Inorganic Chemistry News
February 25, 2025
Top Headlines
Feb. 25, 2025 — Cadmium selenide nanoplatelets provide a promising foundation for the development of innovative electronic materials. Since the turn of the millennium, researchers around the world have taken a particular interest in these tiny platelets, which are ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — Keeping work surfaces clean during meat processing is a challenge, and now researchers deliver key insights into a solution that could change the current practice altogether: Instead of working to prevent bacteria buildup, they created surfaces that ...
Feb. 21, 2025 — A research team has developed a groundbreaking method for synthesizing perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs), a next-generation semiconductor material, in a more uniform and efficient manner. This study is expected to serve as a key breakthrough in ...
Feb. 21, 2025 — Perovskite solar cells are highly efficient and low cost in production. However, they still lack stability over the decades under real weather conditions. An international research collaboration has now explored the effects of multiple thermal ...
Latest Headlines
updated 11:05pm EST
Feb. 21, 2025 — Rubidium could be the next key player in oxide-ion conductors. Researchers have discovered a rare rubidium (Rb)-containing oxide-ion conductor with exceptionally high conductivity. Identified through ...
Feb. 20, 2025 — Chemical engineers have discovered that adding nickel atoms to silver catalysts could revolutionize the production of ethylene oxide by eliminating the need for toxic chlorine while maintaining ...
Feb. 19, 2025 — Electrons are incredibly fast. Because of their ultrafast motions, directly observing their behavior has been challenging. Now researchers have suggested a new method to make visualizing electron ...
Feb. 19, 2025 — Scientists have taken a critical next step in creating a scalable process to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air and 'recirculate' it as a renewable fuel. Chemists now describe their latest ...
Feb. 19, 2025 — Scientists have discovered how to turn common minerals into materials that spontaneously remove and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. In the lab, the materials pull CO2 from the air thousands ...
Feb. 18, 2025 — Researchers tested a strategy for developing single-atom catalysts that may help us develop more efficient methods for water ...
Feb. 18, 2025 — It may be the smallest, shortest chorus dance ever recorded. An international team of researchers observed how electrons, excited by ultrafast light ...
Feb. 18, 2025 — Researchers have demonstrated a new technique that uses light to tune the optical properties of quantum dots -- making the process faster, more energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable -- ...
Feb. 18, 2025 — In the world of soft robotics and wearable technology, sheet-based fluidic devices are revolutionizing how lightweight, flexible and multifunctional ...
Feb. 18, 2025 — Researchers have discovered a new method by which a catalyst can be used to selectively burn one molecule in a mixture of hydrocarbons -- compounds ...
Earlier Headlines
Feb. 17, 2025 — A groundbreaking study explores Ba-Si orthosilicate oxynitride-hydride (Ba3SiO5 xNyHz) as a sustainable catalyst for ammonia synthesis, offering a potential alternative to traditional transition ...
Feb. 18, 2025 — Bringing aromas indoors with the help of chemical products -- yes, air fresheners, wax melts, floor cleaners, deodorants and others -- rapidly fills the air with nanoscale particles that are small ...
Feb. 14, 2025 — The process of separating useful molecules from mixtures of other substances accounts for 15% of the nation's energy, emits 100 million tons of carbon dioxide and costs $4 billion annually. In a ...
Feb. 14, 2025 — Researchers have explored a 'quantum-inspired' technique to make the 'ones' and 'zeroes' for classical computer memory applications out of crystal defects, each the size ...
Feb. 14, 2025 — Researchers demonstrated the first fully 3D-printed, droplet-emitting electrospray engine. The low-cost device can be fabricated more quickly than traditional thrusters, potentially from on board a ...
Feb. 13, 2025 — Is it possible to tile a surface with a single shape in such a way that the pattern never repeats itself? In 2022, a mathematical solution to this 'Einstein problem' was discovered for the ...
Feb. 13, 2025 — When analyzing odorants in food or their raw materials, the formation of artifacts can significantly distort the results. In a new comparative study, researchers have shown that the injection method ...
Feb. 13, 2025 — Scientists have identified a new property, interface flexibility, that controls how certain molecules naturally self-organize into crystalline supramolecular networks. This significant discovery ...
Feb. 13, 2025 — Researchers have synthesized a Bi5-ring, a molecule with five bismuth atoms, and stabilized it in a metal complex. Their discovery fills a gap in chemical knowledge and enables future applications in ...
Feb. 13, 2025 — The possibilities for material design and production of plastic components are being expanded through 3D printing technology. However, there is a shortage of recyclable polymers that meet the ...
