This was a themed zone funded by the Royal Society of Chemistry of which Louise, Brian and Aoife are members and included five scientists working in a variety of areas. Matthew is a lecturer in chemistry who is working on creating tartan paint through chemical reactions, Louise is a PhD student trying to build a powerful, environmentally friendly and safe battery less than 1mm in size and Conor is a PhD student studying two dimensional materials less than a few atoms thick. Brian researches how cancer cells react with nanoparticles and Aoife, who was the winner of this zone, investigates how new materials can be used for clean energy production.
Aoife, Matthew and Louise were the most active scientists throughout the event, providing detailed and helpful answers within both ASK and the live chats. This was the quietest zone of the whole event, with some students unable to take part due to the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland strike action at their schools during the first week of the event.
