Richard Alkire delivered the Plenary Lecture at the 62nd meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry on Sept. 13 in Niigata, Japan.The lecture was titled, “Earth, Water, Air and Fire: Elemental Challenges for Well-Engineered Electrochemical Systems.”
In it, Alkire suggested molecular scale engineering methods needed to transfer discoveries based on electrochemical phenomena into technological products and processes. The meeting was attended by scientists from 34 countries in six continents.