8 questions · 3 almanac · 1 findings

Analytical Chemistry

Techniques for identifying and quantifying chemical substances.

Almanac Sorting Wet Sand by Colour
  • Why was separating amino acids from each other so difficult before Martin and Synge's method?
Almanac From the Crime Lab to the Linen Cupboard
  • What chemical reaction allows colorimetric tests to detect semen on fabric?
  • How did Takeshi Makino repurpose forensic chemistry into a consumer product marketed to suspicious spouses?
  • What evidential limitations does a home test face that a criminal forensic lab does not?
Finding Solution-processed structural colors and their applications
  • What wet-chemistry routes can produce structural color without cleanroom fabrication equipment?
  • How does sol-gel chemistry convert metal alkoxide precursors into oxide layers for photonic nanostructures?
  • What minimum equipment and budget are needed to build a lab setup for solution-processed structural color fabrication?