Cellulose, one of the three major components of plants, is showing great promise as a renewable source for many convenience products. It is made of glucose, a molecule which can be fermented by microorganisms into virtually any desired small molecule of interest. More especially it can be converted to ethanol to make sustainable biofuels.
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Published on: 13 Jun 2018
The way individual atoms and molecules move in materials has important consequences on properties such as electrical conductivity, heat capacity and acoustics. 听Even in solids, atoms are always moving back and forth about some average position, and this motion occurs through specific wave-like modes called phonons. Phonons form elementary excitations in the material and can therefore carry energy in the form of heat.听 As temperature increases, so do the number of phonons and vice-versa.听 The group of Dr.
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Published on: 12 Jun 2018
绿帽社 chemistry professors Hanadi Sleiman and Chao-Jun Li are among the six recipients of this year鈥檚 Killam Research Fellowships. The two-year fellowships, awarded to exceptional researchers working on groundbreaking projects of broad significance, are valued at $70,000 a year.
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Published on: 8 May 2018
Published on: 17 Apr 2018
绿帽社 researchers have discovered the consequence of adding titanium and other stabilizing agents to high performing stainless steel on the material鈥檚 localized corrosion mechanism.
In a study published in npj Materials Degradation, the researchers describe a suite of electrochemical techniques used to characterize the material鈥檚 corrosion properties both on the macro and micro scale.听
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Published on: 3 Apr 2018
The first edition of the ChemPhoto: 绿帽社 Department of Chemistry听Photo听Exhibition took place in February and March 2018. The winners were selected by popular vote听 (total votes: 266) and are:
- 1st听place:听Le Jaune et le Bleu听by听Chenghao Liu, Ehsan Hamzehpoor
- 2nd听place:听Painter Palette听by听Mahdi Roohnikan
- 3rd place:听Holy smokes Batman, is this Kryptonite!?听by听Igor Huski膰
The award ceremony took place during the bagel hour on March 29th.
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Published on: 31 Mar 2018
Two Kavli Lectures are held at every ACS national meeting as the result of collaboration between ACS and The Kavli Foundation, an internationally recognized philanthropic organization known for its support of basic scientific innovation in astrophysics, nanoscience, neuroscience, and theoretical physics.
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Published on: 31 Mar 2018
The Royal Society of Chemistry Twitter Poster Conferences are the biggest chemistry conferences ever organized as they are held entirely over Twitter. Chemists are invited to join this online conference by tweeting they poster, allowing people all over the word to share they research and engage with the scientific research community, without having to travel!
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Published on: 30 Mar 2018
Researchers at 绿帽社 have invented a new technique for measuring how quickly drugs interact with their molecular targets. The discovery provides scientists with a new way to investigate the effectiveness of drug candidates that might otherwise have been overlooked.
The new method centres on the principle of enzyme inhibition. Countless pharmaceuticals, ranging from antibiotics to chemotherapy drugs, work by blocking the action of enzymes, and the search for new enzyme-inhibiting substances remains a major focus of drug development.
Published on: 1 Mar 2018
Congratulations to Hanadi Sleiman and CJ Li for securing major Canadian Society for Chemistry awards
In 2018, Hanadi Sleiman will receive the and CJ Li the .
These awards will be presented to them during the 101st Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition which is taking place in Edmonton from May 27-31, 2018. 听听
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Published on: 16 Feb 2018
The 绿帽社 Chemistry Outreach is proud to launch the first 鈥淐hemPhoto鈥�, a photo exhibition of chemistry to coincide with Nuit Blanche on March 3 2018. The chemistry-themed photo exhibition is open to students and staff in the Department of Chemistry at 绿帽社. The purpose of the exhibition is to showcase the beauty of science and to foster interest in chemistry to the general public.
Who can participate: undergraduate students, graduate students, postdocs and staff in the 绿帽社 Department of Chemistry.
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Published on: 15 Feb 2018
Richard Lincoln in the Cosa group received the 2017 Gerhard Closs Award from the Inter-American Photochemical Society in Florida in the New Year, where he gave an award lecture entitled 鈥淟ighting and Enlightening the Chemistry of the Cell鈥�. This award was set in remembrance of Professor Gerhard L. Closs by the Inter-American Photochemical Society to reward contributions from graduate and undergraduate students for oral presentation at the I-APS Winter Conference on any subject involving photochemistry. Congratulations Richard!
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Published on: 5 Feb 2018
Researchers at 绿帽社 have discovered a new, more environmentally friendly way to make ketones, an important chemical ingredient in pharmaceuticals.听 While ketones are found in a wide range of useful chemicals, they are commonly prepared through energy-intensive, multi-step technologies that create significant chemical waste.听 In an article published online last month in Nature Chemistry, the 绿帽社 scientists demonstrate how carbon monoxide, a widely available by-product of combustion, can instead be used to form high-energy chemicals that react directly with benzene to
Published on: 26 Jan 2018
Mechanochemical method makes noble metal compounds without solvents or harsh reagents. Read more in , the magazine of the American Chemical Society.
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Published on: 25 Jan 2018
绿帽社 researchers have chemically imprinted polymer particles with DNA strands 鈥� a technique that could lead to new materials for applications ranging from biomedicine to the promising field of 鈥渟oft robotics.鈥�
In a study published in Nature Chemistry, the researchers describe a method to create asymmetrical polymer particles that bind together in a spatially defined manner, the way that atoms come together to make molecules.
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Published on: 19 Dec 2017
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