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The observation that mechanical stretching can control the redox states and conductance of a single molecule provides a way to mechanically switch its electronic properties, with potential applications in electromechanical molecular machines.
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Electrochemical cleavage was shown to proceed for free alkoxyamines in solution, and for alkoxyamines tethered to a silicon electrode, the latter providing a strategy for in situ generation of surface-tethered nitroxides or surface-tethered carbocations.
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Scientists at ANU have contributed to an international study that will potentially help humans to colonise Mars and find life on other planets.
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hese findings will help to design advanced photoresists in which distinct material properties are encoded with different colours of light in 3D laser lithography.
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The work has implications for the study of how static surface charges or externally applied electric fields can influence chemical bonding and reactivity, an area that is starting to attract enormous interest.
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The RSC celebrated its 50th anniversary with the unveiling of a special sculpture which now hangs in our main foyer. Titled 'Translation', it was created by Dr Julie Brooke from the ANU School of Art & Design and sculptor Geoff Farquhar-Still. The work is an abstract rendition of the many aspects of modern chemistry.
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27 May - 3 June marked the 2018 National Reconciliation Week. The 2018 theme was 'Don't Keep History a Mystery'.
As part of the 2018 National Reconciliation Week celebrations, the Research School of Chemistry hosted a Heritage Walk and we were joined by Ngunawal Elder Wally Bell. Wally gave us some fantastic insights into Aboriginal Culture and Heritage.
We would like to extend a big thank you for Wally for his insights, particularly the Welcome to Country in the RSC Foyer!
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A new form - referred to as akamptisomerism - has been described through four resolved stereoisomers of a transoid (BF)O(BF)- quinoxalinoporphyrin compound.
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The Westpac Future Leaders Scholarship ‘supports exceptional individuals to undertake post-graduate study at one of Australia's leading universities’.