10 Facts About James Tour

James Tour's work is primarily focused on carbon materials chemistry and nanotechnology.

James Tour has developed oxide-based electronic memories that can be transparent and built onto flexible substrates.

James Tour's group has developed the use of porous metal structures to make renewable energy devices including batteries and supercapacitors, as well as electronic memories.

James Tour pioneered the development of the Nanocar, single-molecule vehicles with four independently rotating wheels, axles, and light-activated motors.

James Tour was the first to show that Feringa-based motors can be used to move a molecule on a surface using light as opposed to electric current from an STM tip.

James Tour has been involved in scientific outreach, such as NanoKids, an interactive learning DVD to teach children fundamentals of chemistry and physics.

James Tour developed SciRave, a Dance Dance Revolution and Guitar Hero package to teach science concepts to middle school and elementary school students.

James Tour has testified before the US Congress on two occasions to warn about budget cuts.

James Tour is on the board and working with companies including Weebit, Dotz, Zeta Energy, NeuroCords, Xerient, LIGC Application Ltd.

James Tour became a born-again Christian in graduate school, and in 2001 he signed the Discovery Institute's A Scientific Dissent from Darwinism statement that relies on pseudoscientific reasoning to offer various religiously motivated arguments against evolution.