AirUCI is an Environmental Molecular Sciences Institute funded by the National Science Foundation. Director Barbara Finlayson-Pitts and colleagues found new chemistry that increases ozone formation, missing from existing models of choking smog.
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Chemists discover ozone-boosting reaction
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Going for gold
Gold nanowires can activate a credit card or launch a missile. Ervin Meneses, a 17-year old summer intern, grows gold-coated filaments 1,000th the width of a human hair.
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Imaging the inner workings of single molecules
Professor Ara Apkarian and colleagues are attempting to take time-lapse images of single molecules. His team was awarded $20 million from the National Science Foundation. UC Irvine scientists hope to make the first ever real-time videos of single molecules in action - a feat that has so far proved elusive, because the size and time scales are so small.
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Creating a buzz
UC Irvine researchers have developed the first "plastic antibodies" successfully employed in live organisms - stopping the spread of bee venom through the bloodstream of mice.
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Message from Chair Scott D. Rychnovsky
Welcome to the UCI Department of Chemistry! Located in sunny Orange County, just minutes from the beautiful beaches of Southern California, our department is one of the nation's largest producers of graduates with B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemistry. We have a commitment to excellence in research and instruction, and our faculty members have won numerous awards. Our research programs range from investigating the chemistry of the Earth's atmosphere to visualizing individual molecules. Our friendly and collegial environment provides an excellent climate for research students to pursue their studies.
