Research in the Cronin Group is motivated by the fascination for complex chemical systems, and the desire to construct complex functional molecular architectures that are not based on biologically derived building blocks.
An article on vice.com has been published describing recent Cronin Group work in generating random numbers through crystallisation. In this work, Prof Cronin and his group designed a crystallisation robot, with a webcam to observe the crystallisation process. The resulting observations were then used to generate random numbers, which proved to be more effective than pseudo random numbers when used to encrypt strings.
The research was published in Matter, and is available open access on the publication website.
Prof Leroy (Lee) Cronin Regius Chair of Chemistry Advanced Research Centre (ARC) Level 5, Digital Chemistry University of Glasgow 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW Tel: +44 141 330 6650 Email: lee.cronin@glasgow.ac.uk
502. Delocalized, asynchronous, closed-loop discovery of organic laser emitters
501. Investigating and Quantifying Molecular Complexity Using Assembly Theory and Spectroscopy
500. Electron density-based GPT for optimization and suggestion of host–guest binders
499. Evidence of Selection in Mineral Mediated Polymerization Reactions Executed in a Robotic Chemputer System
498. A programmable hybrid digital chemical information processor based on the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction
497. An integrated self-optimizing programmable chemical synthesis and reaction engine
496. Autonomous execution of highly reactive chemical transformations in the Schlenkputer
495. Universal chemical programming language for robotic synthesis repeatability
494. Bringing digital synthesis to Mars
493. An Autonomous Electrochemical Discovery Robot that Utilises Probabilistic Algorithms: Probing the Redox Behaviour of Inorganic Materials