News tagged with carbon bonds

New way to break some of the strongest chemical bonds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Cornell University in the U.S. have found a new way of breaking two of the strongest chemical bonds, at ambient temperature and pressure, and this breakthrough could lead to ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (24) | comments 0 weblog

Researchers describe 'implausible' chemistry that produces herbicidal compound

A soil microbe that uses chemical warfare to fight off competitors employs an unusual chemical pathway in the manufacture of its arsenal, researchers report, making use of an enzyme that can do what no other enzyme is known ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A New Family of Molecules for Self-Assembly: The Carboranes

(PhysOrg.com) -- To be useful in real-world applications, a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of molecules on a surface must have a stable and controllable geometry. Researchers at Penn State and the Sigma-Aldrich ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New Catalyst Paves the Path for Ethanol-Powered Fuel Cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Delaware and Yeshiva University, has ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 2


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