The incredible chemistry powering your smartphone | Cathy Mulzer

Visit to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more. Ever wondered how your smartphone works? Take a journey down to the atomic level with scientist Cathy Mulzer, who reveals how almost every component of our high-powered devices exists thanks to chemists -- and not the Silicon Valley entrepreneurs that come to most people’s minds. As she puts it: “Chemistry is the hero of electronic communications.“ Get TED Talks recommended j