Inorganic Chemistry News
May 8, 2024
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May 8, 2024 — Chemists created an enzyme with boronic acid at its reactive center. This approach can produce more selective reactions with boron, and allows the use of directed evolution to improve its catalytic ...
May 7, 2024 — The natural vein structure found within leaves -- which has inspired the structural design of porous materials that can maximize mass transfer -- could unlock improvements in energy storage, ...
May 6, 2024 — By using experimental electrochemical analyses, mass spectrometry, and computational quantum chemistry modeling, the researchers created an 'atomic-scale storyline' to explain how ozone is generated on NATO electrocatalysts. They identified that ...
May 2, 2024 — Chemists have created a highly reactive chemical compound that has eluded scientists for more than 120 years. The discovery could lead to new drug treatments, safer agricultural products, and better ...
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May 6, 2024 — Why 3,000 bars are needed to take a comprehensive look at a protein: Researchers present a new high-pressure spectroscopy method to unravel the ...
May 2, 2024 — The use of femtosecond lasers to form glass-to-glass welds for solar modules would make the panels easier to recycle, according to a proof-of-concept ...
May 2, 2024 — New catalyst is made from an inexpensive, abundant metal and table sugar. Catalyst converts carbon dioxide (CO2) into carbon monoxide, a building block for producing a variety of useful chemicals ...
May 2, 2024 — Many natural substances possess interesting characteristics, and can form the basis of new active compounds in medicine. Terpenes, for example, are a group of substances, some of which are already ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — Organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) allow current to flow in devices like implantable biosensors. But scientists long knew about a quirk of ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — A lead-vacancy (PbV) center in diamond has been developed as a quantum emitter for large-scale quantum networks by researchers. This innovative color ...
Apr. 26, 2024 — Light-driven molecular motors were first developed nearly 25 years ago. However, making these motors do actual work proved to be a challenge. In a new paper, scientists describe improvements that ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — A new study uncovers a switchable, atomically-thin metal-organic material that could be used in future low-energy electronic technologies. The study shows that electron interactions in this material ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — Scientists have developed a smart, reusable adhesive more than ten times stronger than a gecko's feet adhesion, pointing the way for development of reusable superglue and grippers capable of holding ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — Some materials are transparent to light of a certain frequency. When such light is shone on them, electrical currents can still be generated, ...
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May 2, 2024 — Scientists have developed lubricant additives that protect both water turbine equipment and the surrounding ...
Apr. 26, 2024 — Researchers outline how they used a chemical probe to light up interlocking peptides. Their technique will help scientists differentiate synthetic peptides from toxic types found in Alzheimer's ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — A team of researchers has made a significant breakthrough in the field of organic ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — An unexpected discovery surprised a scientist: nanometer-sized diamond particles, which were intended for a completely different purpose, shone brightly in a magnetic resonance imaging experiment -- ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Scientists have watched a molecule move across a graphite surface in unprecedented detail. It turns out this particular molecule moves like a Moon lander -- and the insights hold potential for future ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Freeze casting is an elegant, cost-effective manufacturing technique to produce highly porous materials with custom-designed hierarchical architectures, well-defined pore orientation, and ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — A mystery that has puzzled the scientific community for over 50 years has finally been solved. A team has discovered that a certain type of chemical reaction can explain why organic matter found in ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Researchers have grown diamonds under conditions of 1 atmosphere pressure and at 1025 degrees Celsius using a liquid metal alloy composed of gallium, iron, nickel, and silicon, thus breaking the ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — A nontoxic separation process recovers critical minerals from electronic scrap ...
Apr. 22, 2024 — Magnetic two-dimensional materials consisting of one or a few atomic layers have only recently become known and promise interesting applications, for example for the electronics of the future. So ...
Apr. 22, 2024 — Lithium salts make batteries powerful but expensive. An ultralow-concentration electrolyte based on the lithium salt LiDFOB may be a more economical and more sustainable alternative. Cells using ...
