/channels/taxonomy/term/5998/all en /channels/channels/news/mcgill-department-chemistry-signs-green-chemistry-commitment-346936 <p>The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Department of Chemistry has signed the Green Chemistry Commitment (GCC) from <a href="https://www.beyondbenign.org/">Beyond Benign</a>, an organization that develops and disseminates green chemistry and sustainable science educational resources that empower educators, students, and the community at large to practice sustainability through chemistry.</p> Fri, 17 Mar 2023 14:05:53 +0000 webfull 188170 at /channels /channels/channels/news/sustainability-research-nuclear-magnetic-resonance-lab-finding-creative-solutions-346902 <p><em>Helium is probably not the first thing that comes to mind for most people when they think about recycling – unless they’re experimental chemists working in ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ’s Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) facilities.</em></p> Thu, 16 Mar 2023 14:56:15 +0000 webfull 188134 at /channels /channels/channels/event/green-lab-initiative-lunch-learn-345811 <p>You are invited to attend the Green Labs Initiative Lunch & Learn on Green Chemistry.</p> Wed, 01 Feb 2023 16:16:11 +0000 webfull 186905 at /channels /channels/channels/news/more-sustainable-way-make-dna-based-medications-323875 <p>Scientists at ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ have developed a solvent-free method for making oligonucleotides, short strands of DNA of growing significance in research and the pharmaceutical industry.</p> Mon, 24 Aug 2020 17:43:20 +0000 webfull 162673 at /channels /channels/channels/event/love-green-chemistry-and-art-then-3rd-mcgill-department-chemistry-chemphoto-photo-exhibition-you-304165 &²Ή³Ύ±θ;±τ³Ω;±θ&²Ή³Ύ±θ;²΅³Ω;Μύ&²Ή³Ύ±θ;±τ³Ω;/±θ&²Ή³Ύ±θ;²΅³Ω; Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:51:03 +0000 webfull 157340 at /channels /channels/channels/news/rocket-fuel-thats-cleaner-safer-and-still-full-energy-295877 <p></p><div></div> <p>Research published this week in Science Advances shows that it may be possible to create rocket fuel that is much cleaner and safer than the hypergolic fuels that are commonly used today. And still just as effective. The new fuels use simple chemical β€œtriggers” to unlock the energy of one of the hottest new materials, a class of porous solids known as metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs. MOFs are made up of clusters of metal ions and an organic molecule called a linker.</p> Thu, 11 Apr 2019 18:13:50 +0000 webfull 148398 at /channels /channels/channels/news/science-mag-ultraviolet-light-could-provide-powerful-new-source-green-fuel-294895 <p>Methanolβ€”a colourless liquid that can be made from agricultural wasteβ€”has long been touted as a green alternative to fossil fuels. But it’s toxic and only has half the energy as the same volume of gasoline. Now, <a href="/chemistry/faculty/cj-li">Chao-Jun Li</a> and colleagues report they’ve created a potentially cheap way to use sunlight to convert methanol to ethanol, a more popular alternative fuel that’s less harmful and carries more energy.</p> Thu, 21 Feb 2019 20:01:03 +0000 webfull 146664 at /channels /channels/channels/news/tomislav-friscic-awarded-steacie-prize-natural-sciences-292481 <p>Professor <a href="http://friscic.research.mcgill.ca/">Tomislav FriőčiΔ‡</a> is the recipient of the prestigious <a href="http://www.steacieprize.ca/index_e.html">Steacie Prize for Natural Sciences</a> for his exceptional contributions to Green Chemistry research in Canada. He is the third ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ professor to win the Steacie Prize, and the first ever ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ professor to win it for chemistry. The two previous winners from ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ are Vicky Kaspi, Physics and Astronomy (2006) and Phil Gold, Medicine (1973).</p> Fri, 14 Dec 2018 16:01:28 +0000 webfull 144138 at /channels /channels/channels/news/greener-way-make-ketones-284242 <p>Researchers at ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ have discovered a new, more environmentally friendly way to make ketones, an important chemical ingredient in pharmaceuticals.Β  While ketones are found in a wide range of useful chemicals, they are commonly prepared through energy-intensive, multi-step technologies that create significant chemical waste.Β  In an article published online last month in <em>Nature Chemistry</em>, the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ scientists demonstrate how carbon monoxide, a widely available by-product of combustion, can instead be used to form high-energy chemicals that react directly with benzene to</p> Fri, 26 Jan 2018 20:22:15 +0000 webfull 134503 at /channels /channels/channels/news/shaking-gold-and-palladium-284208 <p>Mechanochemical method makes noble metal compounds without solvents or harsh reagents. Read more in <a href="https://cen.acs.org/articles/96/i5/Shaking-gold-palladium.html">Chemical & Engineering News</a>, the magazine of the American Chemical Society.</p> Fri, 26 Jan 2018 03:13:33 +0000 webfull 134467 at /channels /channels/news/mcgill-chemistry-phd-graduate-secures-green-chemistry-research-grant-239486 <p>Reuben Hudson (bottom right on the photo) is currnetly a post doctoral fellow at Colby University in Maine, in the group of Jeffrey Katz, where he studies the synthesis of polymers. He secured this summer a large research grant on Green Chemistry with reknown green chemists Sankaran Thayumanavan from UMass-Amherst, Eric Beckman from University of Pittsburgh, and John Warner of the Warner-Babcock Institute, from the Science, Education, and Engineering for Sustainability (SEES) program of the National Science Foundation.</p> Sat, 11 Oct 2014 01:05:21 +0000 webfull 105842 at /channels /channels/news/making-hydrogenation-greener-228980 <p>Researchers from ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Wako, Japan) and the Institute for Molecular Science (Okazaki, Japan) have discovered a way to make the widely used chemical process of hydrogenation more environmentally friendly – and less expensive.</p> <p> Thu, 27 Jun 2013 19:02:43 +0000 webfull 97152 at /channels /channels/news/tomislav-friscic-awarded-nserc%E2%80%99s-steacie-memorial-fellowship-265609 <p>The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada has awarded an E.W.R Steacie Memorial Fellowship to Prof. Tomislav FriőčiΔ‡, to support his work in an innovative branch of chemistry that aims to develop environmentally friendly alternatives to solvent-based chemical processes. Β </p> <p><span>NSERC awards up to six of these two-year, $250,000 fellowships annually to enhance the career development of outstanding and highly promising scientists and engineers.</span></p> Tue, 07 Feb 2017 15:08:20 +0000 webfull 124690 at /channels /channels/event/ccvc-seminar-huw-davies-dr-huw-m-l-davies-collaborative-approach-c-h-functionalization-255299 <p>The development of practical methods for site selective C-H functionalization is of intense current interest.</p> Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:53:34 +0000 webfull 112458 at /channels /channels/news/sustainable-innovation-through-green-chemistry-case-competition-promotes-cross-faculty-collaboration-243612 <p>On January 16-17, 2015, the Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM), CREATE in Green Chemistry, and the Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design (TISED), jointly hosted a workshop and case competition on <i>Sustainable Innovation through Green Chemistry</i>.</p> Mon, 16 Mar 2015 20:53:41 +0000 webfull 108906 at /channels