Speaker: Dr. Prabhu Dhasaiyan
University of Strasbourg
CNRS - Institute of Supramolecular
Science and Engineering
Laboratory of Complex Matter Chemistry (CMC)
UMR 7140, Rue Blaise Pascal
67081 Strasbourg FRANCE
Title: “Audiochemistry”.
Day and Date: Friday, January 19, 2024
Time: 16.00 Hrs.
Venue: Room no. 350, Chemistry Department
Second floor, Annex
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Hosted by Prof. Kamendra P. Sharma
Abstract Recently, scientists are trying to create next‐generation materials that exhibit spatiotemporal
control over their structural and functional characteristics, to attain life-like behavior. This leads
to a paradigm shift from near‐equilibrium systems to non‐equilibrium systems that requires
continuous supply of fuel (food or energy) to drive them, since few decades. This fuel‐driven
approach is inspired by natural systems, which employ biofuels such as adenosine triphosphate
(ATP) and guanosine triphosphate (GTP) for autonomous activities. Such dissipative system that
operates out-of-equilibrium is the key to the formation of complex patterns.
Naturally occurring spatiotemporal patterns typically have a predictable pattern design and are
reproducible over several cycles. However, the patterns obtained from artificially designed out-ofequilibrium chemical oscillating networks [e.g., Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction], are
unpredictable and difficult to control spatiotemporally, albeit reproducible over subsequent cycles.
In this talk, I will discuss and give illustrative examples how we used audible sound, an underrated
stimuli by chemists to generate reproducible spatiotemporal patterns in out-of-equilibrium
chemical reactions and self-assembling systems in solutions, which act as a guiding physical
stimulus.
Next, I will narrate the extension of our strategy to systems of higher chemical complexity
(enzymatic networks) and developed an experimental methodology for compartmentalization
(concentriosome) and carrying out cascade reactions using sound, hitherto unexplored in
chemistry. At the end, how we used our strategy to prepare materials under in situ conditions and
their arrangement in solution in a predictable fashion will be illustrated.