The history of how basic research in an unusual chemical resulted in its use in computer chips will be the topic of the second Ohio State University Distinguished Lecture Feb. 4.
Shore specializes in inorganic, boron hydride chemistry.
He conducts basic research in diborane, which for many years perplexed chemists because of its unusual chemical bonding and structures. Shore's research has produced a very pure form of diborane used to implant elemental boron in computer chips. He also developed a procedure to convert 2,000 pounds of government surplus pentaborane into useful products. Ohio State's finest faculty. All documents are the responsibility of their originator.