title:Viologen
duration: 6:22

description:
The latest edition in the Dotson/Woodstrup series, Viologen is inspired by recent discoveries made in the field of fuel cell technology. Viologens are a class of organic electrochromics which owe their name to a color change from colorless to violet. This technology may one day improve video display technology.

Viologen have the potential to catalytically oxidize glucose and other carbohydrates in a mildly alkaline solution, which makes a carbohydrate fuel cell possible. Viologens are also investigated for use in electrochromic systems because of their ability to change color reversibly many times upon reduction and oxidation. Possibly the best known viologen is Paraquat, which is one of the world's most widely used herbicides. Recently, Gerald Watt (great-great nephew of the steam engine inventor James Watt), used this herbicide as a catalyst to extract the electrons from glucose and transfer them to an electrode.

collaborators:
Matthew Dotson(audio)

price: N/A
format: HD video

exhibitions:

2011 UCM New Music Festival, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO

2011 5th Annual Kentucky New Music Festival: VideoARTmusiC
Singletary Center for the Arts - Recital Hall