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From Waste to Wealth Using Green Chemistry

by James Clark
From Waste to Wealth Using Green Chemistry
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 11 years ago | 2306 views
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The world faces the fundamental problems of increasing waste and decreasing resources as it tries to cope with the increasing consumption of a growing population.  It is clear that these challenges can only be met through a fundamentally different a....

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00:43:00

‘How should a chemist understand brewing?’ Beer and theory around 1800

by James Sumner
‘How should a chemist understand brewing?’ Beer and theory around 1800
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 11 years ago | 2033 views
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Eighteenth-century chemists could gain useful income and patronage as advisors to industry – and some of the wealthiest and most influential industrialists were brewers. Making chemical knowledge credible to this audience, however, was not always e....

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00:01:00

A Greenhouse-Gas Experiment

by Jonathan Hare
A Greenhouse-Gas Experiment
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 10 years ago | 1899 views
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A laboratory demonstration of Carbon Dioxide's effect of global warming.

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01:23:00

A medicine cabinet in your garden?

by Monique Simmonds
A medicine cabinet in your garden?
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1984 views
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Professor Monique Simmonds talks about the use of plants and fungi as sources of sustainably harvested medicines

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00:11:00

A nano-sized gas sensor 1

by Various Presenters
A nano-sized gas sensor 1
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 15 years ago | 3818 views
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A short Introduction to the Nano2Hybrid European Research Project. A video profiling a nanotechnology research project supported by a European Materials Research grant aims to produce a tiny gas sensor using nanotubes that have been developed to be s....

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00:11:00

A nano-sized gas sensor 2 – Plasma treating nanotubes

by Various Presenters
A nano-sized gas sensor 2 – Plasma treating nanotubes
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 15 years ago | 1889 views
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The Namur group are heading up the nano2hybrids project. They are the specialists in plasma treatment of the carbon nanotubes to activate their surfaces, followed by putting down metal nanoparticles under vacuum. These are then sent to Spain to be ma....

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00:10:00

A nano-sized gas sensor 3

by Various Presenters
A nano-sized gas sensor 3
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 15 years ago | 2175 views
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The Louvain-la-Neuve group are specialised in theoretical modelling at the atomic scale of the metal nanoparticles on the carbon nanotube surfaces, and in particular how electronic charge passes through the tubes in this case.

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00:07:00

A nano-sized gas sensor 4

by Various Presenters
A nano-sized gas sensor 4
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 15 years ago | 3117 views
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The ULB partner in the project are specialised in plasma surface treatment under air, rather than vacuum - it's the next step up in scaling up the plasma treatment of the nanotubes after the Namur group. In the earlier stages of the project they are ....

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00:02:00

A nano-sized gas sensor 5

by Gabriel Lippmann
A nano-sized gas sensor 5
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 15 years ago | 1849 views
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The CRPGL group is a newly formed lab in Luxembourg. Within the project their role is to start looking at 'scale up', plasma treatment at larger scales than is possible in the other labs, coupled with a battery of different sample testing techniques.

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00:14:00

A nano-sized gas sensor 5

by Jean Rouxel
A nano-sized gas sensor 5
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 15 years ago | 1909 views
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Institut des Materiaux, Nantes, France. The IMN group are specialists in computer modelling - in this case, of atomic defects and damage in the surface of the carbon nanotubes caused by the plasma treatment. What is the plasma doing to the nanotube s....

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00:07:00

A nano-sized gas sensor 5

by Various Presenters
A nano-sized gas sensor 5
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 15 years ago | 2131 views
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The Tarragona Group at University Rovira i Virgili are the experts in producing new prototype gas sensors. All the new metal particle treated nanotube samples from Belgium and Luxembourg make their way down to this beautiful corner of Spain, where th....

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00:07:00

A nano-sized gas sensor 6

by Marc Delgado
A nano-sized gas sensor 6
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 15 years ago | 2230 views
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Sensotran are the industrial partner in the nano2hybrids project. A small family firm based just outside Barcelona in Spain, they are experts in commercial production of gas sensors for a range of industries, notably for detecting dangerous gases pro....

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00:25:00

A Novel Putative Cancer Biomarker.

by Amy Sang
A Novel Putative Cancer Biomarker.
for All ages,
Lectures | All ages | 13 years ago | 1441 views
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00:02:00

A Revolution in Solar Energy Production

by Dan Nocera
A Revolution in Solar Energy Production
for All ages,
Lectures | All ages | 15 years ago | 1476 views
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Dan gives a brief introduction into his group's discovery of a new and efficient catalyst which could be of vital importance in our search for better ways of capturing solar energy.

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00:05:00

A-maizing Hydrogen

by Various Presenters
A-maizing Hydrogen
for 11-14 and upwards,
Highschool presentations | 11-14 and upwards | 8 years ago | 1843 views
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Hydrogen - the fuel of the future?

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00:29:00

ACS Richard Smalley Eulogy

by Harry Kroto
ACS Richard Smalley Eulogy
for All ages,
Lectures | All ages | 16 years ago | 2540 views
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A moving address by Harry to the ACS meeting in San Francisco about his colleague and fellow Nobel Prize winner, Richard Smalley.

