Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi And Akira Suzuki Win 2010 Nobel Prize In Chemistry
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 - 12:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki have won 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing new, more efficient ways of linking carbon atoms together to build the complex molecules that are improving our everyday lives - palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis. Basically, it allows researchers to make chemicals easier. Carbon-based (you called it 'organic' in college) chemistry is the basis of life and has allowed man to explain parts of the world using natural laws but also provided a stable foundation for functional molecules, which led to revolutionary materials like plastics. read more