National Chemistry Week 2024
Event in full swing!
(photo by Shefali Patra)
Jean Carlan presenting the surprising thermodynamics of a rubber band!
(photo by Shefali Patra)
Heating the rubber band ...
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... how will the mass change?
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Wendy Epps making ice-cream
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Adding the secret ingredient - liquid nitrogen!
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The ice-cream is ready!
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The Glueck Group with their demo - Mirror Image Molecules
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Mirror Image Molecules
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The Gonzalez group with their demo - Viewing Chemical Structures in Augmented RealityÂ
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Viewing Chemical Structures in Augmented Reality
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The Pletneva group with their demo - Aesthetic Chemistry with Colorful Precipitation Reactions
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Aesthetic Chemistry with Colorful Precipitation Reactions
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Anita Prasad making nylon!
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The Aprahamian group with their demo - Picture Perfect Light Patterning and Oscillatory Reactions
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The Aprahamian group shows a chemical oscillator (the Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction)!
(video by Shefali Patra)
The Mirica group with their demo - Multifunctional Textiles for Sensing and Filtration
(photo by Shefali Patra)
Multifunctional Textiles for Filtration
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Multifunctional Textiles for Sensing
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Colorful MOFs!
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Aesthetic Chemistry with Colorful Precipitation Reactions
(photo by Shefali Patra)
Fun with nylon!
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Liquid nitrogen ice-cream
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Explaining the mystery of the rubber band
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National Chemistry Week 2023
Event in full swing!
(photo by Lilly Linden)
Enthusiastic visitors
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Mahima Sneha demonstrating with glow sticks (photo by Phoebe Yusen)
Vibrant fluorescent molecules
(photo by Shefali Patra)
Aprahamian lab showing self-assembly
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Patterning shapes onto a polymer film using light! (photo by Shefali Patra)
Wendy Epps making ice-cream!
(video by Shefali Patra)
A peek into the "kitchen"
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Checking out bacteria
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Kevin explaining natural indicators
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Fun with protein models!
(photo by Phoebe Yusen)
Kull lab visualizing proteins
(photo by Lilly Linden)
Playing with gold nanoparticles!
(photo by Phoebe Yusen)
Anita Prasad presenting nanoparticle synthesis (photo by Lilly Linden)
Zhang lab's computational models
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Wendy at the Ray School
(photo by Wendy Epps)
Kids fascinated by liquid nitrogen
(photo by Wendy Epps)
Young chemists!
(photo by Wendy Epps)
National Chemistry Week 2022
Decorations at Burke!
(photo by Lilly Linden)
Katherine Mirica with exploding pumpkins! (photo by Wendy Epps)
At the Ray School (photo by Katherine Mirica)
Moving shadows
(video by Lilly Linden)
Liquid nitrogen ice-cream
(video by Katherine Mirica)
Anita Prasad making nylon fibers
(video by Lilly Linden)
Morgan and Georganna dyeing a t-shirt
(photo by Lilly Linden)
Making slime with the Aprahamian group! (photo by Lilly Linden)
Simulation of nylon synthesis by
Zhang lab (photo by Lilly Linden)
Kim and Jorge of Sandford lab showing fibre dyeing (photo by Lilly Linden)
The Mirica group dyeing fabrics (photo by Lilly Linden)
Beautiful dyed fabrics! (photo by Lilly Linden)