Still going...

It has been a while since my last post...lots of stuff going on! I really liked Blake's last blog title, "It seems the more we find out, the less we actually know." This is so true! As we dig deeper into the chemistry of DCQ, i am afraid to say that i don't think any of the previous literature on this topic is 100% free of errors. After each experiment B2 says, when are we getting that mass spec! A mass spec will certainly enable us to fully interpret the chemistry. As we move into the latter bit of the summer, B2 are working more independently.

The NSF-MRI grant is coming along. I will have it completed by the end of this week (July 31st). As Blake points out, the more i write the less i seem to know...thank goodness for page limits. I am quite hopeful on getting funding...i started this proposal ~ 2 yrs ago...submitted it once...it was rejected (or as NSF likes to say, declined)...got great comments...and now have hopefully i have now address my error. I am sure there will be something wrong, but not too wrong :)

We have one more trip to Iowa to collect ESR data probably on Aug 7th or 11th?