Polymer Chemistry

A variety of interesting coloring books are available on the market that use water as a coloring agent.¹ When water is applied to the pages of these books, colors seem to appear like magic. When the water evaporates, the colors disappear. This allows the pages of these books to be colored over and over again.

Co-Authored by Dean J. Campbell*, Rhiannon Davids*, Ian Smith,* and Karl Jung* *Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois

by Dean J. Campbell*, Thomas Kahila*, Kaitlyn Walls*, Q Ott* *Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois

Co-Authored by Dean J. Campbell*, Kaitlyn Walls*, Q Ott*, Zaman Shah* *Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois

I was mesmerized the first time I saw the quantum levitation (also known as quantum locking) experiment, in which a disk containing a superconductor hovers above some magnets. The superconductor can even glide freely over a track of magnets – even upside down (VIDEO 1).

Easy access to the internet has helped to enable many individuals to gather data to serve a collective purpose.