Peter Debye(1884 – 1966)- Phenomenal Achievements in Physical Chemistry
When the Dutch physicist and physical chemist Petrus Debye first arrived from Europe at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, in 1939-1940 to deliver the...
Illuminating nanoparticle growth with X-rays
Hydrogen fuel cells are a promising technology for producing clean and renewable energy, but the cost and activity of their cathode materials is a...
Otto Hahn (1879 – 1968)- The Father of Nuclear Chemistry
One of the greatest pioneers in radioactivity and radiochemistry, German chemist Otto Emil Hahn was awarded the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his...
Jacobus Henricus van ‘t Hoff (1852–1911)
Jacobus Henricus van ‘t Hoff (1852–1911)
The Father of Physical Chemistry
The prestigious Nobel Prizes were first awarded in 1901 and the first Nobel Laureate...
Researchers overcome Microbial Electro-Synthesis Hurdles
Twin breakthroughs by researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, overcome two issues holding back development of microbial...
Boron – Not boring, but complex and versatile
Boron, the fifth element of the Periodic Table, is one of its unsung heroes, but a hero all the same. Unfortunately, overshadowed by its...
Lithium – Powering today’s technology
Once an element with limited known uses, today lithium, the first metal of the periodic table and also its lightest metal (density around half...
Coca cola and Pepsi to curb their Plastic Waste
James Quincey of Coca cola and Ramon Laguarta of PepsiCo alongside Dow Chemical’s Jim Fitterling are part of a new Alliance to End Plastic...
Paul Karrer (1889 – 1971)- Pioneering research on the structure of vitamins
Paul Karrer, a Swiss organic chemist, was the first to unravel the chemical structure of several vitamins and plant dyes, and also the first...
Herbert C. Brown (1912 – 2004)
A few times in the history of chemistry have new synthetic methods been deemed so important that the originators have been awarded the Nobel...
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