Surface Chemistry - Thin Film Experiments with Dr Irving Langmuir

[@galvanizedcorpse]

Prof. Langmuir was a great man. I published one article in the Langmuir journal!

[@Yan_Alkovic]

By Jove this is a treasure! I had no idea Langmuir was around when cameras were a thing! And I love how he admits that he and Blodgett were just having fun with them troughs and films at first.

[@billrussell3955]

Really enjoyed watching this after viewing a talk by physicists of today discuss this same concept for the development of superconducting films. Thank you!

[@erikwetterskog3896]

Jesus Christ, this man and his wife were more brilliant in real life than I could ever imagine. A hidden treasure!

[@中央政治局局长]

I came cross finding wikipedia item of Langmuir when I‘m studying dielectric dispersion. Surprisingly, I find another genius. He discovered and invented so many scientific and technical theories and techniques. What a genius！

[@chimchimjimin5985]

-中央政治局局长 HES in my family thank you for calling him a genius

[@abhabh6896]

Yeah, I'm here for etching hahaha, so broad and spreading trough multiple disciplines.

[@lucylangmuir2478]

I never knew he was in my family I’m proud of him

[@dribrahimel-nahhal2477]

Great vid! thanks for uploading. I appreciate it highly

[@HCBCHEMISTRY]

I remember doing this experiment in the chemistry lab. Cool to know who discovered it. Only we used it to calculate the size of a molecule. It's cool to see you can use it to figure out the shapes too.

[@tvtvvtvt8017]

Curious what lab was this for and when? My Ph.D. was in Unimolecular Electronics and we used Langmuir Blodgett films to create organic monolayers

[@HCBCHEMISTRY]

@@tvtvvtvt8017 it was in the chemistry lab to measure the length of a molecule.

[@HCBCHEMISTRY]

@@tvtvvtvt8017 and it was in 2012sh

[@steve-o6413]

I've used one of his products Invisible glass on my car windshield which takes away troublesome glare. The glare can be blinding especially around dusk or dawn in the NW at certain times of the year...

[@abhabh6896]

here I am watching how an old man played with water 100 years ago and I feel enlightenment.

[@ekaterinapivovarova880]

Katharine Blodgett worked with Langmuir ay list 10 years...

[@syedabishosainrizvi7817]

back when teachers didn't need puns to keep the audience from sleeping