Facelift for UC-eLinks

The UC-eLinks display has been tweaked and re-organized into a more logical display.

If you access UC-eLinks from a citation in one the databases, you’ll see something like this, where your options are arranged based on 1.) Get it online, 2.) Get it in print at UCSD, and 3.) Request it via Interlibrary Loan.

If you access UC-eLinks from a journal record in Roger, it’ll look like this:

Recent UCSD Articles - Chem/Biochem

Some recent articles from faculty (and students) in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry.

Alvarez, S. D., M. P. Schwartz, B. Migliori, C. U. Rang, L. Chao, and M. J. Sailor. 2007. Using a porous silicon photonic crystal for bacterial cell-based biosensing. Physica Status Solidi a-Applications and Materials Science 204 (5):1439-1443.

Blank, N. F., J. R. Moncarz, T. J. Brunker, C. Scriban, B. J. Anderson, O. Amir, D. S. Glueck, L. N. Zakharov, J. A. Golen, C. D. Incarvito, and A. L. Rheingold. 2007. Palladium-catalyzed asymmetric phosphination. Scope, mechanism, and origin of enantioselectivity. Journal of the American Chemical Society 129 (21):6847-6858.

Bohrer, F. I., A. Sharoni, C. Colesniuc, J. Park, I. K. Schuller, A. C. Kummel, and W. C. Trogler. 2007. Gas sensing mechanism in chemiresistive cobalt and metal-free phthalocyanine thin films. Journal of the American Chemical Society 129 (17):5640-5646.

Ferreiro, D. U., and E. A. Komives. 2007. The plastic landscape of repeat proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104 (19):7735-7736.

Lear, B. J., and C. P. Kubiak. 2007. Origins of cooperative noncovalent host-guest chemistry in mixed valence complexes. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 111 (24):6766-6771.

Lubchenko, V., and P. G. Wolynes. 2007. Theory of structural glasses and supercooled liquids. Annual Review of Physical Chemistry 58:235-266.

McCabe, J. R., M. H. Thiemens, and J. Savarino. 2007. A record of ozone variability in South Pole Antarctic snow: Role of nitrate oxygen isotopes. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 112 (D12):9.

Perelman, L. A., M. P. Schwartz, A. M. Wohlrab, M. S. VanNieuwenhze, and M. J. Sailor. 2007. A simplified biomolecule attachment strategy for biosensing using a porous Si oxide interferometer. Physica Status Solidi a-Applications and Materials Science 204 (5):1394-1398.

Shields, L. G., D. T. Suess, and K. A. Prather. 2007. Determination of single particle mass spectral signatures from heavy-duty diesel vehicle emissions for PM2.5 source apportionment. Atmospheric Environment 41 (18):3841-3852.

Trylska, J., V. Tozzini, C. A. Chang, and J. A. McCammon. 2007. HIV-1 protease substrate binding and product release pathways explored with coarse-grained molecular dynamics. Biophysical Journal 92 (12):4179-4187.

ACS Computer Replacement in S&E

Academic Computing is currently dismantling and replacing their oldest computers in S&E and the Geisel ‘Tunnel.’ They should be finished by the end of July.

Until then, there are still some functioning ACS machines (10 PCs + 6 Macs) in S&E and some more in the Tunnel, plus our one productivity station–that first computer closest to our reference desk and left of the scanner. If you need Word or Excel functionality you can also use Google’s web-based Docs & Spreadsheets on the Infostations.

Department of NanoEngineering Launched!!

From the July 3 press release:

Seeking to capitalize on the potential of a new generation of multi-functional nanoscale devices and special materials built on the scale of individual molecules, UC San Diego has established a new Department of NanoEngineering within its Jacobs School of Engineering effective July 1. Undergraduate and graduate students will learn from an interdisciplinary team of professors who are leaders in various fields of engineering, physics and chemistry and a variety of new sub-disciplines where those fields overlap.

The Department of NanoEngineering’s educational program will develop in phases, with plans to reach a steady state of approximately 20 faculty members and an enrollment of 400 undergraduate students and 120 graduate students. The department will also serve as the administrative home of the existing undergraduate and graduate programs in chemical engineering.