Common components of an effective poster presentation are summarized below.
Title and Author Panel: lists the title, author and affiliation.
Background Panels: gives the literature background and introduction.
Purpose Panel: gives the purpose of your study and highlights your objectives.
Experimental Panels: gives experimental details.
Results Panels: displays results of your study.
Discussion Panels: gives interpretation of your results typically in summary format.
Conclusion Panels: gives the overall "take-home" message of your study.
Future Plan Panel: gives the plans for the future extension of this study.
Acknowledgments: acknowledges the contributions of others to this study.
Good places to start looking for background information for your lab experiment and posters are textbooks and reference books covering inorganic chemistry/chemicals. We have provided some helpful information on the Reference Literature for Chemistry 4414 for your assistance. Please feel free to ask Prof. Brewer and your GTA for assistance with this important aspect of the laboratory course. It is often essential to look up papers cited by these references and textbooks.
You must cite properly all sources of information used in the preparation of your poster.
How to reference the literature:
Journal Articles: Author’s Last Name, Author’s Initials Journal Name,
Year, Volume, Pages.
Example: Bradley, P.; Suardi, G.; Zipp, R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994,
116, 2859-2868.
Books: Authors Last Name, Author’s Initials Book Title, Publishers,
Year Published, Pages.
Example: Cotton, F. A.; Wilkinson, G. Advanced Inorganic Chemistry,
Wiley & Sons, 1972, 736-738.