Bonus
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes’s (“pee-air ZHEEL duh zhen’s”) 1991 Nobel Prize-winning work studied order phenomena in materials described by this adjective. For 10 points each:
[10m] Give this adjective that describes entropy-dominated materials that readily deform, such as polymers and gels. Low-energy ionization in mass spectrometry, such as electrospray, is described by this adjective.
ANSWER: soft [accept soft ionization or soft matter or soft condensed matter]
[10e] Soft matter includes these materials, with which de Genne worked. These materials consist of parallel-aligned rods and are used in namesake electronic displays.
ANSWER: liquid crystals [or LC; accept liquid crystal displays or LCDs]
[10h] A hallmark property of some soft matter is the ability to undergo this process, which underlies “4D printing” and can be “template-guided.” Gold nanoparticles undergo this process due to the formation of metallophilic bonds.
ANSWER: self-assembly [accept self-organization; or word forms like self-assembled]
<Toronto C, Chemistry>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 58 | 11.55 | 72% | 31% | 12% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida A | Florida State A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| UCF C | UCF B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Valencia A | Florida B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | M |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 6.67 | 33% | 33% | 0% |
| Florida | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | 2025-02-01 | 6 | 8.33 | 67% | 17% | 0% |
| Midwest | 2025-02-01 | 6 | 18.33 | 83% | 50% | 50% |
| North | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 0% | 33% |
| Northeast | 2025-02-01 | 5 | 10.00 | 80% | 20% | 0% |
| Overflow | 2025-02-01 | 5 | 12.00 | 60% | 40% | 20% |
| South Central | 2025-02-01 | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Southeast | 2025-02-01 | 4 | 5.00 | 25% | 25% | 0% |
| UK | 2025-02-01 | 10 | 12.00 | 80% | 30% | 10% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | 8 | 13.75 | 88% | 38% | 13% |
| Upstate NY | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |