^Time after dinner is supposedly "free time," or "time to yourself," but after reading + understanding the articles in preparation for the next morning's lecture and whatever lab work assigned, in addition to trying to study for the exam, the free time I had was definitely less than 6 hours a day. I've just finished 4 weeks at YSP and it's hard to believe that it's 2/3 over! I'll go over my typical days here.Ĩ:00 am - Head to Dining Commons for breakfastĨ:20 am - Bike to lecture hall (sadly everyone goes early so they can get a good seat)Ħ:00 pm-midnight/1 am : Study for the exam, prepare for lab, complete assignments, head downtown, etc.) That's a general overview of my project! I'll try to talk more about different lab equipment and techniques or other aspects of YSP later. Our only worry is that pentafluorobenzene diazonium tetrafluoroborate may decompose before its doping capabilities could be tested, and then it wouldn't really be a useful dopant. One salt (shorted to F4TCNQ b/c those orgo compounds just have such long names) is well known to be a standard dopant, but since it is insoluble in organic solvents, it limits its doping capacity.
(It's a lot harder than you think to not let your reaction touch air or water at all).Įdit: My compound is significant because it's expected to be a more efficient, soluble, and stable p-dopant than any other p-type dopant diazonium salt. The apparatus in the middle is a Schlenk line, which allows all reactions to be carried out under either vacuum or Argon, so the sample won't react with air or water.
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