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Volume 42 Issue 3

Issue of Chemistry International

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Journal Overview

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Treasurer's Column

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IUPAC during COVID-19

Colin Humphris

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I have just been listening to an intriguing debate that is underway in the UK. The theme was how to come out of lockdown, to both restart the economy and protect public health whilst the SARS-CoV-2 virus is still out there. Effective treatments and vaccines have yet to be proven. I am sure similar discussions are underway in many countries across the world. It underlines the anxieties and uncertainties we all face with regards our health, our families and friends, our finances and our work. This is at a time when the international chemistry community is mourning the premature passing of friends, colleagues and loyal servants.

Features

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Reflecting on a Year of Elements

Lori Ferrins, Christine Dunne, João Borges, Fun Man Fung

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The Periodic Table of Younger Chemists (PTYC) arose from a group of aspiring scientists in attendance at the 2017 World Chemistry Leadership Meeting in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This project was a celebration of the 100 th anniversary of IUPAC and the International Year of the Periodic Table. IUPAC and the International Younger Chemists Network (IYCN) joined forces to create the PTYC and honor rising stars in chemistry from around the world. Beginning in July 2018 and ending in July 2019 at the World Chemistry Congress, we unveiled and honored a diverse group of 118 outstanding younger chemists who embody the mission and core values of IUPAC. The resulting Periodic Table highlights the diversity of careers, outreach participation, and dedication to the chemistry community of those leading us into the next century of IUPAC.

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Sustaining Active Learning in Virtual Classroom

Fun Man Fung, Wei Heng Chng, Hui Ru Tan, Magdeline Tao Tao Ng

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Considering the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak and the suspension of many physical face-to-face (F2F) lessons due to the #StayHome measures, many educators have been mandated by schools and institutions to put their teachings online. Many are asking: “How do I lead my online class without losing student engagement?” and “How do I know if my students are understanding the lesson content in real-time?” [1] Despite the unprecedented disruptions to mankind, we need not be paralysed by the COVID-19 situations that besiege us as tertiary institution academics. Being educators, we should embrace this tumultuous crisis as an avenue to blaze a trail in online learning. As the coronavirus threat continues to crescendo, we have found glimmers of hope in some success to sustain active learning in our online classes.

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Blockchain Technology

Uses in Research and Communication

Bonnie Lawlor

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I first heard of blockchain technology at a conference in 2017 when Christopher Wilmer, Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh and Managing Editor of Ledger, [1] gave a presentation on the technology. While he did mention Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies with which the technology was originally associated, Wilmer’s talk explained how his journal uses blockchain for proof-of-publication. He commented that as a data-storage mechanism, “blockchains are well-suited to be used in scholarly publishing because they are extremely resilient, tamper-proof, practically indestructible databases; there is no single point of failure or cost of operation; and there is an incontrovertible proof-of-publication date, even across countries and institutions whose incentives are not aligned (which is sometimes a point of contention for scientists racing to discover cure/new theorem/etc.)” [2].

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Extending electronegativities to superheavy Main Group atoms

Paul J. Karol

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IUPAC recently published recommendations on rules for oxidation states within which was an endorsement of the electronegativity scale, called configuration energies, conceived by Allen and constructed from available calculated results. In conjunction with the International Year of the Periodic Table and the recognized extension of the Periodic Table through the end of its seventh period, it seemed timely to broaden those simple electronegativity calculations to include Main Group superheavy elements.

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Gender Gap in Science

A Global Approach to the Gender Gap in Mathematical, Computing, and Natural Sciences: How to Measure it, How to Reduce It?

Mei-Hung Chiu, Mark Cesa

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There continues to be a persistent gap between women’s and men’s participation, access, rights, pay, and benefits in the natural sciences, mathematics, and computing. The UNESCO Institute of Statistics reports that fewer than 30% of the world’s researchers are women. Many scientists, mathematicians, computing experts, and policy makers are working to reduce this gender gap by way of a wide range of initiatives. The International Science Council (ISC) funded a unique three-year project in 2017-2019 called, “A Global Approach to the Gender Gap in Mathematical, Computing and Natural Sciences: How to measure it, how to reduce it?” that has provided a wide-ranging view of the issues women face in the sciences and how these issues may be overcome.

IUPAC Wire

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The 2020 Bright Science Award in Materials Sciences goes to Marc Hillmyer

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Royal DSM, a global science-based company in Nutrition, Health, and Sustainable Living, announced that it has awarded Professor Marc Hillmyer, from the Chemistry Department at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, the 2020 Bright Science Award in materials sciences. The jury selected Professor Hillmyer because of the scientific breadth and depth of his work and its relevance to the advancement of biobased and circular materials.

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The 2020 Hanwha-Total IUPAC Young Scientist Award goes to Athina Anastasaki and Changle Chen

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The Hanwha-Total IUPAC Young Scientist Award (formerly Samsung-Total Petrochemicals – IUPAC Young Scientists Award) is dedicated to outstanding young scientists (under 40 years) and is sponsored by a grant from the aforementioned company. The prize was first awarded on the occasion of MACRO 2004 (Paris) and is granted biennially on the occasion of the IUPAC World Polymer Congress. The awardees are selected from the nominees by a Committee of the IUPAC Polymer Division. In the year 2020 the award will be presented at Macro2020+ and there are two awardees ( ex aequo ) namely: Athina Anastasaki, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, and Professor Changle Chen, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China.

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Ang Li is the recipient of the 2020 Thieme–IUPAC Prize

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Professor Ang Li is the recipient of the 2020 Thieme–IUPAC Prize and becomes the 15th recipient of the prize, joining a distinguished group of scientists under the age of 40 whose research has had a major impact on the field of synthetic organic chemistry. The prize is awarded every two years and includes an award of €5000.

