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TIER 1 Canada Research Chair in Solar Fuels

Geoff’s Tier 1 Canada Research position has been renewed for a third term until 2021! The goal of the research is to discover materials and processes which have the capacity to transform carbon dioxide, water and sunlight to carbon monoxide, … Continue reading

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Dr. Ozin Featured in Departmental ‘Eureka Moments’

Professor Ozin was recently featured in a video series by Emeritus University Professor Bryan Jones highlighting the pioneering research achievements of faculty members in the Dept. of Chemistry over the previous decades. In the video, Geoff reminisces about Eureka moments … Continue reading

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CO2: Conflict or Harmony

In his latest article, Professor Ozin talks about society’s relationship with CO2 and whether we can begin utilising it as a carbon source and not treat it as a waste product. The full essay is available on the Materials Views … Continue reading

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Solar Refinery: Can we have our carbon cake and eat it too?

Professor Ozin discusses the work of Dr. Christos Maravelias and the concept of solar refinery for turning CO2 into hydrocarbons The full version of the latest opinion piece can be found on the Materials Views website

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Charge of the Sunlight Brigade

In his latest Materials Views opinion article, Professor Ozin makes a connection between solar fuels research and Alfred Lord Tennyson’s classic poem Charge of the Light Brigade. The full essay can be found here

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Advanced Material Research News Article

Professor Ozin’s Research News article in Advanced Materials has appeared online. In it, Geoff discusses the latest developments in CO2 capture and conversion technology and whether they can effectively mitigate climate change. The full article can be found here

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Exploring the Possibilities and Limitations of a Nanomaterials Genome

The graphic art shows a Word Cloud depiction of the Nano World which considers how the whole human brain creates, stores and transforms concepts of Nanochemistry, assembling concepts of the Nanomaterials Genome in new ways and to useful products. As … Continue reading

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New Front Cover in Small

Our group’s latest work on Si nanocrystals has been featured on the inside front cover of Small! Adding a sulfur atom to allylbenzene is shown by J. Rinck, G. A. Ozin, and co-workers to boost the photoluminescence quantum yield of … Continue reading

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Latest Materials Views NanoChannel Essay

Professor Ozin discusses the elite journal publishing landscape and the emergence of Advanced Science in his latest opinion piece. The full essay can be found here

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Nanochemist Geoffrey Ozin and Artist Todd Siler discussing ArtNano Innovations

Prof. Ozin and art-science collaborator Todd Siler discuss the progress of their joint project ArtNano Innovations in the following video

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