Another year and another guess..
Gaussling's LoC already has a trio in mind: Harry Gray, George Whitesides and Robert Bergman.
I don't think this is the year of organix though. See my trend post from last year.
It's definitely materials chemistry this time.
So, here're my 2009 predictions:
1. Self assembly: George Whitesides, Jacob Israelachvili, Gero Decher
2. Graphene and nanotubes: Andre Geim, Sumio Iijima
3. Q-dots: Louis Brus, Moungi Bawendi, Paul Alivisatos
4. Nanowires: Charlie Lieber, Peidong Yang, Zhong Lin Wang
5. Mesoporous: Jeffrey Beck, Galen Stucky, Ryong Ryoo
UPDATE: Ribosomes got it: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 was awarded jointly to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome".
Gaussling's LoC already has a trio in mind: Harry Gray, George Whitesides and Robert Bergman.
I don't think this is the year of organix though. See my trend post from last year.
It's definitely materials chemistry this time.
So, here're my 2009 predictions:
1. Self assembly: George Whitesides, Jacob Israelachvili, Gero Decher
2. Graphene and nanotubes: Andre Geim, Sumio Iijima
3. Q-dots: Louis Brus, Moungi Bawendi, Paul Alivisatos
4. Nanowires: Charlie Lieber, Peidong Yang, Zhong Lin Wang
5. Mesoporous: Jeffrey Beck, Galen Stucky, Ryong Ryoo
UPDATE: Ribosomes got it: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 was awarded jointly to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome".
Nope, biochem again.
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