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00:48:00

Advanced hybrid electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds for biomedical applications

by Brahatheeswaran Dhandayuthapani
Advanced hybrid electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds for biomedical applications
for 18-22 and upwards,
Postgraduate presentations | 18-22 and upwards | 10 years ago | 2802 views
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Brahatheeswaran describes how tissue scaffolds can be made in novel ways.  This lecture is his PhD thesis defence.

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00:04:00

Advancements and improvements to etherification and olefination reactions

by Susana Lopez
Advancements and improvements to etherification and olefination reactions
for 22 and upwards,
Postgraduate presentations | 22 and upwards | 15 years ago | 8421 views
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Etherification and olefination reactions play an important role in synthetic organic chemistry on a daily basis. As organic chemists we apply these methods to tackle synthetic targets of ever increasing complexity. As a graduate student in the Dudley....

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00:34:00

Advances in Olefin Metathesis Employing Molybdenum and Tungsten Catalysts

by Richard Schrock
Advances in Olefin Metathesis Employing Molybdenum and Tungsten Catalysts
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1633 views
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Olefin metathesis is an irresistible way to make C=C bonds catalytically in organic molecules and polymers, both as a consequence of its very nature, i.e. the synthesis of C=C bonds from C=C bonds, and because of the control that can be exercised thr....

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00:06:00

Alkaline Fuel Cells

by Alfonso Felipe
Alkaline Fuel Cells
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1530 views
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Fundamental aspects of Alkaline Fuel Cells

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00:05:00

Anti-Body Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles

by Philip Schlenoff
Anti-Body Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 13 years ago | 2102 views
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Philip Shlenoff, recent high school graduate, gives a presentation of his work and opportunity at the Florida State University Dept. of Chemistry. Under the supervision of Zaki Estephan, Philip has actively participated in research that targets canc....

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00:12:00

Applications of Fuel Cells

by Alfonso Felipe
Applications of Fuel Cells
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1348 views
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Most important applications in the field of fuel cells

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00:32:00

Aquaporin Water Channels – From Atomic Structure to Malaria

by Peter Agre
Aquaporin Water Channels – From Atomic Structure to Malaria
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 8 years ago | 2920 views
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Aquaporin channels allow water to rapidly cross cell membranes in all living organisms. AQP1 confers red cells and proximal renal tubules with high water permeability. Present in renal collecting duct, AQP2 is regulated by vasopressin, and human muta....

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01:18:00

Aquaporin Water Channels: From Atomic Structure to Clinical Medicine

by Peter Agre
Aquaporin Water Channels: From Atomic Structure to Clinical Medicine
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 10 years ago | 6525 views
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Peter Agre shared the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Roderick MacKinnon “for discoveries concerning channels in cell membranes.” Here he gives a lecture in Russia as part of the Nobel Prize Inspiration Initiative

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00:58:00

Architects of the Microcosmos

by Harry Kroto
Architects of the Microcosmos
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 15 years ago | 1736 views
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In thistalk Harry Kroto explains that molecules have structures that are every bit as real in the mind of the chemists who create them, as are the edifices of brick, steel and concrete designed by architects and built by engineers.

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00:27:00

Architecture in Nanospace

by Harry Kroto
Architecture in Nanospace
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 16 years ago | 2220 views
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A brief history of carbon-60 and its developments into useful materials. How can chemistry help move us towards a more sustainable existence.

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00:42:00

Atmospheric Chemistry

by Sherwood Rowland
Atmospheric Chemistry
for 14-19 and upwards,
Interviews | 14-19 and upwards | 15 years ago | 2261 views
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In this interview Sherwood Rowland talks about Ozone depletion and the effect of CFCs on Ozone and Global Warming (Greenhouse Warming where infrared radiation is trapped). He explains the chemistry of Ozone depletion and the history of what led to th....

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00:23:00

Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate in the Anthropocene

by Paul Krutzen
Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate in the Anthropocene
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1253 views
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Despite their relatively small mass, 10% of the earth biosphere as a whole, generations of ambitious ‘homo sapiens’ have already played a major and increasing role in changing basic properties of the atmosphere and the earth’s surface.  Human ....

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00:24:00

Avogadro’s Number

by Nandita Abhyankar
Avogadro’s Number
for 14-19 and upwards,
Postgraduate presentations | 14-19 and upwards | 8 years ago | 1484 views
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00:06:00

Battery Technology – from Volta to the 21st Century

by Mitchell Herring
Battery Technology – from Volta to the 21st Century
for 14-19 and upwards,
Undergraduate presentations | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1872 views
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Mitchell Herring presents on battery technology from Volta to the 21st century.

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00:11:00

Bio-fuels and solar energy

by Alexis Nielsen
Bio-fuels and solar energy
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1598 views
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A comparison of bio-fuels and solar energy. Examples include algae-based oil and solar panels.

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00:12:00

Biofuel Technology

by Miles Bradshaw
Biofuel Technology
for 14-19 and upwards,
Undergraduate presentations | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1783 views
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Miles Bradshaw presents on the current status and future of biofuel technology.

