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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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00:11:00

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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Advanced anode materials and their storage mechanisms at atomic level

by Xi Wang
Advanced anode materials and their storage mechanisms at atomic level
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1508 views
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The choice of material for anodes in cells is often of critical importance to their functioning.  This talk looks in detail at their behaviour at the atomic level.

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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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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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Carbon electronics

by Ravi Silva
Carbon electronics
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1699 views
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From structure and topology, to mechanical and electronic properties, a seemingly simple change in bonding between carbon atoms can conceive a plethora of material types. With diamond and graphite known since antiquity, better understanding of the sy....

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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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Coordination Polymers 1. Introducing: Coordination Polymers

by Yeung Hamish Hei-Man
Coordination Polymers 1. Introducing: Coordination Polymers
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 8 years ago | 1087 views
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Coordination polymers are a fantastically diverse class of molecular materials. Here we look at a few examples of their unique structures and properties.

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Coordination Polymers 2. How to Make a Coordination Polymer

by Yeung Hamish Hei-Man
Coordination Polymers 2. How to Make a Coordination Polymer
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 8 years ago | 1065 views
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Making a coordination polymer is a complicated process with many potential variables. Here we look at the advantages of a few different synthesis methods.

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Coordination Polymers 3. Studying Coordination Polymer Formation

by Yeung Hamish Hei-Man
Coordination Polymers 3. Studying Coordination Polymer Formation
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 8 years ago | 1076 views
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Exploiting the unique properties of coordination polymers requires full understanding of their formation. Here we look at how in-situ x-ray diffraction helps to uncover some of the details.

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Density Functional Theory: three non-technical explanations

by Stefaan Cottenier
Density Functional Theory: three non-technical explanations
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 8 years ago | 1807 views
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What do six brides have to do with Density-Functional Theory? Discover it in this lecture, in which the essential ideas behind DFT are explained in three different non-technical ways. After this practical lecture, you will be able to understand the m....

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Developing biocompatible materials to restore sight.

by Sheila MacNeil
Developing biocompatible materials to restore sight.
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 13 years ago | 4682 views
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Repairing damage to eyesight caused by chemicals

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