TEDx talk

TEDx talk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utpQ-pVI1yw&feature=youtu.be Can the linear become the circular? Michael Londesborough explains Earth’s uniqueness and richness in terms of its „circular“ chemistry by taking us on the journey of a single atom of...
Michael’s Reactions

Michael’s Reactions

Our world is made up from a multitude of components and materials. Join Michael as he takes you on various adventures to discover how our world and the things inside it work.  For example, find out what stops you from receiving extreme static shock when you drive...
Collaboration with Unipetrol Foundation

Collaboration with Unipetrol Foundation

Prague, May 10, 2018 Michael Londesborough, a scientist of the Czech Academy of Sciences and chemistry populariser, has become Unipetrol’s brand ambassador for promoting chemistry and education in science. The native Briton, who moved to the Czech Republic in 2002,...
Pyridine derivatives of laser borane

Pyridine derivatives of laser borane

Reaction of the laser borane anti-B18H22 with pyridine in neutral solvents gives sparingly soluble B16H18-3′,8′-Py2 as the major product (ca. 53 %) and B18H20-6′,9′-Py2 (ca. 15 %) as the minor product, with small quantities of B18H20-8′-Py (ca. 1 %) also being formed....
Fluorescent dragon molecule

Fluorescent dragon molecule

Thermochromic fluorescence from a borane cluster with pyridine „wings“, A new chemical compound, B18H20(NC5H5)2, with an unusual molecular structure that resembles a flying dragon, with a cluster boron hydride body and two unfurled pyridine „wings“, has...
First Borane Laser

First Borane Laser

The discovery of a novel and highly photostable blue laser light emitting material – The first borane laser A team of scientists led by Dr. Michael G. S. Londesborough from the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and...