Catalysts are of utmost relevance for the production of chemicals and energy storage with hydrogen. Researchers at the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (HI ERN) and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität ...
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 17, 2022
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20 years ago, Danish chemist Morten Meldal discovered a new method for assembling molecules.
Biochemistry
Nov 8, 2022
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A new method to anchor single atoms of platinum-group metals on nanometer-sized islands allows for efficiently using these expensive metals as catalysts for a wide variety of applications.
Nanophysics
Oct 26, 2022
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The Haber-Bosch process, which is commonly used to synthesize ammonia (NH3)—the foundation for synthetic nitrogen fertilizers—by combining hydrogen (H2) and nitrogen (N2) over catalysts at high pressures and temperatures, ...
Materials Science
Oct 19, 2022
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Professor Kotohiro Nomura's research group at Tokyo Metropolitan University developed two high-performance catalysts for efficient synthesis of value-added chemicals (fine chemicals, monomers) from polyester and vegetable ...
Polymers
Oct 3, 2022
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When synthesizing new compounds, it is advantageous to have reactants that are widely available and a simple method which produces a high yield of products with little waste (undesirable byproducts). In this regard, the alkylation ...
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 30, 2022
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Propylene is a gas used to make a large variety of packaging and containers and is considered to be the second most important starting product in petrochemical engineering. However, its production from propane is currently ...
Materials Science
Sep 26, 2022
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As the poet Dylan Thomas once explained, it is "the force that through the green fuse drives the flower."
Biochemistry
Sep 13, 2022
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Solid-aqueous interfaces are ubiquitous and essential in a diverse range of natural and man-made systems and processes, from mineral formation, rock weathering and metal corrosion, to the intricate functioning of biological ...
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 8, 2022
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Russian scientists have developed a new, highly efficient catalyst for carbon dioxide industrial processing that makes the process simple and inexpensive. Scientists from MISIS University, Lomonosov Moscow State University ...
Materials Science
Sep 2, 2022
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