Sustainable Chemistry at Sungkyunkwan University

Solvents and sustainable chemistry

Solvents are widely recognized to be of great environmental concern. The reduction of their use is one of the most important aims of green chemistry. In addition to this, the appropriate selection of solvent for a process can greatly improve the sustainability of a chemical production process. There has also been extensive research into the application of so-called green solvents, such as ionic...

Radiochemistry and Nuclear Chemistry Laboratory at Washington University

(B) Multi-elemental analysis by X-ray fluorescence. (use in Art, Archeology and environmental science)(1 week). The advent of inexpensive high-resolution X-ray spectrometers based on thermoelectrically cooled Si-PIN diodes has opened the possibility of many innovative experiments in analytical chemistry with many applications in art and archeology, environmental monitoring, nuclear medicine, to...

Construction of an Experimental Chemistry Platform at Agricultural University

To address Agricultural University’s courses on the characteristics of chemical experiments, we designed an experimental chemistry platform. The platform includes modules on teaching resources, self-tests, interaction, and virtual experiments to build a user-friendly learning environment for the students. It was shown that the interactive teaching model engaged the students’ interest and helped...

Problem-based practical chemistry education at the university-industry interface: Organic Chemistry Summer School (OCSS)

Practical chemistry education typically follows one of two different pathways: laboratory classes with set experiments or problem-based learning/experiments (PBL/E) in a less prescriptive practical setting. Modern PBL/E approaches – often in private institutes – place the student into an applied research environment. All these are normally delivered by academics that also assess and feedback on...

Ionic Liquids: Solvents for sustainable chemistry