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During the fall 2015 semester, students enrolled in the Green Chemistry course (CHEM 462) were involved in a unique initiative. They entirely created their very own journal composed of reports and critiques inspired by the 12 principles of green chemistry. An editorial board composed of students in the course was cast and defined teh scope for this new publication. Students each wrote an article, submitted it to the editors, peer evaluted each other's work and finally presented their final work.

Classified as: journal, Student
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Published on: 8 Dec 2015

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Professor Robert ('Bob') Marchessault, who died peacefully last month on September 16th, 2015, the day of his 87th birthday.

Classified as: memorial tribute
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Published on: 2 Nov 2015

Two 91˿Ƶ Green Chemists Professors Robin Rogers and C-J Li have again earned the recognition by being among the top 1% most cited for their subject fields.  This award represents some of the world’s most influential scientific minds. Only 5 chemists in Canada are recognized.  Both Prof. Rogers and Prof. Li were also recognized in 2014.

Classified as: Highly cited
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Published on: 13 Oct 2015

Associate professor Audrey Moores was recently featured in the french radio programme "Les Années Lumière" hosted by Yanick Villedieu. In a mini series of 3 chronicles « La règle de 3 », broadcasted on ICI-Radio Canada on Sep.

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Published on: 11 Oct 2015

The CSACS Student Symposium took place on September 18th 2015, at 91˿Ƶ’s New Residence Hall. This event is an occasion for students to share their work with the local self-assembly community. Prof. Gilles Bourret (Salzburg University), a former CSACS member himself, gave the keynote lecture. Bourret discussed the use of  electrochemical approaches to prepare plasmonic nanostructures with a high level of control, including coaxial lithography (COAL), a method he helped develop as a postdoctoral fellow in Chad Mirkin’s group (Northwestern University).

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Published on: 25 Sep 2015

The heavier a car is, the more fuel it consumes, so finding ways to reduce vehicle weight is a key goal in the auto industry.

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Published on: 25 Sep 2015

The solvent-free mechanochemical synthesis of a metal-organic framework, ZIF-8, was followed in real-time by in situ X-ray diffraction monitoring‎. The movie can be seen .

Classified as: mechanochemistry, Video
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Published on: 19 Aug 2015

Researchers at 91˿Ƶ have discovered a clean photo-driven pathway for the efficient synthesis of aryl iodides under extremely mild conditions. The finding, published June 18 in J. Am. Chem. Soc., provides a more straightforward and greener option for preparing versatile iodide reagents, and avoids the problem of metal residue in synthetic chemistry.

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Published on: 12 Jul 2015

The 91˿Ƶ News Magazine recently highlighted the development of green chemistry in our department, featuring Tomislav Friščić, C.J. Li, Robin Rogers and Audrey Moores. Read more on the .

Classified as: Green Chemistry
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Published on: 25 Jun 2015

Dr. Theresa Dankovich has gone a long way since earning a PhD at 91˿Ƶ from the group of Derek Gray. While at 91˿Ƶ she invented a method to synthetize , which could be directly used as powerful antibacterial filters. Now she is developping this idea to create books to help bring safe water around the world. Each page is printed with food grade ink to teach populations about safer water management practices. But the same pages can be detached and directly used as filters.

Classified as: drinkable book, gray
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Published on: 25 Jun 2015

Congratulations to Prof. Moitessier, whose generous volunteer assistance with a local High School student led to the discovery of a molecule with potential to inhibit the spread of the deadly Ebola disease, and earned 1st place National Science Fair Honours, an interview on CBC daybreak, and a .

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Published on: 4 Jun 2015

91˿Ƶ’s Board of Governors accepted the recommendation of Principal Suzanne Fortier to appoint Prof. R. Bruce Lennox as Dean of the Faculty of Science at its meeting on 21 May 2015. Prof. Lennox will take office on 1 July 2015 for a five-year term.

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Published on: 22 May 2015

On May 14th 2015, E-Innovation, a team all composed of 91˿Ƶ Chemistry staff and students, was awarded the second place of the 2015 91˿Ƶ Dobson Cup Start-UP Competition for entrepreneurs in the Innovation Driven Track. The co-founders of E-Innovation are Prof. Janine Mauzeroll, Laurence Danis, Dr. Tomer Noyhouzer, Dr. Michael E. Snowden and Dr. Ushula M. Tefashe.  The team would like to thank once again their mentors Marc St-Arnaud, Gregory Kalinin and Pr.

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Published on: 15 May 2015

Imagine taking strands of DNA – the material in our cells that determines how we look and function – and using it to build tiny structures that can deliver drugs to targets within the body or take electronic miniaturization to a whole new level.

Classified as: Nanotechnology, Research, DNA, chemistry, 91˿Ƶ News, Hanadi Sleiman, Graham Hamblin, Janane Rahbani
Published on: 6 May 2015

The faculty members of the department of chemistry successfully secured funding in this year round of . Congratulations to Chris Barrett, Jim Gleason, Audrey Moores, Brad Siwick for leading winning applications and Tomislav Friscic, Chris Barrett, Nic Moitessier, Masad Dahma, CJ Li, and Brad Siwick for participating in new initiatives. Thomas Preston also received a Nouveau Chercheur grant. Well done.

Classified as: grant
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Published on: 5 May 2015

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