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What would be an appropriate area of current chemical research that is good to study?
Note: These must be related to chemistry.
This is for a school assignment and its weighting is 25%.
I have to answer the following requirements:
1. There have been many advances in scientific understanding and technology in the are you have chosen. Evaluate how these advances changed the direction or nature of scientific thinking.
2. Assess the impact of the advances on the development of other technologies. (at least 3 negatives and 3 positives)
3. Identify possible future directions of research in your chosen area. (5 minimum)
There has to be an oral presentation as well as a written with 3-4 typed pages with diagrams etc.
I'm not asking you to do my presentation for me, but, what would be an appropriate field of chemistry to discuss? The teacher has given us two examples, Nanotubes + Bucky balls and the like and Food additives. I know that many people are going to choose them and I think being unique and creative will get you really good marks, that is, if you do the topic well, which I know I will.
This is for a school assignment and its weighting is 25%.
I have to answer the following requirements:
1. There have been many advances in scientific understanding and technology in the are you have chosen. Evaluate how these advances changed the direction or nature of scientific thinking.
2. Assess the impact of the advances on the development of other technologies. (at least 3 negatives and 3 positives)
3. Identify possible future directions of research in your chosen area. (5 minimum)
There has to be an oral presentation as well as a written with 3-4 typed pages with diagrams etc.
I'm not asking you to do my presentation for me, but, what would be an appropriate field of chemistry to discuss? The teacher has given us two examples, Nanotubes + Bucky balls and the like and Food additives. I know that many people are going to choose them and I think being unique and creative will get you really good marks, that is, if you do the topic well, which I know I will.
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There has been extensive new research in the field of waste water treatment - using organic methods rather than standard chemical treatment - in other words its now and industry that strives for waste water reduction using cheap and effective means rather than expensive chemical treatments.
It also includes making green fuels like ethanol from waste. You could extend or change the project to the life cycle of waste treatment from waste to ethanol fuel for green cars.
You could check out these sites for more information
http://www.qc.ec.gc.ca/csl/pro/pro029cg_e.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091112113421.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080813164640.htm
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2005/10/coors_doubling_.html
What about organic solar cells - the project could include the evolution from standard chemical expensive cells and the output with new organic solar cells made from polymer ( are you doing inorganic or organic chemistry? this one is perfect for organic chemistry )
You could check out these sites for more information
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090409151444.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer_solar_cell
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090115164518.htm
I didn't find anything interesting in the latest magazine from IJIC but you might like the research being done on nanofibres if you like that type of chemistry
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijic/ontents.html
Personally, I'd go for environmentally significant research like the solar cells - its an industry that needs to change for the future, a lot of research is being done and some pretty big companies are involved.
Hope these help you out.
It also includes making green fuels like ethanol from waste. You could extend or change the project to the life cycle of waste treatment from waste to ethanol fuel for green cars.
You could check out these sites for more information
http://www.qc.ec.gc.ca/csl/pro/pro029cg_e.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091112113421.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080813164640.htm
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2005/10/coors_doubling_.html
What about organic solar cells - the project could include the evolution from standard chemical expensive cells and the output with new organic solar cells made from polymer ( are you doing inorganic or organic chemistry? this one is perfect for organic chemistry )
You could check out these sites for more information
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090409151444.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer_solar_cell
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090115164518.htm
I didn't find anything interesting in the latest magazine from IJIC but you might like the research being done on nanofibres if you like that type of chemistry
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijic/ontents.html
Personally, I'd go for environmentally significant research like the solar cells - its an industry that needs to change for the future, a lot of research is being done and some pretty big companies are involved.
Hope these help you out.
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I enjoy the subject of metamaterials. Not sure if it falls under chemistry though so that's why I'm only commenting instead of answering.
I'll just provide links so you can make your own determination.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamaterial
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_index_metamaterials
http://www.ee.duke.edu/~drsmith/about_metamaterials.html
Metamaterials in the news (regarding funding):
http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=19686
http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=14636
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voZXdqGQpgU
There is also a field of medical research that uses specific (and targeted) living organisms (which can be cheaply grown in a lab) instead of chemical compounds (pills) to treat people. But I forgot the name of it so I went with metamaterials.
Thanks. These examples gave me a great idea of what field I might be looking into. I eventually settled on a topic that is similar to one of your examples. (I won't disclose what it is because I want it to be a surprise to the class, and they already found this website, with the aid of our teacher. That's epic, IHMO.)
Thanks once again.