{"id":22833,"date":"2018-01-23T13:24:15","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T18:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencescosmaincms.cm.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=22833"},"modified":"2018-01-23T15:13:59","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T20:13:59","slug":"ucf-chemistry-professor-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-chemistry-professor-goes-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Chemistry Professor Goes Viral"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Credit: Bernard Wilchusky<\/p><\/div>\n

UCF Chemistry Assistant Professor Fernando Uribe-Romo has gone viral.<\/p>\n

A story featuring his published research from April 2017 has been viewed more than 898,848 times on the global science news website, EurekAlert!<\/a><\/p>\n

Romo-Uribe\u00a0found a way to trigger the process of photosynthesis in a synthetic material, turning greenhouse gases into clean air and producing energy all at the same time.<\/p>\n

The process has great potential for creating a technology that could significantly reduce greenhouse gases linked to climate change, while also creating a clean way to produce energy.<\/p>\n

“This work is a breakthrough,” said Uribe-Romo. “Tailoring materials that will absorb a specific color of light is very difficult from the scientific point of view, but from the societal point of view we are contributing to the development of a technology that can help reduce greenhouse gases.”<\/p>\n

Watch how this process works, or read more about it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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