The projects developed by PCOL are listed below. As the projects are pilot tested, various changes are made to improve the quality of the projects, or to change the emphasis or scope of that project. The links listed are for the latest version of the projects. This project focuses on the fluorescence spectroscopy of dye complexes with beta-cyclodextrin.
Students study molecular models and perform the experiments as teams.
Each team studies a different dye compound. The principles of fluorescence spectroscopy and its application to determine the thermodynamic state functions of the complexes is the primary goal of this project. Offered Spring 2001. These questions are fertile territory for physical chemists. In this project we will draw upon data collected by careful experimental measurements of physical chemists working in the laboratory and in the atmosphere.