News tagged with benzene molecule

Size matters - even for molecules

Two electrons that are emitted from a large molecule by a single photon may originate from far apart within that molecule. In a recent study on hydrocarbon molecules consisting of one to five fused benzene ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Size matters -- even for molecules

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two electrons that are emitted from a large molecule by a single photon may originate from far apart within that molecule. In a recent study on hydrocarbon molecules consisting of one to five ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

New materials engineering labs see early success

(PhysOrg.com) -- After only a few months of work, a small group of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has successfully scaled up the production of a new molecule ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Boron-based compounds trick a biomedical protein

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemists and biologists have successfully demonstrated that specially synthesized boron compounds are readily accepted in biologically active enzymes, a move that, they say, is a proof of concept that could ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Rare-earth half-sandwiches prove rewarding

The chemical frameworks of ’natural products’—molecules generated by biological organisms—have inspired many of today’s most potent pharmaceuticals. But the complexity of these compounds ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Battery cathode made of waste byproducts from paper industry promises sustainable energy storage

A breakthrough for inexpensive electricity from solar cells, and a massive investment in wind power, will mean a need to store energy in an intelligent way. According to research at Linköping University (Sweden), published ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Ordered planar polymers created for the first time

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists under the direction of ETH Zurich have created a minor sensation in synthetic chemistry. They succeeded for the first time in producing regularly ordered planar polymers that form ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Economizing chemistry, atom by atom

In chemistry, downsizing can have positive attributes. Reducing the number of steps and reagents in synthetic reactions, for example, enables chemists to boost their productivity while reducing their environmental ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers discover novel chemical route to form organic molecules

An international team of scientists led by University of Hawai‘i at M?noa Professor Ralf I. Kaiser, Alexander M. Mebel of Florida International University, and Alexander Tielens of Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands, ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bright future for gaN nanowires

The gallium nitride nanowires grown by PML scientists may only be a few tenths of a micrometer in diameter, but they promise a very wide range of applications, from new light-emitting diodes and diode lasers ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Argonne patents technology that increases safety of Li-ion batteries

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have patented a new, extremely stable, 4-volt redox shuttle molecule that provides overcharge protection for lithium-ion batteries containing ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Graphene nanoribbons grow due to domino-like effect

(PhysOrg.com) -- While many labs are trying to efficiently synthesize large two-dimensional sheets of graphene, a team of researchers from Sweden and the UK is investigating the synthesis of very thin strips ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast feature

A diamond ring sparks a paradigm shift

The sweet smell of benzene gave birth to the term ‘aromatic’ molecules, but it is the chemical bonds within these compounds that have fascinated researchers for almost 200 years. Encasing alternating ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists who use microwave heating in experiments can control it better now

(PhysOrg.com) -- For at least 20 years, organic chemists and materials scientists have used microwaves as an alternative energy source to activate materials and break chemical bonds. However, though microwaves ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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