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Electron Transfer Theory in Single Molecule Studies of Intermittent Fluorescence of Quantum Dots and in Initial Steps in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

by Rudolph Marcus
Electron Transfer Theory in Single Molecule Studies of Intermittent Fluorescence of Quantum Dots and in Initial Steps in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 8 years ago | 1504 views
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Intermittently fluorescing single molecule systems are found in many materials, including semiconductor quantum dots (QD), dyes on crystalline or nanoparticle film surfaces, and biological systems. The QD's show a ~ -3/2 power law for the distributio....

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The Dawn of the Fullerenes: A Research Adventure

by Robert Curl
The Dawn of the Fullerenes: A Research Adventure
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1605 views
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When he received the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry together with Richard E. Smalley (who also worked at Rice) and Sir Harold Kroto (at the time at the University of Sussex, UK), this was a true example of national and international scientific collabo....

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Chemistry: the Key to Our Future

by Ryoji Noyori
Chemistry: the Key to Our Future
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1386 views
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Chemistry is not merely a science of making observations in order to better understand Nature. Our science is creative and productive, generating substances of very high value from almost nothing. Chemists already have made enormous contribution to....

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Magical Power of d-Block Transition Metals: Past, Present and Future

by Ei-ichi Negishi
Magical Power of d-Block Transition Metals: Past, Present and Future
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1254 views
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Until recently, most of the 24 d-block transition metals had been used primarily as useful materials for (i) construction and also as tools and containers, etc., (Ti, Zr, Fe and their alloys with V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, etc.), (ii) precious and ornamental....

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Green Chemistry and Catalysis

by Robert Grubbs
Green Chemistry and Catalysis
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1196 views
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Much of the chemical industry is based on processes that were developed decades ago.  The change in the cost of petroleum carbon and energy sources and the need to control emissions of carbon dioxide and other pollutants will change the rules of the....

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Material Characterization: It Takes A Lot of Tools to Solve the Problem

by Jonathan Howard Christian
Material Characterization: It Takes A Lot of Tools to Solve the Problem
for 22 and upwards,
Postgraduate presentations | 22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 2664 views
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Jonathan Christian discusses what it means to be a material/physical chemist. He shows how a physical chemist characterizes materials using his research into Chromium 3+ polyoxometalates.

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Longboard chemistry

by Jonathan Hare
Longboard chemistry
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 10 years ago | 2117 views
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How the production of new polymers has made long- and skate-boarding possible.

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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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Engineering the structural aspects of carbon nanotubes moving towards a perfect system

by Ankur Baliyan
Engineering the structural aspects of carbon nanotubes moving towards a perfect system
for 18-22 and upwards,
Postgraduate presentations | 18-22 and upwards | 10 years ago | 1614 views
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During his PhD thesis defence, Ankur looks at the ways in which various techniques are used for the creation of the desired structural characteristics of carbon nanotubes  

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Forms of Carbon Burning Diamond and Graphite; and the Discovery of Fullerenes

by Peter Wothers
Forms of Carbon Burning Diamond and Graphite; and the Discovery of Fullerenes
for 11-14 and upwards,
Teaching modules | 11-14 and upwards | 10 years ago | 2749 views
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With the aid of Prof. Sir Harry Kroto, Dr Peter Wothers demonstrates that both Diamond and Graphite are indeed made of Carbon.

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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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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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