A recent article by the Lynn Group is featured on the cover of ChemSysChem. Graduate scholar Anthony Sementilli, one of the co-authors of the article, provided the following brief summary: Amyloids are a common protein structural phase that accesses the morphology of fibers, nanoribbons, or nanotubes. In this publication, we report how a simple model…Continue readingLynn Group featured on the cover of ChemSysChem
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ChEmory, Emory’s award-winning American Chemical Society undergraduate club, celebrated National Chemistry Week by hosting a hybrid virtual/in-person event in partnership with the University of Minnesota. The club members celebrated the National Chemistry Week theme of “Sticking with Chemistry” using ACS-designed slime kits. ChEmory leadership distributed supplies so that a group of Emory students approved to…Continue readingChEmory celebrates National Chemistry Week with collaborative event
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For the first time, a team of chemists have lifted the hood on the mechanics involved in the mysterious interplay between sunlight and molecules in the atmosphere known as ‘roaming reactions’, which could make atmospheric modelling more accurate. The theoretical and computational work for the relevant study was performed by a team in the US…Continue readingJoel Bowman part of ‘roaming reactions’ study that sheds new light on atmospheric molecules
Tim (Tianquan) Lian is one of the investigators involved in the North Carolina-based Center for Hybrid Approaches in Solar Energy to Liquid Fuels (CHASE). The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will provide $100 million in funding to new artificial photosynthesis research projects, including a $40 million award to CHASE to accelerate fundamental research of the…Continue readingTianquan (Tim) Lian part of new DOE-funded CHASE Center
Francesco Evangelista, associate professor of chemistry, has been chosen as the 2020 recipient of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Sciences medal. The IAQMS is the leading international organization for the development and application of quantum theory for chemistry and chemical physics. This prestigious medal is given annually “to a young member of the scientific community who…Continue readingFrancesco Evangelista awarded 2020 medal by the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Sciences