College of Chemistry

Print, recycle, repeat: Scientists demonstrate a biodegradable printed circuit

September 1, 2022
Theresa Duque | Berkeley Lab

A Berkeley Lab-led research team has developed a fully recyclable and biodegradable printed circuit. The research could divert wearable devices and other flexible electronics from landfill, and mitigate the health and environmental hazards posed by heavy metal waste. (Credit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab)

According to the United Nations, less than a quarter of all U.S. electronic waste gets recycled. In 2021 alone, global e-waste surged at 57.4 million tons, and only 17.4% of that was...

In Memoriam: Richard Andersen

September 10, 2019
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release
The field of inorganic chemistry has lost one of its most passionate practitioners; Professor Richard Andersen passed away in Oakland, California, on June 16, 2019, at the age of 76.

What happens when you explode a chemical bond?

July 11, 2019
By Robert Sanders | UC Berkeley media relations
UCB Chemists using some of the shortest laser pulses available have now been able to resolve the step-by-step process leading to the exploding of a chemical bond, essentially making a movie of the event.

New ‘chain mail’ material of interlocking molecules is tough, flexible and easy to make

January 23, 2023
By Robert Sanders | UC Berkeley media relations

The individual building blocks of a catenane are polyhedral molecules — a type of adamantane — that link arms to form a 2D mesh or 3D network that is sturdy but flexible.

The individual building blocks of a catenane are polyhedral molecules — a type of adamantane — that link arms to form a 2D mesh or 3D network that is sturdy but flexible. (Image credit: Tianqiong Ma, UC Berkeley)

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John Hartwig receives the Arthur C. Cope Award

January 13, 2021
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release

Professor John Hartwig

John Hartwig, Henry Rapoport Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, has been awarded the 2021 ACS Arthur C. Cope Award for the discovery, development, and mechanistic elucidation of practical reactions...

Charge into Water Triggered by a Quick Light Pulse

May 21, 2023
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release

laser laboratory in the ZEMOS research building at Ruhr University Bochum

This study was made possible by the use of a new laser laboratory in the ZEMOS research building at Ruhr University Bochum (RUB), where all external interference signals are minimized. Image Credit: RUB, Marquard

New research from a consortium of Ruhr-Universität Bochum and UC Berkeley scientists has found that a proton can be released...

Yeast produce low-cost, high-quality cannabinoids

February 27, 2019
By Robert Sanders, Media relations
UC Berkeley synthetic biologists have engineered brewer’s yeast to produce marijuana’s main ingredients—mind-altering THC and non-psychoactive CBD.

Alumna Spotlight with Cheri Ackerman of Concerto Biosciences

October 12, 2021
By Alix Ventures | medium.com

Cheri Ackerman, alumna

Photo: courtesy of Concerto Biosciences.

Cheri Ackerman (Ph.D. '17, ChemBio) is a co-founder & CEO @ Concerto Biosciences, an MIT/Harvard spinout that develops microbial “ensembles” as revolutionary new disease treatments. To discover ensembles, Concerto uses a novel screening...

College of Chemistry students launch ChemUNITY club

August 24, 2018
by Marge d'Wylde
ChemUNITY club founding club members Arismel Tena and Rodrigo Miranda discuss some of the organization’s goals.

Building the Materials for Next-Gen Tech

February 13, 2023
Sarah C.P. Williams | Heising-Simons Faculty Fellows Program
Using chemistry-based approaches to creating graphene nanoribbons, Fischer’s lab group has developed ways to integrate other kinds of atoms (like nitrogen) into the nanoribbons to give them new properties.