Apr. 20, 2024 — Inspired by what human liver enzymes can do, chemists have developed a new set of copper-catalyzed organic synthesis reactions for building and modifying pharmaceuticals and other molecules. The new ...
Apr. 19, 2024 — Researchers have unveiled a new means of predicting how to synthesize new materials via the ion-exchange. Based on computer simulations, the method significantly reduces the time and energy required ...
Apr. 19, 2024 — EPFL researchers have developed the first comprehensive model of the quantum-mechanical effects behind photoluminescence in thin gold films; a discovery that could drive the development of solar ...
Apr. 19, 2024 — Collaboration has led to the successful observation of these ultrafast electrons within conducting two-dimensional ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — A new hybrid layered perovskite featuring elusive spontaneous defect ordering has been found, report scientists. By introducing specific concentrations of thiocyanate ions into FAPbI3 (FA = ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Engineers have developed a record-setting nanomaterial which when stretched in one direction, expands perpendicular to the applied ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — In an approach they call 'nanostitching,' engineers used carbon nanotubes to prevent cracking in multilayered composites. The advance could lead to next-generation airplanes and ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — Scientists have found a way to transform metal waste into a highly efficient catalyst to make hydrogen from water, a discovery that could make hydrogen production more ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — Simulations on the Stampede2 supercomputer of the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) are helping scientists engineer solutions to overheating of grid transformers -- a critical component of the ...
Thursday, May 2, 2024
Friday, April 26, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
- Key to Efficient and Stable Organic Solar Cells
- Diamond Dust Shines Bright in Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- 'Like a Nanoscopic Moon Lander': Scientists Unlock Secret of How Pyramidal Molecules Move Across Surfaces
- Freeze Casting: A Guide to Creating Hierarchically Structured Materials
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- A Chemical Mystery Solved -- The Reaction Explaining Large Carbon Sinks
- Making Diamonds at Ambient Pressure
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Monday, April 22, 2024
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
- Accelerating the Discovery of New Materials Via the Ion-Exchange Method
- Energy Scientists Unravel the Mystery of Gold's Glow
- Development of Organic Semiconductors Featuring Ultrafast Electrons
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- From Defects to Order: Spontaneously Emerging Crystal Arrangements in Perovskite Halides
- Two-Dimensional Nanomaterial Sets Record for Expert-Defying, Counter-Intuitive Expansion
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- 'Nanostitches' Enable Lighter and Tougher Composite Materials
- Trash to Treasure -- Researchers Turn Metal Waste Into Catalyst for Hydrogen
- Cooler Transformers Could Help Electric Grid
- Researchers Advance Pigment Chemistry With Moon-Inspired Reddish Magentas
- A Single Atom Layer of Gold: Researchers Create Goldene
Monday, April 15, 2024
Friday, April 12, 2024
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- A New Spin on Organic Shampoo Makes It Sudsier, Longer Lasting
- Nanoscale Movies Shed Light on One Barrier to a Clean Energy Future
- Nothing Is Everything: How Hidden Emptiness Can Define the Usefulness of Filtration Materials
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- New 3D-Printing Method Makes Printing Objects More Affordable and Eco-Friendly
- New Strategy for Assessing the Applicability of Reactions
Monday, April 8, 2024
- Scientists Unveil Cutting-Edge Ruthenium Catalyst for New Reaction Discovery and Optimization
- How Scientists Are Accelerating Chemistry Discoveries With Automation
Friday, April 5, 2024
- A Simple, Inexpensive Way to Make Carbon Atoms Bind Together
- Chemical Reactions Can Scramble Quantum Information as Well as Black Holes
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
- 'Tug of War' Tactic Enhances Chemical Separations for Critical Materials
