecular Chemistry and Crystal Engineering

RSC Centenary Lecturer, 2009-2010

Professor Leonard Lindoy.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 08 March 2010, 17:00-18:00

Framework Materials: Fascinating Properties

Professor John Evans, University of Durham.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 04 March 2010, 14:00-15:30

Strong CH Hydrogen Bonds: The Newest Player in the field of Anion Receptors

Professor Amar Flood, University of Indiana.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 25 February 2010, 14:00-15:30

Self-Assembly and Self-Sorting: How to Construct and Characterize Complex Architectures

Professor Christoph Schalley, Institut fur Chemie & Biochemie der Freien Universitat Berlin.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 18 February 2010, 14:00-15:30

Colourful chemistry with zwitterionic-type pi-ligands and their metal complexes

Professor Pierre Braunstein, University of Strasbourg.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 21 January 2010, 17:00-18:00

BP Day

3rd Year PhD students.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 07 January 2010, 13:00-17:00

Designer Crystals: Bio-Inspired Approaches to Controlling Crystallisation

Professor Fiona Meldrum, University of Leeds.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 10 December 2009, 14:00-15:30

The physical and chemical state of nanoparticulate catalysts during carbon nanotube and silicon nanowire CVD

Dr Stephan Hoffman, University of Cambridge, Dept. of Engineering.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 19 November 2009, 14:00-15:30

Metal-organic frameworks for chemistry and medicine - Can we design them?

Professor Russell Morris, University of St Andrews.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 12 November 2009, 14:00-15:30

Probing the structure of organic-inorganic biocomposites

Dr Melinda Duer, University of Cambridge.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 29 October 2009, 14:00-15:30

The Many Faces of Heme in Biology

Professor Emma Raven, University of Leicester.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 15 October 2009, 14:00-15:00

Halogen Bonding and Metal Ion Coordination in Supramolecular Complexes

Professor Kari Rissanen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 01 October 2009, 14:00-15:30

Organometallic f-Element Chemistry and the Importance of Questioning Scientific Assumptions

RSC Sir Edward Frankland Prize Lectureship

Professor William J Evans, University of California Irvine, USA.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 11 May 2009, 11:00-12:00

Model Chemistry, theoretical calculations and recent advances in understanding the chemistry of nitrogenase

Professor Dimitri Coucouvanis, University of Michigan.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 07 May 2009, 14:00-15:00

Rapid and efficient production and oxidation of hydrogen by air-sensitive metalloenzymes: electrochemistry, mechanisms and implications for life and energy

Lewis Lecture

Professor Fraser Armstrong, University of Oxford.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 30 April 2009, 14:00-15:30

Construction Principles in the Development of New Molecular Catalysts

Dr Lutz Gade, University of Heidelberg.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 23 April 2009, 15:00-16:00

New Anion Receptors and Transporters

Professor Phil Gale, University of Southampton.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 21 April 2009, 14:00-15:00

Uranium Sandwiches: Activating Small Molecules with Uranium Petalene and Cyclooctatetraene Complexes

Dr Geoff Cloke, University of Sussex.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 02 April 2009, 14:00-15:00

From Polyoxometalate-based building blocks to Functional Nanoclusters, Frameworks and Self-Fabricating Materials

Professor Lee Cronin, University of Glasgow.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 26 March 2009, 14:00-15:00

Single-Molecule Magnets and Magnetic Refrigerants

http://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/events/colloquia/inorg.html

Professor Euan Brechin (University of Edinburgh).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 22 January 2009, 14:00-15:00

Technomimetic Nanomachines: A wheelbarrow and a molecular motor

Gwenael Rapenne (University of Toulouse).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 11 December 2008, 14:00-15:00

Controlled redox and activation reactions in organometallic f-block complexes

Dr Polly Arnold (University of Edinburgh).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 20 November 2008, 14:00-15:00

CPGS Talks

CPGS Talks.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 06 November 2008, 14:00-15:00

Selective Molecular Transformations Using Organic Superbases

Professor Yoshinori Kondo (Tohoku University).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 30 October 2008, 14:00-15:00

New Bond Activations at Transition Metal Centers: Fundamental Studies and Applications to Catalysis

T. Don Tilley (University of California at Berkeley).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 20 October 2008, 14:00-15:00