• Question: what was the last experiment you did?

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      Asked by anon-287536 on 21 Mar 2021.
      • Photo: Martin McCoustra

        Martin McCoustra answered on 17 Mar 2021:

        One of my students is currently trying to look at how we might dispose of face masks more safely than simply dumping them in landfill. Another has been trying to study how a simple molecule called decalin sticks on silica and water surfaces.

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        Andrew Parrott answered on 17 Mar 2021:

        Using Raman spectroscopy (shining laser onto sample and capturing the light reflected) to see if possible to detect how much drug is in a medicine (to make sure it was made properly).

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        Phil Thorne answered on 18 Mar 2021:

        Yesterday I carried out a suzuki reaction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_reaction

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        Jesko Koehnke answered on 18 Mar 2021:

        Me personally? I really don’t remember, because it was over a year ago. I mostly look at other people’s experiments and fix faulty equipment these days.

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