The Institute for Green Science, led by Terry Collins, the Teresa Heinz Professor of Green Chemistry, has been established as a research, education and development center in which a holistic approach to green or sustainable chemistry is being developed, focused on pollution reduction. Research programs are evolving around the scientific and technological development of TAML® hydrogen peroxide activators, extensively patented and trademarked by Carnegie Mellon University.
A Very Early Definition of Green Chemistry (pdf)
Collins, T.J., Green Chemistry, in Macmillan Encyclopedia of Chemistry, Volume 2, Simon and Schuster Macmillan, New York, 1997, pp. 691–697
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Features
- Designing Green Oxidation Catalysts for Purifying Environmental Waters (J. Am. Chem. Soc., Article ASAP DOI: 10.1021/ja102524v Publication Date (Web): June 21, 2010)
- Design of More Powerful Iron-TAML Peroxidase Enzyme Mimics (Journal of the American Chemical Society, ACS ASAP: DOI: 10.1021/ja9086837, November 24, 2009)
- VeruTEK Technologies Announces Cooperative Agreement with Carnegie Mellon University Technology Start-Up, Green Ox Catalysts (pdf) (VeruTEK Technologies, Inc. press release, April 17, 2009)
- There’s Something in the Water...and It Shouldn't Be There (EcoHearth, March 24, 2009)
- How to Go Green: Terry Collins Offers Expert Advice (Carnegie Mellon homepage story, January 2009)
- Enviro health scientists, chemists join forces to promote safe chemicals (Environmental Health News, November 2008)
- Persuasive Communication about Matters of Great Urgency: Endocrine Disruption (Environmental Science & Technology, October 13, 2008)
- Green chemistry: Real world solutions for real environmental problems (Environmental Health News. Opinion, 14 September 2008)
- IT Conversations: Endocrine Disruptors
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Terry Collins about endocrine disruptors, and a new technique used to take minute traces of these materials out of our drinking water.