ChemTube 3D polymer
ChemTube3D is a freely available website based at the University of Liverpool aimed at students, lecturers and practising chemists.
The web-based interactive simulations of materials and polymers available in ChemTube3D were created as part of a HEA Physical Sciences Centre Development project that enjoyed additional support from the Portfolio Partnership and funded two summer undergraduate students.
'Molecular Cages - The Hole Story'
As part of the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2017, a team from the Department of Chemistry showcased some of the cutting edge research carried out in the Cooper Group as part of their exhibit stand ‘Molecular Cages – The Hole Story.’
Selected from a competitive application process, the team were selected as one of only 22 exhibitors, and brought to life the research around porous organic cages through a series of hands-on interactives.
Dry Water on display at the Times Cheltenham Science Festival and Catalyst Chemistry Museum, June 2011
The annual Times Cheltenham Science Festival celebrates all branches of science and putting it on display to the public. The Discover Zone is the Festival’s free interactive demonstration area, showcasing a variety of eye-catching scientific principles and products. In 2011 the Cooper Group was invited to lay out a stall exhibiting Dry Water chemistry as part of the EPSRC Impact Trail.
Ben Carter spent the week demonstrating the seemingly mad science behind dry water and liquid marbles, and the uses these materials can be put to in gas storage and catalysis. School groups, scientists and members of the public were able to see water being blended into powder before their very eyes, before then seeing the water squeezed out again.
Ben then spent a further day at the Catalyst Chemistry Museum in Widnes, as part of the RSC team supporting Chemistry at Work week. Pupils and teachers from a number of local schools were able to see dry water chemistry up close and personal.
ChemCareers 2010 presents: “Chemistry Degree… What’s Next?”
The Liverpool RSC Younger Members Committee organised a series of short talks by a variety early career chemists, for the benefit of Chemistry students at the University of Liverpool. The aim was to provide inspiration for those wondering what they could do with their Chemistry degree.
Alongside the Cooper Group’s Ben Carter were employees from Tata Steel, Rockwood Additives, ACAL Energy, the RSC and Laser Micromachining Ltd, discussing how they progressed from graduation to gainful employment.
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