Glass
Sewage Treatment
Liquified Gases N2 O2
Washing up bowls
Polymers – the washing up bowl
Catalysis (35%GNP)
Hip joints
Pure silicon > Chips
Sewage control Water purity
Food Chemistry
Haber process
Trainers (polymers chemistry
Birth Control Pill
Shampoo Soap etc
Penicillin
DNA sequencing > Genomics
DDT - Anti-malaria drugs
Genetic Fingerprinting
Ozone Hole discovery
Liquid Crystal Displays
Anaesthetics, Aspirin
Platinum anti cancer drugs
Dental materials
Haemoglobin > proteomics
Insecticides
Adhesives – Postits
Ointments
Plastics polymers
Pole vaulter pole
Insulin
Anticancer Drugs
Study of electrolysis on cells
 Recognition of platinum toxicity
 Test on cancer cells
 100 year-old platinum
 Anti Cancer drugs
ACS Meeting
Key issue for me is how to develop the seamless subliminal
understanding of chemistry as a manifestation of molecular
(nanoscale) behaviour
A set of modules on the Key bases
How Chemistry got where it is
Focus on the method whereby the information was obtained in
Historical context
1 Avogadro’s Number
2 Size of an atom
3 Dalton – atomicity
4 Balmer Series
5 Bohr Atom
6 Pasteur chirality
7 3D molecule tetrahedral molecule
8 spdf > Periodic Table
9 X ray crystallography
10 DNA measurment laser optical analogue
11 Chemical shift in nmr
12 The structure of benzene
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Avogadro’s Number
Size of an atom
Dalton – atomicity
Balmer Series
Bohr Atom
Pasteur chirality
3D molecule tetrahedral molecule
Angular momentum > spdf > Periodic Table
X ray crystallography
electronstructure
DNA measurement laser optical analogue
Chemical shift in nmr
The structure of benzene
Molecular spectroscopy HCl length of chemical bond
The energy of a bond H2
Reaction Intermediates A + B > [C] > products
Reaction coordinate
Polymers
Molecular Machines Haemoglobin ATP synthase
Chemists Saviours of the Human Race?
DNA Sequencing - Fred Sanger - Chemist
Genetic Fingerprinting - Alex Jeffries - Chemist
Liquid Crystal Displays - George Gray - Chemist
ATP synthase - John Walker Paul Boyer - Chemists
Haemoglobin - Max Perutz - Chemist
Birth Control Pill - Carl Djerrasi - Chemist
Penicillin – Paul Flory - Chemist
Anti-malaria drugs - Chemistry
Molecular Computing - Jim Heath Chemist
Ozone Hole discovery – Molina – Chemist
Virus structures – Klug – Chemist
Platinum anti cancer drugs - Chemistry
Nike shoes polymers chemistry
Shampoo - chemistry