Adventurous Research in Chemstry at Oxford
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Oxford
Department Name: Oxford Chemistry
Abstract
Chemistry is an outward-looking, vibrant and adventurous discipline. These projects are specifically designed to support new, pioneering research within the 'Spirit of Adventure'. If successful / and there is absolutely no guarantee that they will be successful / we will find answers to the vexing questions:1) How can we develop new sensors and devices to study individual molecules, especially biologically-important molecules? 2) How small can a metal be, and still be a metal? 3) How does nature make magnets and catalysts that we cannot make in the laboratory?
Organisations
Publications
Zurek E
(2009)
A molecular perspective on lithium-ammonia solutions.
in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
Willitsch S
(2008)
Cold Reactive Collisions between laser-cooled ions and velocity-selected neutral molecules.
in Physical review letters
S Willitsch
(2008)
Combination of Coulomb Crystal and Quadrupole velocity selector for the study of reactions at sub-Kelvin temperatures
in n/a in Final Report Data
Lodge MT
(2013)
Multielement NMR studies of the liquid-liquid phase separation and the metal-to-nonmetal transition in fluid lithium- and sodium-ammonia solutions.
in The journal of physical chemistry. B
Lo C
(2014)
Stark shift and field ionization of arsenic donors in 28Si-silicon-on-insulator structures
in Applied Physics Letters
Edwards PP
(2006)
The possibility of a liquid superconductor.
in Chemphyschem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry
Cahill ST
(2019)
Studies on the inhibition of AmpC and other ß-lactamases by cyclic boronates.
in Biochimica et biophysica acta. General subjects
| Description | One particular advance of note was the subsequent proposal (see references; following this early work in the Adventurous Project ) of the possibility of a high-temperature superconductor existing wholly in the liquid state. We believe that this opens up a potentially revolutionary advance in the science AND technology of superconducting materials and devices Similarly , this funding enabled us to establish a most fruitful collaboration with Nobel Laureate Roald Hoffmann and his colleague Eva Zurek at Cornell (see references) |
| Exploitation Route | Transportation of sustainable electricity from distant sites through a liquid, high-temperature superconductor |
| Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Electronics,Energy,Environment |
| Description | The work has reopened a dialogue as to the precise nature of the behavior of venerable so-called 'excess electrons in fluids'; Specifically, renewed interest in Birch reductionsin synthetic organic chemistry, approaches used in widespread applications in medicinal and pharmaceutical science. For example, the world-renowned Group of Professor AGM Barrett FRS (Imperial) and ourselves are now investigating approaches to new-generation, high-performance reducing agents in synthetic organic and medicinal chemistry. Peter Edwards was invited by Professor Barrett to give the 2015 Hoffman Lecture at Imperial on these very same exciting issues |
| First Year Of Impact | 2013 |
| Sector | Chemicals,Education,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic |