ACS Richard Smalley Eulogy
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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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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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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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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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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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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C60 and C70: The Isolated Pentagon Rule (IPR) for Pristine Fullerene Stability – Kroto Simultaneously Proven by Schmalz et al
Dr. Kroto explains his Isolated Pentagon Rule and how it contributes to fullerene stability
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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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Chemiluminescence and bioluminescence. General chemistry explained and examples such as fireflies, Wintergreen mints, etc. are introduced
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An introduction into the writing down of fully balanced chemical equations. The process is explained starting with word equations, finding all the relevant formulas and then working with some useful rules for finding the correct coefficients in the b....
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Takeshi Oka, Professor of Astronomy at the University of Chicago and discoverer of H3(+), positively ionised molecule of three protons, talks about the ways in which the various aspects of science are are all interlocked. In particular he shows the ....
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The ultrahigh mass resolving power and sub-ppm mass accuracy of Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) allow the assignment of a unique molecular formula to each peak in the mass spectrum. Ionization methods for petro....
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An introduction to constructing and recognising chemical formulas. Using 20 well-known elements, the valency-rules which govern the atomic ratios are explained and used with several examples.
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Darryl Ventura presents his research into developing functional carbon nanotube based materials.
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The use of computer simulation continues to advance bringing scientists and engineers the insight of graphical simulations at the molecular level
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