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Malaria

Malaria. Man’s greatest Enemy. Find a real cure for Malaria and you can save a 2 Million lives a year. Find a real cure for Malaria and you can save a 2 Million lives a year. It is estimated that DDT has saved ½ a billion lives. 2.7 million deaths this year.

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Malaria

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  1. Malaria

  2. Man’s greatest Enemy

  3. Find a real cure for Malaria and you can save a 2 Million lives a year

  4. Find a real cure for Malaria and you can save a 2 Million lives a year

  5. It is estimated that DDT has saved ½ a billion lives

  6. 2.7 million deaths this year

  7. The embargo on DDT has condemned 2.7 million (mainly children) to death this year

  8. Bio-Nano approaches to a new anti-malarial?

  9. Cross-section of VGCF 2mm

  10. Core Carbon Nanotube in VGCF 200 nm M.Endo, K.Takeuchi, T.Hiraoka, T.Furuta, T.Kasai, X.Sun, C.-H.Kiang, M.S.Dresselhaus, J.Phys.Chem.Solids, Vol.58, No.11, pp.1702-1712, (1997).

  11. We need bundles of 1014 nanotubes

  12. Defects will not propagate among the straws

  13. We need to make them meters long

  14. The Pantheon – Rome

  15. The Pantheon – Rome Then the recipe for Concrete was lost

  16. We need bundles of 1014 nanotubes

  17. We need bundles of 1014 nanotubes

  18. We need to make them meters long

  19. DNA Sequencing • Genetic Fingerprinting • Liquid Crystal Displays • ATP synthase • Haemoglobin • Birth Control Pill • Penicillin • Anti-malaria drugs • Molecular Computing • Ozone Hole discovery • Virus structures • Platinum anti cancer drugs • Nike shoes polymers • Shampoo • Sewage Treatment • Washing up bowls • Haber Process • Materials defects • Catalysis (35%GNP) • Silicon chip • Polymers • Glass • Pharma Industry • Liquified Gases N2 O2 • Pole vaulter pole • Hip joints • Bikes • Skateboards

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  21. DNA Sequencing Genetic Fingerprinting Liquid Crystal Displays ATP synthase Haemoglobin Birth Control Pill Penicillin Anti-malaria drugs Molecular Computing Ozone Hole discovery Virus structures Platinum anti cancer drugs Nike shoes polymers Shampoo Sewage Treatment Washing up bowls Haber Process Materials defects Catalysis (35%GNP) Silicon chip Polymers Glass Pharma Industry Liquified Gases N2 O2 Pole vaulter pole Hip joints Bikes Skateboards

  22. DNA Sequencing • Genetic Fingerprinting • Liquid Crystal Displays • ATP synthase • Haemoglobin • Birth Control Pill • Penicillin • Anti-malaria drugs • Molecular Computing • Ozone Hole discovery • Virus structures • Platinum anti cancer drugs • Nike shoes polymers • Shampoo Sewage Treatment Washing up bowls Haber Process Materials defects Catalysis (35%GNP) Silicon chip Polymers Glass Pharma Industry Liquified Gases N2 O2 Pole vaulter pole Hip joints

  23. Avogadro’s Number • Size of an atom • Dalton – atomicity • Balmer Series • Bohr Atom • Pasteur chirality • 3D molecule tetrahedral molecule • Angular momentum > spdf > Periodic Table • X ray crystallography • Electronic structure • DNA measurement laser optical analogue • Chemical shift in nmr • The structure of benzene • Molecular spectroscopy HCl length of chemical bond • The potential curve • energy of a bond H2 • Reaction Intermediates A + B > [C] > products • Reaction coordinate • Polymers • Molecular Machines Haemoglobin ATP synthase

  24. Man’s got t’know his limitations

  25. The limit to the strength of a particular material is the Defect and how they may be overcome

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