Chemistry at the Space-Time Limit (CaSTL)
Chemistry at
the Space-Time Limit (CaSTL) is a Center
for Chemical Innovation (CCI) at
UCI,
which is funded through the National
Science Foundation, and
administered through ISIS. The center is
dedicated to the development of real-time experiments with atomistic
resolution to probe the inner workings of molecules that characterize
elementary events in chemistry and photophysics. These processes
include: the oxidation and reduction of a single molecule, making and
breaking of chemical bonds, charge transfer/transport, heterogeneous
catalysis and videography of chemistry on the nanoscale. The capability
to follow individual chemical events with atomistic resolution would
usher a new perspective and mode of inquiry into molecular science and
engineering. Indeed, for the purposes of instructing chemistry, it is
hard to imagine a more incisive tool than the time-lapsed images of
molecules undergoing chemical change, or responding to various external
perturbations.
