Sunday, April 29, 2012

Genesis of Creativity


James M. Tour*
Departments of Chemistry, Computer Science, and Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, and the Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology,Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
ACS Nano, Article ASAP
DOI: 10.1021/nn301299x
Publication Date (Web): April 26, 2012
Copyright © 2012 American Chemical Society

As advances in nanoscience and nanotechnology are sought, what will be the source of the inspiration to open the doors for new developments? In my opinion, it most often resides in the ingenuity of students, and among those ingenious students, was there a formative spark or a progressive set of stimuli in their childhoods that gave rise to the most precious asset in scientific advance, namely, creativity? Here, I outline the work of three of my students who have propelled the field of nanotechnology, and then I glimpse into their childhood years to see if there lays the key.

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