Feb. 12, 2025 — A new study has revealed the clearest-ever picture of the surface chemistry of worm species that provides groundbreaking insights into how animals interact with their environment and each other. ...
Feb. 12, 2025 — Researchers have developed a novel experimental platform to measure the electric fields of light trapped between two mirrors with a sub-cycle precision. These electro-optic Fabry-Perot resonators ...
Feb. 11, 2025 — Triple click chemistry has revolutionized chemical synthesis with its simplicity and efficiency, allowing for the quick and selective assembly of complex molecules. Now, in a recent study, ...
Feb. 10, 2025 — New research, working toward ambient-pressure high-temperature superconductivity, brings us one step closer to finding superconductors that work in everyday conditions -- and potentially unlocking a ...
Feb. 10, 2025 — Researchers have developed a sustainable catalyst that increases its activity during use while converting carbon dioxide (CO2) into valuable products. This discovery offers a blueprint for designing ...
Feb. 6, 2025 — Researchers have achieved total chemical synthesis of the psychoactive compound ibogaine and its analogs from pyridine. The discovery will make it easier to explore the therapeutic possibilities of ...
Feb. 6, 2025 — A biomaterial that can mimic certain behaviors within biological tissues could advance regenerative medicine, disease modeling, soft robotics and more, according to ...
Feb. 6, 2025 — Nearly every disease has an inflammatory component, but blood tests can't pinpoint inflammation in specific organs or tissues in the human body. Now researchers have developed a method to detect ...
Feb. 6, 2025 — Epoxy resins are coatings and adhesives used in a broad range of familiar applications, such as construction, engineering and manufacturing. However, they often present a challenge to recycle or ...
Feb. 5, 2025 — Scientists have developed a versatile platform with an electrically controlled nano-gate that can be used for applications in sensing, chemical synthesis, memristors, and neuromorphic computing. The ...
Monday, February 17, 2025
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Friday, February 14, 2025
- Clearing the Way for Faster and More Cost-Effective Separations
- Terabytes of Data in a Millimeter Crystal
- Fully 3D-Printed Electrospray Engine
Thursday, February 13, 2025
- The Molecular Einstein: One Molecule, Endless Patterns
- Analyzing Odorants Without Artifacts
- Scientists Discover Mechanism Driving Molecular Network Formation
- Unique Five-Atom Bismuth Ring Synthesized
- Recyclable Plastic for the Printer
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
- Worm Surface Chemistry Reveals Secrets to Their Development and Survival
- Mirror, Mirror Trap the Light: Measuring Invisible Light Waves Via Electro-Optic Cavities
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Monday, February 10, 2025
- Physicists Hit Major Milestone in Advancing Superconductor Applications
- Nanoscale Tin Catalyst Discovery Paves the Way for Sustainable CO2 Conversion
Thursday, February 6, 2025
- Researchers Achieve Total Synthesis of Ibogaine
- Novel 'living' Biomaterial Aims to Advance Regenerative Medicine
- A New Way to Detect Inflammation
- Recycling the Unrecyclable: Reclaiming Materials from Epoxy Resins and Composites
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Monday, February 3, 2025
- Revolutionary Lubricant Prevents Friction at High Temperatures
- Tiny Copper 'flowers' Bloom on Artificial Leaves for Clean Fuel Production
Thursday, January 30, 2025
- Pioneering Asymmetric Living Polymerization in Liquid Crystal Reaction Fields
- Better Digital Memories With the Help of Noble Gases
- New Light-Tuned Chemical Tools Control Processes in Living Cells
- New Insights on Radical Trapping in 12-Phosphatetraphene Uncovered
- From Bowling Balls to Hip Joints: Chemists Create Recyclable Alternative to Durable Plastics
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
- Creating Nanoislands for Better Platinum Catalysts
- Chemical Looping Turns Environmental Waste Into Fuel
- Common Plastic Pigment Promotes Depolymerization
- The Secret Life of Catalysts: New Discoveries in Chemical Reactions
- Green Phosphonate Chemistry -- Does It Exist?
