C. N. Ramachandra Rao

"The only part of the early concept of the elements that has survived is that elements have distinctive properties."

"Man’s search for metals goes back to prehistoric times. Metals have been used for several thousands of years in India. Certain periods in history are associated with specific periods used extensively …"

"The famous iron pillar in Delhi, erected in the Gupta period , is a marvel. After all these years this pillar stands erect without deterioration. This rustless iron pillar is a tribute to the great in…"

"You give attention to army, police and things like that. Who pays attention to science? When I got the Dan David prize, which is similar to Nobel and given once in a few years by Israel, nobody talked…"

"An element is a substance which cannot be further reduced to a simpler substance by ordinary processes, and is made up of particles of one kind only."

"Nanoparticles constitute a major class of nanomaterials. Nanoparticles are zero-dimensional, possessing nonmetric dimensions in all three dimensions."

"Prof Brown used to say, if it is worth doing, it must be worth publishing. Faraday had said much the same many years earlier. In science, we “ work, finish and publish”. These statements have guided m…"

"University of California at Berkeley is one of the most outstanding universities, and the Chemistry Department there ranks first amongst the universities of the world in research performance. This dep…"