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00:52:00

Bioscience and Nanotechnology – peptide assemblies

by Dek Woolfson
Bioscience and Nanotechnology – peptide assemblies
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 15 years ago | 1718 views
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Toyo University Bio-Nanotechnology Symposium Lectures; Dr Woolfson talks on the self-assembly of peptides.

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00:08:00

Bridges with Organic Chemistry

by Kerry Gilmore
Bridges with Organic Chemistry
for 22 and upwards,
Postgraduate presentations | 22 and upwards | 15 years ago | 5951 views
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The development of reliable molecular scale building blocks for the construction of nanoscale devices is one of the greatest challenges for the development of numerous applications of these exciting materials. This research describes our efforts in t....

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00:08:00

Bucky Balls

by Jonathan Hare
Bucky Balls
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 15 years ago | 2547 views
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The Buckyball, or C-60 molecule was discovered by accident (in the lab) while trying to understand the chemistry between the stars in the Interstellar Medium ISM. The discovery led to the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1996. Here we look at the structur....

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00:02:00

Buckyball Workshop in Spanish

by Christina Amrhein
Buckyball Workshop in Spanish
for All ages,
Workshops | All ages | 8 years ago | 1618 views
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00:54:00

C-60, the Celestial Sphere that Fell to Earth

by Harry Kroto
C-60, the Celestial Sphere that Fell to Earth
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 15 years ago | 1611 views
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In 1985 an experiment, designed to unravel the carbon chemistry in Red Giant Stars, revealed the existence of C-60 Buckminsterfullerene (the third allotropic form of carbon). The story of the discovery and the way its symmetry relates to the natural ....

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00:03:00

C28

by Harry Kroto
C28
for 14-18 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-18 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1853 views
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A brief description of the C28 molecule and its relationship to Uranium

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00:03:00

C60 and C70: The Isolated Pentagon Rule (IPR) for Pristine Fullerene Stability – Kroto Simultaneously Proven by Schmalz et al

by Harry Kroto
C60 and C70: The Isolated Pentagon Rule (IPR) for Pristine Fullerene Stability – Kroto Simultaneously Proven by Schmalz et al
for 14-18 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-18 and upwards | 9 years ago | 2382 views
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Dr. Kroto explains his Isolated Pentagon Rule and how it contributes to fullerene stability

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00:04:00

C60 and Nanotubes

by Jonathan Hare
C60 and Nanotubes
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 10 years ago | 2056 views
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Jonathan shows how a sheet of graphite (hexagons) can be modified to make closed cages and tubes.  In real life the smallest of these tubes are only 1/100,000,000 meter in diameter - a nanometer (nm) - hence they are called nanotubes.  Depending on....

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00:32:00

C60-Buckminsterfullerene: Not just a Pretty Molecule

by Harry Kroto
C60-Buckminsterfullerene: Not just a Pretty Molecule
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1907 views
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Amongst the Nobel Laureates lecturing in Lindau, Sir Harold Kroto would probably earn the award for the most unusual and characteristic way of presenting. This lecture, which is the first he ever gave in Lindau, is no exception. Kroto`s way of presen....

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00:07:00

Can we see atoms?

by Zhaoxia Zhou
Can we see atoms?
for 11-14 and upwards,
Lectures | 11-14 and upwards | 14 years ago | 6720 views
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We see smaller and smaller objects through naked eye and microscopes, from hair to atoms.

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00:07:00

Carbon nanotubes

by Jonathan Hare
Carbon nanotubes
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 10 years ago | 1944 views
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Some of the subtleties of the structures found in carbon nanotubes.

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00:05:00

Carbon Nanotubes and Structures

by Steve Acquah
Carbon Nanotubes and Structures
for 22 and upwards,
Postgraduate presentations | 22 and upwards | 10 years ago | 1958 views
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The science of carbon nanotubes and related materials. How can we use them to make novel hybrid structures?

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00:12:00

Carbon Sequestration

by Kyle Serniak
Carbon Sequestration
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 2719 views
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Why is carbon sequestration so important?

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00:02:00

Carbon Snake Experiment

by Kristen Pace
Carbon Snake Experiment
for All ages,
Teaching modules | All ages | 8 years ago | 4666 views
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00:30:00

Catalysis at Surfaces: From Atoms to Complexity

by Gerhard Ertl
Catalysis at Surfaces: From Atoms to Complexity
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1436 views
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Catalysis by solid surfaces is, among others, of importance for the chemical industry (e.g. the Haber-Bosch process) as well as for environmental chemistry (car exhaust catalyst).  Surface physical techniques enable investigation of the underlying e....

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00:31:00

Catalysis at Surfaces: From Atoms to Complexity

by Gerhard Ertl
Catalysis at Surfaces: From Atoms to Complexity
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 8 years ago | 1254 views
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This lecture addresses the question if spatio-temporal self-organisation of matter which is so characteristic for living systems can also be verified with a simple inorganic reaction in which the observed phenomena of complexity can be traced back to....

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