The Wondrous World of Perovskites - with Mike Glazer

In the 2017 Bragg Lecture, Mike Glazer unearths the vital world of perovskites, the crystalline materials that make up 38% of the Earth's volume. Q&A:    • Q&A - The Wondrous World of Perovskites - ...   Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe The crystalline materials known as Perovskites make up 38% of the volume of the earth. Moreover, they have many very important practical uses, for example in electronics, ultrasonics and in thermal sensing devices. So what are they exactly? Mike Glazer explains how tiny changes in their crystal structures can lead to such a vast array of different properties and why they are so important in our daily lives. This Discourse is supported by the Bragg Lecture Fund and was filmed on 31 March 2017. Mike Glazer is an Emeritus Professor of the Oxford University Department of Physics. He is the Vice President of the International Union of Crystallography and recently wrote 'A Very Short Introduction to Crystallography' for Oxford University Press. The Ri is on Twitter:   / ri_science   and Facebook:   / royalinstitution   and Tumblr:   / ri-science   Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-po... Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter #Perovskites, #MaterialsScience, #MikeGlazer, #RenewableEnergy, #SolarTechnology