Department of Chemistry [Featured Items]

Chaos research linked to sudden cardiac death
Optical tomography allows the spatially resolved measurement of absorption and concentration values in three-dimensional systems. The group of Prof. Oliver Steinbock uses this technique to investigate rotating reaction-diffusion waves in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction. Dynamically similar vortices exist in the human heart and have been linked to sudden cardiac death. A recent study on this topic, co-authored by his former postdoc Tamas Bansagi, Jr., has been highlighted on the cover page of the AIP journal 'Chaos'. Further information can be found in 'Chaos' 18, 026102 (2008) (8 pages). Journal cover reprinted with permission from 'Chaos'. Copyright 2008, American Institute of Physics. [View All]


Jason Pagano, a Ph.D. student in the Steinbock lab, received a Dissertation Research Grant from FSU's Office of Graduate Studies. His research aims to explain hollow precipitation tubes in certain aqueous reaction systems. These materials are hierarchical nano-to-centimeter structures and have interesting catalytic and optical features. Jason's findings are published in journals such as J. Phys. Chem. A and C and have been featured on the cover page of Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. [View All]

The Magnet Lab at Florida State University
Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who want research experience at the cutting edge of magnetic field, pressure and temperature need look no further than the Magnet Lab. Research at the lab covers many disciplines - physics, biology, chemistry, engineering - and all the combinations of each you can imagine. [More][View All]