The President's Lecture No. 50 (City University of Hong Kong)

Activity: Talk/lecture or presentationPresentation

Description

In this lecture, Professor Zeng will share several short/pleasant stories on the major scientific discoveries during his research career. These stories include (1) serendipitous discovery of the first metal (gold) cage molecule in nature, (2) incidental discovery of the first 2D ice in nature, (3) discovery of the first 1D ice nanotube by design, (4) producing the first molecular-dynamics movie of nano-gold catalysis, and (5) producing a molecular-dynamics movie showing “Lotus effect” at nanoscale. If time allows, he will briefly show 1-2 rising-stage/interesting research findings at CityU.
Period1 Dec 2022
Degree of RecognitionLocal