- Plant-Based Plastic Releases Nine Times Less Microplastics Than Conventional Plastic
- Researchers Visualize Quantum Effects in Electron Waves
- Water-Based Paints: Less Stinky, but Some Still Contain Potentially Hazardous Chemicals
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- New Method to Measure Entropy Production on the Nanoscale
- Micro-Lisa! Making a Mark With Novel Nano-Scale Laser Writing
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Research Lights Up Process for Turning CO2 Into Sustainable Fuel
- Major Environmental Benefits Recycling Gold With Biodiesel
- New Reactor Could Save Millions When Making Ingredients for Plastics and Rubber from Natural Gas
- New Route to Recyclable Polymers from Plants
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- Cleaning Up Environmental Contaminants With Quantum Dot Technology
- Recyclable Reagent and Sunlight Convert Carbon Monoxide Into Methanol
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
- Toxic Metal Particles Can Be Present in Cannabis Vapes Even Before the First Use, Study Finds
- Molecular Crystal Motors Move Like Microbes When Exposed to Light
- Sustainable Solution for Wastewater Polluted by Dyes Used in Many Industries
Monday, March 18, 2024
- Harnessing Hydrogen at Life's Origin
- Using Light to Produce Medication and Plastics More Efficiently
- Advance for Soft Robotics Manufacturing, Design
- Breakthrough in Melting Point Prediction: Over 100-Year-Old Physics Problem Solved
Friday, March 15, 2024
Thursday, March 14, 2024
- A Theory Linking Ignition With Flame Provides Roadmap to Better Combustion Engines
- A New World of 2D Material Is Opening Up
- Perovskite Solar Cells: Vacuum Process May Offer a Short Track to Commercialization
- How to Upcycle Low-Energy Light
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- New High-Speed Microscale 3D Printing Technique
- You Don't Need Glue to Hold These Materials Together -- Just Electricity
- Scientists Reveal the First Unconventional Superconductor That Can Be Found in Mineral Form in Nature
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Monday, March 11, 2024
- Design Rules and Synthesis of Quantum Memory Candidates
- Breakthrough in Nanostructure Technology for Real-Time Color Display
- Combined Microscopy Technique Catches Light-Driven Polymers in the Act
Friday, March 8, 2024
- How Surface Roughness Influences the Adhesion of Soft Materials
- Tiny Wireless Light Bulbs for Biomedical Applications
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
- Key Advance Toward Removing Common Herbicide from Groundwater
- Aluminum Nanoparticles Make Tunable Green Catalysts
- Harmful 'forever Chemicals' Removed from Water With New Electrocatalysis Method
- Using Light to Precisely Control Single-Molecule Devices
- New Method Measures the 3D Position of Individual Atoms
- A New Theoretical Development Clarifies Water's Electronic Structure
Monday, March 4, 2024
Friday, March 1, 2024
- AI-Enabled Atomic Robotic Probe to Advance Quantum Material Manufacturing
- It's Not Only Opposites That Attract -- New Study Shows Like-Charged Particles Can Come Together
- Under Pressure: New Tool for Precise Measurement of Superconductors
Thursday, February 29, 2024
- Turning Waste Into Gold
- When the Music Changes, So Does the Dance: Controlling Cooperative Electronic States in Kagome Metals
- A Bright Idea for Recycling Rare-Earth Phosphors from Used Fluorescent Bulbs
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
- How Molecular 'handedness' Emerged in Early Biology
- Researchers Develop Novel Method to Photosynthesize Hydrogen Peroxide Using Water and Air
- Light Stimulates a New Twist for Synthetic Chemistry
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
- Diamonds Are a Chip's Best Friend
- Researchers Use Hawk Supercomputer and Lean Into Imperfection to Improve Solar Cell Efficiency
- Imaging Grain Boundaries That Impede Lithium-Ion Migration in Solid-State Batteries
- AI-Driven Lab Speeds Catalysis Research
Monday, February 26, 2024
Thursday, February 22, 2024
- Chemists Synthesize Unique Anticancer Molecules Using Novel Approach
- A New Vibrant Blue Pottery Pigment With Less Cobalt
- Graphene Research: Numerous Products, No Acute Dangers Found by Study
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
- An Environmentally Friendly Way to Turn Seafood Waste Into Value-Added Products
- Revolutionary Breakthrough in Solar Energy: Most Efficient QD Solar Cells