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The Rice University Department of Chemistry provides a uniquely stimulating environment for scientific discoveries: we are world leaders in nanotechnology, home to two Nobel laureates and three members of the National Academy of Sciences, and one of only six centers funded by the Natural Science Foundation for nanoscale science and engineering.

Through outstanding research and collaboration,
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Photothermal technique provides new way to track nanoparticles
Stephan Link wants to understand how nanomaterials align, and his lab's latest work is a step in the right direction.

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Rice physicists kill cancer with 'nanobubbles'
Using lasers and nanoparticles, scientists at Rice University have discovered a new technique for singling out individual diseased cells and destroying them with tiny explosions.

Thomas Blakeney News

Longtime employee of Chemistry Department dies
The Rice community is mourning the loss of Tom Blakeney, a longtime Rice employee in the Chemistry Department. He died Jan. 20. He was 46. Donations are being accepted in his memory.

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Rice's Tour named one of world's top 10 chemists
Rice University's James Tour is one of the world's top 10 chemists for the past decade, according to a new ranking by Times Higher Education.....
 



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Graduate Study in Chemistry     
EVERYTHING and MORE!  That's what you will find when you explore the endless possibilities at Rice University. 
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Grad students' nano-owls began as a lark, became fitting swan song
Graduate students Jun Yao and Noe Alvarez grew millions of carbon nanotubes to produce a Rice Owl and wordmark that can only be seen through an electron scanning microscope.

ZHK Alumni

Featured Chemistry Alumna,
Dr. Zakya H. Kafafi is currently the Division Director for Materials Research in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate for the National Science Foundation in Arlington, Virginia.
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