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Tag: computational chemistry

August 24, 2020 blog post

Authentic Research Experiences Amid The Pandemic

On a lovely spring day, as I was lying on the Skinner Green and soaking up the sun, my phone buzzed. It

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January 17, 2020 blog post

How is a shopping cart like a nanoparticle? What coarse-grained molecular models can show us about nano-bio interactions

Imagine you work at a grocery store and you need to figure out how many shopping carts will fit in

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April 15, 2019 blog post

Engineered gold nanoparticles can be like ice cream scoops covered in chocolate sprinkles

There are many ways to interrogate molecular phenomena. You might think that this is restricted to physical measurements such as

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Holiday nanoparticle
December 20, 2018 blog post

A Holiday Sustainable Nano Riddle: How does a polymer wrap around a nanoparticle? Like a ball of yarn, or like a bow on a gift box?

The title of this post presents a riddle similar to the one that I solved along with my advisor, Professor

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August 17, 2018 blog post

A Quick Peek Into Computational Chemistry

When talking about chemists, what image comes to your mind? Labs, tubes, beakers, colorful solutions, turning dirt into gold… Yes,

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e-waste
May 10, 2018 blog post

How do nanomaterials from e-waste transform in water? Computational chemistry helps find the answer

The development of nanotechnology has been an exciting route to chemical innovation that has changed the way that we live.

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December 1, 2016 blog post

What is Machine Learning and How is it Changing Physical Chemistry and Materials Science?

When I talk about artificial intelligence (AI), the usual images that come to mind are from fiction: Hal from 2001:

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