Abstract: Fluorescence microscopy offers chemists the ability to obtain subensemble information about synthetic reactions that would otherwise be obscured by the ensemble-averaging effects inherent to traditional analytical techniques. An important subset of studies that are possible through fluorescence microscopy is the investigation of polymerization reactions. These reactions have been key to produce items such as plastic bottles, electronic devices, resins, and clothing.

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Abstract: The development of carbon dioxide capture and concentration technologies is vital to mitigate anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions. Nearly all of the illustrative mitigation pathways to decarbonization depend upon CO2 capture. Current state-of-the-art technologies for carbon capture are predominantly thermal based. However, the practical applications of this technology have been limited by low overall energetic inefficiency due to Carnot limitations and thermal sorbent degradation.

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Growing global energy demands and greenhouse gas emissions require the development of innovative technologies to both sustain the energy needs of the future and eliminate anthropogenic sources of climate change. By designing and deploying systems that capture, concentrate, and convert CO2 to useful feedstocks on large scale using renewable, carbonless energy sources, we may be able to achieve a net neutral carbon economy.