�㽶��Ƶ News - Tomislav Friščić

Poverty reduction, evolutionary change, and laser cutting

webfull — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 17:24:23 +0000

Pac-Man carving by laser cutting. Credit: H. Borchers et al.

A gentler, more precise laser cutting technique

Laser cutting techniques are usually powered by high energy beams, so hot that they melt most materials. Now scientists from �㽶��Ƶ have developed a gentler, more precise technique using low-power visible light.

Published: 30 June 2022

McGill researchers honoured in Québec Science 2019 list of top discoveries

webfull — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 11:39:35 +0000

Research from �㽶��Ƶ topped Québec Science’s annual list of the 10 most important scientific breakthroughs. This year, Günther Grill, Bernhard Lehner, Tomislav Friščić, Heidi M. McBride, Samantha Gruenheid, and Ehab Abouheif were recognized for their trailblazing work, by a jury of researchers and journalists reviewing the most influential discoveries made in Quebec.

Here is a closer look at the selected discoveries:

Published: 9 January 2020

Creating attraction between molecules deep in the periodic table

webfull — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:08:16 +0000

Imagine a waterproof computer. It’s not going to happen tomorrow, but it may no longer be a pipedream since a McGill-led international research team has shown for the first time that it is possible to form strong, stable attractions between some of the heavier elements in the periodic table.

Published: 22 January 2019

Tomislav Friščić awarded Steacie Prize for Natural Sciences

webfull — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 16:01:28 +0000

Professor Tomislav Friščić is the recipient of the prestigious Steacie Prize for Natural Sciences for his exceptional contributions to Green Chemistry research in Canada. He is the third McGill professor to win the Steacie Prize, and the first ever McGill professor to win it for chemistry. The two previous winners from McGill are Vicky Kaspi, Physics and Astronomy (2006) and Phil Gold, Medicine (1973).

Published: 14 December 2018

C&En MAGAZINE | Shaking up gold and palladium

webfull — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 17:38:23 +0000

Mechanochemical method developed by Tomislav Friščić and team makes noble metal compounds without solvents or harsh reagents

C&En Magazine

Published: 24 January 2018

Hot ‘new’ material found to exist in nature

webfull — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 14:11:02 +0000

McGill Newsroom

Rare minerals from Siberia found to have same structure as some man-made metal-organic frameworks

One of the hottest new materials is a class of porous solids known as metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs. These man-made materials were introduced in the 1990s, and researchers around the world are working on ways to use them as molecular sponges for applications such as hydrogen storage, carbon sequestration, or photovoltaics.

Published: 8 August 2016

Bash brothers of chemistry discover unusual material

webfull — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 18:03:14 +0000

The research group of Prof. Tomislav Friščić in McGill’s Department of Chemistry has made a name for itself in the little-known, but growing field of “mechanochemistry,” in which chemical transformations are produced by milling, grinding or shearing solid-state ingredients – brute force, in other words, rather than fancy liquid agents. “Your coffee maker grinds things,” and grinding molecules in the lab involves much the same principle, Friščić notes. Using mechanical force also has the significant advantage of avoiding the use of environmentally harmful bulk solvents.

Published: 23 March 2015