HOT TOPIC 3 - NOBEL PRIZES IN CHEMISTRY

THIS HOT TOPIC WILL FOCUS ON THREE NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY:

  • The 2007 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Gerhard Ertl for his seminal work in the area of surface science, particularly at the gas–solid interface.
  • The 2022 Nobel Prize  Carolyn Bertozzi was awarded  for her development of bioorthogonal reactions, which allow scientists to explore cells and track biological processes without disrupting the normal chemistry of the cell
  • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016 was awarded jointly to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa "for the design and synthesis of molecular machines"