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NSF Centers for Chemical Innovation

NSF Centers for Chemical Innovation. Chemistry of the Universe Participating Organizations Emory University The Ohio State University Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics National Institute of Standards and Technology National Radio Astronomy Observatory University of Colorado

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NSF Centers for Chemical Innovation

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  1. NSF Centers for Chemical Innovation Chemistry of the Universe Participating Organizations Emory University The Ohio State University Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics National Institute of Standards and Technology National Radio Astronomy Observatory University of Colorado University of Virginia University of Wisconsin Mission Statement: Combine the powerful tools of chemistry with the new capabilities of next-generation radio astronomy observatories to achieve a quantitative and predictive understanding of interstellar chemistry and make chemistry a primary tool for exploring the structure and evolution of the Universe. E-mail: che-ccu@virginia.edu Web Site: http://www.virginia.edu/ccu/

  2. Origins of Nanoscience: Exotic Molecules and Chemistry in Space The role of basic science in creating new research frontiers

  3. Essential Results from the Field of Interstellar Chemistry Space is not empty The basic chemistry of life emerges under inhospitable conditions We know about this chemistry through quantitative measurement Chemistry is Universal

  4. Space is Not Empty The Interstellar Hockey Stick Nature’s largest reservoirs of molecular material are found in the space between the stars

  5. Water, Water Everywhere

  6. Images of Orion http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu Credit: Mouser Williams Wikipedia Notable Recent Findings: Water on Mars (Phoenix) Water on the Moon

  7. The Basic Chemistry of Life Emerges from the Cold and the Dust Organic Chemistry at 100K Orion Horsehead Nebula http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0202b/

  8. The Life Cycle of Molecular Material

  9. The Role of Quantitative Measurement in Interstellar Chemistry We have a high certainty of the identity of interstellar molecules through their unique quantum mechanical spectra Rotational Spectroscopy as a Molecular Fingerprint Frequency Measures Shape

  10. Water Absorption Next Generation NRAO Telescope Facilities: ALMA: 30 GHz (1 cm) – 1 THz (0.3mm) EVLA: 2 GHz (15 cm) – 50 GHz (0.6 cm) Blackbody Radiation Curves (Continuum Emission)

  11. Radio Astronomy Tools for Molecular Detection Single Dish Radio Telescopes: Green Bank Telescope 100m: Microwave (~50 GHz) National Radio Astronomy Observatory / Associated Universities, Inc. / National Science Foundation

  12. Single Dish Telescopes Provide Spectra

  13. Images in Astronomy http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2004/07/image/a/warn/

  14. Radio Astronomy Tools for Molecular ImagingThe Era of Broadband Interferometers(NRAO) ALMA Atacama Desert, Chile September 28, 2010 www.almaobservatory.org National Radio Astronomy Observatory / Associated Universities, Inc. / National Science Foundation

  15. Chemistry is Universal Unusual Carbon Chemistry of the Interstellar Medium Types of Carbon Bonds: sp-hybridized (linear) (acetylene) sp2-hybridized (planar) (ethene) sp3-hybridized (tetrahedral) (ethane)

  16. In terrestrial chemistry, “saturated” carbon species dominate (CNH2N): CH4 (methane) C4H10 (butane) C8H18 (octane) In space, a “carbon rich” chemistry was common: HC9N (HC11N: 1997) McCall B J Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2006;364:2953-2963

  17. New Forms of CarbonAn Inspiration from Studying the Chemistry of Space Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1996

  18. Nobel Prize in Physics 2010

  19. 25 Years of C60

  20. NSF Centers for Chemical Innovation Chemistry of the Universe Participating Organizations Emory University The Ohio State University Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics National Institute of Standards and Technology National Radio Astronomy Observatory University of Colorado University of Virginia University of Wisconsin Contact Us: E-mail: che-ccu@virginia.edu Web Site: http://www.virginia.edu/ccu/ E-mail: che-ccu@virginia.edu Web Site: http://www.virginia.edu/ccu/

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