- Research Leads to Viable Solution for Polycotton Textile Waste Recycling
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
- New Avenues in Quantum Research: Supramolecular Qubit Candidates Detected
- Structural Color Shields: Water Repellent Coatings
- Plant-Based Substitute for Fossil Fuels Developed for Plastic Foams
Monday, January 27, 2025
- Progress Toward a New Generation of Rechargeable Batteries
- New Weapon Against Harmful Algal Blooms
- Researchers Invent a New Tool to Help Lower the Cost of Tomorrow's Medicine
Friday, January 24, 2025
Thursday, January 23, 2025
- Bacteria Found to Eat Forever Chemicals -- And Even Some of Their Toxic Byproducts
- Terahertz Pulses Induce Chirality in a Non-Chiral Crystal
- Using Infrared Heat Transfer to Modify Chemical Reactions
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
- New Research Uncovers Exotic Electron Crystal in Graphene
- From Soot Particle Filters to Renewable Fuels
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
- Scientists Harness the Power of 'layered' Crystals for Energy Innovation
- Reimagining Chain Mail
- Clean Hydrogen in Minutes: Microwaves Deliver Clean Energy Faster
- New Ceramic Catalyst Uses Sodium and Boron to Drive Sustainable Industrial Reactions
- We Can Make Fertilizer More Efficiently Under the Surface of the Earth
Friday, January 17, 2025
- Technology for Oxidizing Atmospheric Methane Won't Help the Climate
- Polymer Editing Can Upcycle Waste Into Higher-Performance Plastics
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
- Diamond Continues to Shine: New Properties Discovered in Diamond Semiconductors
- Uncurling a Single DNA Molecule and Gluing It Down Helps Sharpen Images
Monday, January 13, 2025
Friday, January 10, 2025
- New Insights Into Acoustic Bubbles Give Boost to Future Applications
- Harnessing Corrosion: Scientists Transform Dealloying Into Sustainable Lightweight Alloy Design
- Harnessing Microwave Flow Reaction to Convert Biomass Into Useful Sugars
- Revealing the 'true Colors' Of a Single-Atom Layer of Metal Alloys
- Breakthrough Study Reveals the Secrets Behind Cordierite's Anomalous Thermal Expansion
Thursday, January 9, 2025
- Pioneering New Tool Will Spur Advances in Catalysis
- Scientists Fuel Sustainable Future With Catalyst for Hydrogen from Ammonia
- Chemists Unlock the Potential of Ketone and Ester Molecules, Paving the Way for Greener and More Efficient Drug Development
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
- Synthetic Chemicals and Chemical Products Require a New Regulatory and Legal Approach to Safeguard Children's Health
- Breakthrough in 2D Material Growth Opens Doors to Cleaner Energy and Next-Generation Technology
- Moving in Sync, Slowly, in Glassy Liquids
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Friday, January 3, 2025
- From Carbon Dioxide to Acetaldehyde: Toward Greener Industrial Chemistry
- New Nanocrystal Material a Key Step Toward Faster, More Energy-Efficient Computing
Thursday, January 2, 2025
- Water Treatment: Catching Steroid Hormones With Nanotubes
- Chemists Create Eco-Friendly Method to Make Chlorine-Based Materials for Drugs and Chemicals
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Friday, December 27, 2024
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Monday, December 23, 2024
Friday, December 20, 2024
Thursday, December 19, 2024
- New Molecule-Creation Method a 'powerful Tool' To Accelerate Drug Synthesis and Discovery
- Engineering Researchers Develop Revolutionary Diamond Fabrication Technology
- Breathing New Life Into Technology: New Way of Separating Oxygen from Argon
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
- Step Forward in Generating Solar-Powered Hydrogen
- Hyperspectral Imaging Lidar System Achieves Remote Plastic Identification
Monday, December 16, 2024
- Exploring Excited State Dynamics: Advancements in Fluorescence and Material Design
- Unlocking the Journey of Gold Through Magmatic Fluids
Thursday, December 12, 2024
- New Chemical Structures Show Vastly Improved Carbon Capture Ability
- Smallest Molecular Machine: Reversible Sliding Motion in Ammonium-Linked Ferrocene
- Molecular Interactions: Spirals and Waves
- Researchers Develop New Methods to Generate and Improve Magnetism of 2D Materials
- Researchers Uncover Strong Light-Matter Interactions in Quantum Spin Liquids
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
- Universal Barcodes Unlock Fast-Paced Small Molecule Synthesis
- A New, More Economical and Sustainable Material Is Designed That Uses Sunlight to Decontaminate the Air
- Researchers Harness Copper Versatility to Enable Control of CO2 Reduction Products
- 'Superman' Bacteria Offer a Sustainable Boost to Chemical Production
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
- Particle That Only Has Mass When Moving in One Direction Observed for First Time
- Scientists Develop Coating for Enhanced Thermal Imaging Through Hot Windows
- A Greener, Cleaner Way to Extract Cobalt from 'junk' Materials
- Research Shows Feasting Fungi Could Revolutionize Carbon-Fiber Recycling
- Advancing the Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Gold Monolayers