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SUMMARY:Exploring AI to Program and Network Chemical Reactor Systems: Towa
 rds Novel Molecular and Chemical Systems Discovery - Prof. Lee Cronin FRSE
 \, School of Chemistry\, University of Glasgow
DTSTART:20141022T130000Z
DTEND:20141022T140000Z
UID:TALK54971@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Vanessa Blake
DESCRIPTION:The control and prediction of complex chemical systems is a ve
 ry hard problem due to the nature of the interactions\, transformations an
 d processes occurring. From self-assembly to catalysis and self-organisati
 on\, complex chemical systems are often heterogeneous mixtures that at the
  most extreme exhibiting system level functions for instance that could be
  observed in a living cell. In this talk I will outline an approach to und
 erstand and explore complex chemical systems for discovery using an automa
 ted reactor platform to control chemical unit operations according to a we
 ll-defined program and feedback / self optimisation. By investigating the 
 system not just at the molecular level\, but by characterising the spatio-
 temporal dynamics\, the aim is to understand how to control system level e
 mergence of complex chemical behaviour\, as well as cascaded chemical synt
 hesis\, and even view the system-level behaviour as a programmable entity 
 capable of information processing. In particular I will discuss our ideas 
 for embodying algorithms into wet chemical formats attempting to explore w
 ays of developing universal chemical reactors aiming for modularity\, repr
 oducibility and interoperability.\n\n1. H. N. Miras\, G. J. T. Cooper\, D.
 -L. Long\, H. Bögge\, A. Müller\, C. Streb and L. Cronin\, ‘Unveiling 
 the Transient Template in the Self Assembly of a Molecular Oxide Nano-Whee
 l’\, Science\, 2010\, 327\, 72-74. DOI: 10.1126/science.1181735
\n\n2.
  C. J. Richmond\, H. N. Miras\, A. R. de la Oliva\, H. Zang\, V. Sans\, L.
  Paramonov\, C. Makatsoris\, R. Inglis\, E. K. Brechin\, D-L. Long\, L. Cr
 onin\, ‘A flow-system array for the discovery and scale up of inorganic 
 clusters’ Nature Chem.\, 2012\, 4\, 1037-1043. DOI:10.1038/nchem.1489\n\
 n3. I. Prat\, J. S. Mathieson\, M. Güell\, X. Ribas\, J. M. Luis\, L. Cro
 nin\, M. Costas\, 'Observation of Fe(V)=O using variable temperature mass 
 spectrometry and its enzyme-like C–H and C=C oxidation reactions.' Natur
 e Chemistry\, 2011\, 3\, 788. DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1132
\n\n4. G. J. T. Co
 oper\, P. J. Kitson\, R. Winter\, M. Zagnoni\, D.-L. Long and L. Cronin 
 ‘Modular Redox Active Inorganic Chemical Cells: iCHELLs’\, Angew. Chem
 . Int. Ed.\, 2011\, 50\, 10373. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201105068\n\n5. M. D. Sy
 mes\, P. J. Kitson\, J. Yan\, C. J. Richmond\, G. J. T. Cooper\, R. W. Bow
 man\, T. Vilbrandt\, L. Cronin\, 'Integrated 3Dprinted reactionware for ch
 emical synthesis and analysis'\, Nature Chem.\, 2012\, 4\, 349-354. DOI :1
 0.1038/nchem.1313
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 1\, Department of Chemical Engineering  and Biote
 chnology\, New Museums Site
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