Inorganic chemistry is challenging to teach at the undergraduate level because of the breadth and diversity of the topic.  Beyond the basics of bonding models, symmetry, molecular structures, acids and bases, redox chemistry, coordination chemistry, and solid state structures, there are topics that connect strongly with current research and real-world applications.  These topics – which include bioinorganic, organometallic, and nanomaterials chemistry -  have strong potential to engage students and prepare them for their own active role in science as graduate students or professionals.  The past three decades have seen an explosion in research and applications of inorganic nanomaterials, which draw their conceptual roots from both solid state chemistry and solid state physics.  Unfortunately this material is not well covered in the most popular inorganic chemistry textbooks.  This talk will describe the author’s own experience in teaching this material in introductory inorganic chemistry courses at the sophomore and junior level, as well as available resource materials and strategies for integrating solids and nanomaterials with core topics.<br/>

Teaching inorganic materials chemistry and nanoscience at the undergraduate level

251st National Meeting (2016)

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