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<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"
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in a drop of water</b></i></font></div>
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color="#000000"><b>Daniel Nocera</b>, MIT</font></div>
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<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"
color="#000000">Tuesday, May 5, 2009</font></div>
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<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">12:00
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color="#000000">Personalized energy at low cost presents new basic
research targets, many of which are squarely centered in the endeavors
of chemical, physical and materials research. Because personalized
energy will be possible only if solar energy is a 24/7 available
supply, the key enabler for personalized energy is inexpensive
storage. Studies of multielectron chemistry and proton-coupled
electron transfer in my group have led to the creation of a new
catalyst that captures many of the functional elements of
photosynthesis and in doing so provides a highly manufacturable and
inexpensive method to effect a fuel-forming reaction that provides a
carbon-neutral and sustainable method of solar storage -
water-splitting. Some of this discovery will be discussed in this
seminar.</font></div>
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<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Grier
Room, MIT Bldg 34-401</font></div>
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color="#000000">Refreshments served after the lecture</font></div>
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