News tagged with mesoporous materials

Success in synthesis of new high performance functional material mesoporous prussian blue

The National Institute for Materials Science in Japan succeeded in fabricating mesoporous Prussian blue, in which an extremely large number of nanosized pores (mesoporous) are formed in the crystal structure of the material.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Terminating toxic metals: Molecularly engineered material solves complex environmental contamination issues

A whiteboard, dry-erase markers and curiosity can sometimes be the most powerful tools in the scientific toolkit to solve America's biggest challenges. And few problems pose as serious a threat to the environment ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Chemists fabricate 'impossible' material

(PhysOrg.com) -- When atoms combine to form compounds, they must follow certain bonding and valence rules. For this reason, many compounds simply cannot exist. But there are some compounds that, although they ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 25, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (68) | comments 9 | with audio podcast feature

The Package Matters: Tucking ammonia borane in mesoporous silica results in high-quality hydrogen at lower temperatures

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to squeezing hydrogen out of ammonia borane, the packaging matters, according to scientists from three national labs. Ammonia borane releases hydrogen with heating by a multi-step ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 15, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

First tri-continuous mesoporous Silica complex structure developed in Singapore

Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) has developed the first tri-continuous mesoporous material using a unique surfactant template. This completely new porous structure previously been predicted ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 05, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0