14 results found for chemistry

Sussex University has always supported unusual, interdisciplinary and innovative faculties. A good example of this was the Nitrogen Fixation Centre. Jeff Leigh was part of this exceptional work who's aim was to discover how nature uses nitrogen to cr....

A laboratory demonstration of Carbon Dioxide's effect of global warming.

Some intimate details of this novel new material.

Jonathan describes a smaller 'buckyball' with its inherent differences from C60.

How the structures of fullerene molecules obey the rules of mathematics discovered long ago by Euler.

Some of the subtleties of the structures found in carbon nanotubes.

Jonathan Hare describes the novel chemistry of the C60 molecule.

Jonathan describes the construction of a model of the C60 molecule.

The differences in the structures and properties of the various allotropes of carbon are clearly explained.

How the production of new polymers has made long- and skate-boarding possible.

In October 2010 the Nobel Prize for Physics was won by Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov at Manchester University for their work on graphene but if you are left wondering just what graphene is then watch this video. Jonathan explains all.

Jonathan explains what graphene is and how it fits into the revolution in carbon science.