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Winners of the 2020 IUPAC-Solvay International Award for Young Chemists

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On 31 March 2020, IUPAC and Solvay announced the winners of the 2020 IUPAC-Solvay International Award for Young Chemists, presented for the best Ph.D. theses in the chemical sciences:

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2020 IUPAC-ThalesNano Prize In Flow Chemistry and Microfluidics—Call For Nominations

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The IUPAC-ThalesNano Prize in Flow Chemistry and Microfluidics is to be awarded to an internationally recognized scientist, whose activities or published accounts have made an outstanding contribution in the field of flow chemistry, microfluidics, micro fabrication, and micro systems engineering in academia or industry.

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Understanding Chemicals in Products

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The Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) has published a policy brief that addresses chemicals of concern in products such as textiles, toys, building materials, and electronics, and efforts to minimize their adverse effects on human health and the environment. The policy brief titled, “Understanding Chemicals in Products,” is a contribution from the Global Environment Facility (GEF)-funded project on “Global Best Practices on Emerging Chemical Policy Issues of Concern under SAICM.”

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The Beijing Declaration on Research Data

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CODATA, the Committee on Data of the International Science Council (ISC), wrote The Beijing Declaration on Research Data after discussions regarding current data policy issues during their yearly conference, held in China in September 2019.

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Announcement of the 2020 L’Oreal Women in Science awardees

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During the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on February 11, the Fondation L’Oréal and UNESCO revealed the laureates of the 22nd international awards for women in science.

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IUPAC Periodic Table Challenge 2.0

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The Periodic Table Challenge is re-opening. After a successful period during the International Year of the Periodic Table with participants from over 130 countries, IUPAC has decided to make the Periodic Challenge a permanent feature of IUPAC website, linked to information about the Periodic Table.

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In Memoriam Maurice (Mo) Williams, 1933 - 2020

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Mo Williams passed away peacefully on 17 April 2020, aged 87 years. Beloved husband of Patricia, a much-loved father and grandfather.

Project Place

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Guidelines on developing robust biocatalysts for biorefinery

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Development of a Standard for FAIR Data Management of Spectroscopic Data

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Development of a Machine Accessible Kinetic Databank for Radical Polymerizations

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A review of current status of analytical chemistry education

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What is the NPU Terminology, and how is it used?

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Bookworm

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Superheavy

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Biomass Burning in Sub-Saharan Africa: Chemical Issues and Action Outreach

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Successful Drug Discovery

János Fischer

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Conference Call

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The World Chemistry Leaders meet the century-old IUPAC

Christopher Ober

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Noncovalent Interactions

Kamran T. Mahmudov, Armando J.L. Pombeiro

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IUPAC For Africa

IUPAC Postgraduate Summer School on Green Chemistry 12-19 May 2019 – Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

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Where 2B & Y

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Mark Your Calendar

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About this journal

Chemistry International (CI) is the newsmagazine of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). News about IUPAC, its chemists, publications, recommendations, conferences and the work of its Divisions and Committees along with special feature articles is published quarterly in CI.

From 2022 onwards, CI is an online only publication and is freely accessible to all readers. The print edition has been discontinued.

In recognition of IUPAC’s Centenary in 2019, a new initiative, the Top 10 Emerging Technologies in Chemistry, was launched. The purpose of the initiative is to showcase the value of Chemistry and chemists and to inform the general public on how the chemical sciences contribute to the well-being of society and the sustainability of planet Earth. An article about The Top 10 Emerging Technologies in Chemistry is published annually in CI. For further information go to: https://iupac.org/what-we-do/top-ten/

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Volume 42 Issue 3

Issue of Chemistry International

Masthead - Full issue pdf

IUPAC during COVID-19

Abstract

Reflecting on a Year of Elements

Abstract

Sustaining Active Learning in Virtual Classroom

Abstract

Blockchain Technology

Uses in Research and Communication

Abstract

Extending electronegativities to superheavy Main Group atoms

Abstract

Gender Gap in Science

A Global Approach to the Gender Gap in Mathematical, Computing, and Natural Sciences: How to Measure it, How to Reduce It?

Abstract

The 2020 Bright Science Award in Materials Sciences goes to Marc Hillmyer

Abstract

The 2020 Hanwha-Total IUPAC Young Scientist Award goes to Athina Anastasaki and Changle Chen

Abstract

Ang Li is the recipient of the 2020 Thieme–IUPAC Prize

Abstract

Winners of the 2020 IUPAC-Solvay International Award for Young Chemists

Abstract

2020 IUPAC-ThalesNano Prize In Flow Chemistry and Microfluidics—Call For Nominations

Abstract

Understanding Chemicals in Products

Abstract

The Beijing Declaration on Research Data

Abstract

Announcement of the 2020 L’Oreal Women in Science awardees

Abstract

IUPAC Periodic Table Challenge 2.0

Abstract

In Memoriam Maurice (Mo) Williams, 1933 - 2020

Abstract

Guidelines on developing robust biocatalysts for biorefinery

Development of a Standard for FAIR Data Management of Spectroscopic Data

Development of a Machine Accessible Kinetic Databank for Radical Polymerizations

A review of current status of analytical chemistry education

What is the NPU Terminology, and how is it used?

Superheavy

Biomass Burning in Sub-Saharan Africa: Chemical Issues and Action Outreach

Successful Drug Discovery

The World Chemistry Leaders meet the century-old IUPAC

﻿Noncovalent Interactions

IUPAC For Africa

IUPAC Postgraduate Summer School on Green Chemistry 12-19 May 2019 – Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

Where 2B & Y

Mark Your Calendar

Noncovalent Interactions