Today was my first
day at my internship at the University of Oregon. Dave Johnson forgot to tell
me what time to come in for my internship, so I decide eight A.M was a good
time, which I was perfectly right. In the morning, we had to figure out what I
was going to do since my graduate mentor was away at a conference in Chicago.
Doctor Dave decided to throw me into a week long training called SMaRT camp
(Sustainable Materials and Research Training Camp). The first day of SMaRT
camp, we sat down and learned about Metal-Oxo Clusters. When learning about
this Metal-Oxo Cluster, we discussed the structure, dimension, aqua ligands,
thermodynamic driving forces, solubility, and charge density of metal cation in
Metal-Oxo Cluster. We also reviewed characterization techniques such as IR spectrums
(FTIR and RAMAN), DLS, and UV-Vis.
The Second part of
the day, we started making thin films by heating up a solution Tungsten. We
took several samples when heat it up to characterization. So that sums up my
day. I have yet to figure out what my research project and paper will be about. I have a hunch it's about kinects of thin films... Time will tell...
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