Architects of the Microcosmos
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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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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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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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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Mitchell Herring presents on battery technology from Volta to the 21st century.
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A comparison of bio-fuels and solar energy. Examples include algae-based oil and solar panels.
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Miles Bradshaw presents on the current status and future of biofuel technology.
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Toyo University Bio-Nanotechnology Symposium Lectures; Dr Woolfson talks on the self-assembly of peptides.
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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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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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