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Peter Taylor is professor of organic chemistry at The Open University.

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Elements of the Periodic Table Featuring: activity, Copyrighted Image The Open University

By Professor Peter Taylor (The Open University), Dr James Bruce (The Open University), Dr Mike Bullivant (The Open University)

26 August 2011

Explore the impact of chemical elements on our bodies, the world around us and see how their discover changed the course of history  Read more : Elements of the Periodic Table

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Sticking points: The science of glue Featuring: video, Charles Brutlag | Dreamstime.com

By Professor Peter Taylor (The Open University)

28 March 2011

It might seem a simple substance - but what is it that makes glue sticky?  Read more : Sticking points: The science of glue

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Fantastic plastic Featuring: video, Dreamstime

By Professor Peter Taylor (The Open University)

10 August 2009

It's such a key part of our lives - but what exactly is plastic, and how does it work?  Read more : Fantastic plastic

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The sceptical scientistphotos.com

By Professor Peter Taylor (The Open University)

17 March 2008

OU chemist Peter Taylor takes a scientific approach to alternative therapies  Read more : The sceptical scientist

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Noble gases Featuring: video, Creative Commons Image Jakob E under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By Professor Peter Taylor (The Open University)

17 July 2007

Noble gases. Some balloons. A rooftop. Watch what happens...  Read more : Noble gases

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Taylor, Peter G.; Bassindale, Alan R.; El Aziz, Youssef; Pourny, Manuel; Hursthouse, Michael B. and Coles, Simon J. (2012). Further studies of fluoride ion entrapment in octasilsesquioxane cages; X-ray crystal structure studies and factors that affect their formation. Dalton Transactions, 41(7), pp. 2048–2059.

Abbato, Vincenzo; Bassindale, Alan R.; Brandstadt, Kurt. F. and Taylor, Peter G. (2012). Inclusion complexes between cyclic siloxanes and cyclodextrins: synthesis and characterization. Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry (in press).

Abbate, Vincenzo; Bassindale, Alan R.; Brandstadt, Kurt F. and Taylor, Peter G. (2011). Biomimetic catalysis at silicon centre using molecularly imprinted polymers. Journal of Catalysis, 284(1), pp. 68–76.

Abbate, Vincenzo; Bassindale, Alan R.; Brandstadt, Kurt F. and Taylor, Peter G. (2011). A large scale enzyme screen in the search for new methods of silicon-oxygen bond formation. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 105(2), pp. 268–275.

Muhammad, Sohail; Bassindale, Alan R.; Taylor, Peter G.; Male, Louise; Coles, Simon and Hursthouse, Michael B. (2011). Study of binuclear silicon complexes of diketopiperazine at S(N)2 reaction profile. Organometallics, 30(3), pp. 564–571.

Abbate, Vincenzo; Bassindale, Alan R; Brandstadt, Kurt F; Lawson, Rachel and Taylor, Peter G (2010). Enzyme mediated silicon-oxygen bond formation; the use of Rhizopus oryzae lipase, lysozyme and phytase under mild conditions. Dalton Transactions(39), pp. 9361–9368.

Bassindale, Alan R.; Sohail, M.; Taylor, Peter G.; Korlyukov, Alexander A. and Arkhipov, Dmitry E. (2010). Four independent structures of a pentacoordinate silicon species at different points on the Berry pseudorotation pathway. Chemical Communications, 46(19), pp. 3274–3276.

Abbate, Vincenzo; Bassindale, Alan R.; Brandstadt, Kurt F.; Lawson, Rachel and Taylor, Peter G. (2010). Enzyme mediated silicon–oxygen bond formation; the use of Rhizopus oryzae lipase, lysozyme and phytase under mild conditions. Dalton Transactions, 39(39), pp. 9361–9368.

Holliman, Richard; Collins, Trevor; Jensen, Eric and Taylor, Peter (2009). ISOTOPE: Informing Science Outreach and Public Engagement. Final Report of the NESTA-funded ISOTOPE Project. The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.

Bassindale, Alan R.; Parker, David J.; Taylor, Peter G. and Turtle, Robert (2009). A kinetic and mechanistic study of nucleophilic substitution at a pentacoordinated silicon atom. Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 635(9-10), pp. 1288–1294.

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Elements of the Periodic Table

Comment posted by zz913326

20 Apr 2012

It was indeed interesting to read, even though I am hopeless in chemistry, it attracted my attention and helped me discover quite many new facts I could never imagine before. word search generator Read more : Elements of the Periodic Table

Elements of the Periodic Table

Comment posted by zz823484

08 Oct 2011

I appreciate that you have changed some of the wording relating to Fluoride, thank you. However, there is NO scientific evidence that fluoride is essential for life. It is not an essential vitamin or... Read more : Elements of the Periodic Table

Elements of the Periodic Table

Comment posted by stc2

07 Oct 2011

By originator. Read more : Elements of the Periodic Table

Elements of the Periodic Table

Comment posted by om2245

26 Sep 2011

Dear Jonathan Many thanks for your comment. You’re quite right to highlight the important and ongoing debate that surrounds the role of fluoride in human health. We’ve made some changes to our... Read more : Elements of the Periodic Table

Elements of the Periodic Table

Comment posted by zz823484

03 Sep 2011

Where did you get this 'fact' from - a dentist?! A dentist might know all about my mouth, but they have no knowledge of the endocrine disruption that is a result of Fluoride ingestion. A least you... Read more : Elements of the Periodic Table

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Peter Taylor is professor of organic chemistry at The Open University. He’s interested in public engagement and has been involved with many broadcast series such as Rough Science and Alternative Therapies.

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