The GAO Materials Chemistry Research Group

Fuel From the Sun: NanoChannel Materials Views

admin — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:32:48 +0000

Imagine life in a “clean house gas” rather than a “green house gas” world; this will require a change of human behavior from that practiced in the Anthropocene era where the Earth’s ecosystems have been negatively impacted by humans to the “Sustanocene” age where humans strive to heal the Earth through renewable technologies to make things better.

Read the essay here.

Can. J. Chem. Special Issue Dedicated to Prof. Ozin

admin — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:12:51 +0000

The Canadian Journal of Chemistry has published a special issue dedicated to Prof. Ozin on the occasion of his 70th birthday. The issue contains several articles from group alumni and a tribute to Geoff by Prof. George Whitesides from Harvard University.

The full issue is available from the publisher and Prof. Whitesides’ tribute letter can be accessed here.

Chem. Soc. Rev. Tutorial Review on Photonic Crystals

admin — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:20:18 +0000

Prof. Ozin and collaborators/group alumni Prof. Georg Von Freymann, Prof. Bettina Lotsch, and Prof. Vladimir Kitaev have written an invited review on Bottom-Up Assembly of Photonic Crystals as a part of a themed issue of Chem. Soc. Rev. on functional nanomaterials.

The full review is available from the publisher’s website

Si-LEDs Featured in The Economist

admin — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:59:51 +0000

Our group’s collaborative work on nanocrystalline silicon light emitting diodes (Si-LEDs) has been highlighted in The Economist.

You can read the full article here and the research paper here.

Nanomaterials Kaleidoscope – Building a Nanochemistry Periodic Table!

admin — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:14:21 +0000

In his latest Nanochannel Materials Views essay, Dr. Ozin makes a case for a new kind of combinatorial strategy for making nanomaterials based on the idea of nanochemistry DNA. Artwork Credit: Tood Siler

Read the essay here.

Si-LEDs Collaboration Featured in C&EN News

admin — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:12:46 +0000

Our group’s collaborative work on nanocrystalline silicon light emitting diodes (Si-LEDs) has been featured in the latest issue of C&EN News.

You can read the full highlight here and the research article here.

nc-Si LED’s Featured on Cover of Small

admin — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:53:42 +0000

Our group’s recent article on the effect of capping ligands on the performance of nanocrystalline Si-LEDs has been featured on the front cover of Small (Small, 2012, DOI:10.1002/smll.201201242).

You can read the full article here

Spin of a Nanotech Spin-Off Essay

admin — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:31:05 +0000

Geoff’s essay on the current state of entrepreneurship in nanotechnology has been published as the front cover of a recent issue of Advanced Engineering Materials.

The full essay is also available for download through the journal. Innovation in nanotechnology often springs from ideas birthed in universities yet the attitudes of stakeholders towards entrepreneurship in our seats of knowledge is underappreciated. In this article I explore the challenges faced by academics and students when confronted with the collision between fundamental research in the pursuit of knowledge and applied research directed at the creation of products, jobs, and wealth.

Kavli Symposium Lecture on Green Chemtronics

admin — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:59:15 +0000

Dr.Ozin was recently in Oslo, Norway where he gave a lecture on green nanochemistry at the Kavli Symposium.

The full lecture titled “Green Chemtronics” can be downloaded here.

2012 Chemistry in Society Lectures

admin — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:17:14 +0000

Dr. Ozin was recently in Vancouver, BC where he gave two 2012 CIC Chemistry in Society lectures at Simon Fraser University’s Department of Chemistry and School of Business.

The full lectures titled “Photonic Color: Lab-To-Market” and “Materiology: Past, Present, and Future” can be downloaded here and here.