We express our greatest thanks and appreciation to the funding agencies and foundations that have supported our training and research efforts at various times over the years:
American Chemical Society - Petroleum Research Fund
Research Corporation for the Advancement of Science
National Science Foundation - RUI
National Science Foundation - MRI
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»ecticut Innovations Program
Sherman Fairchild Foundation
International Centre for Diffraction Data
Keck Foundation
Pfizer Inc.
We are also very grateful to Professor Steve Suib of the University of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»ecticut, who has generously given us access to his laboratory instrumentation.