News tagged with metal complex

Screens set to go green

Fitting the screens of electronic devices, such as televisions and smartphones, with a new display technology called 'organic light-emitting diodes' (OLEDs) will reduce their energy consumption, but such screens ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Sensitive to oxygen: Phosphorescent iridium(III) porphyrin complexes, new tunable oxygen indicators

(PhysOrg.com) -- Monitoring the amount of oxygen in living tissues accurately is a valuable tool in biomedical science, because it enables the elucidation of the course of metabolic processes or the detection ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Metallic molecules to nanotubes: Spread out!

(PhysOrg.com) -- A lab at Rice University has stepped forward with an efficient method to disperse nanotubes in a way that preserves their unique properties -- and adds more.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 23, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

One step closer to green catalysis

Mirror image catalysis with water in water is finally possible. Mirror image catalysis in water with water is effective and produces no waste. Researchers have now succeeded in imitating this marvelous trick of nature. NWO ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New kind of fuel cell delivers energy and fine chemicals with no waste from renewable raw materials

(PhysOrg.com) -- The concept of converting renewable raw materials so cleverly that the same process simultaneously produces both energy and industrially desirable chemicals has been high on the wish-list ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 24, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Truth Is Stranger Than Science: Discovering true properties of metal oxides

(PhysOrg.com) -- To successfully compete in a global marketplace, manufacturers continually search for better materials: faster drying and less hazardous paint, longer-lasting sunscreen, and faster computers. ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

A molecular ripcord for chemical reactions

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (the Netherlands) have developed an entirely new method for starting chemical reactions. For the first time they used mechanical forces to control catalytic ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists develop a unique approach for splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen

The design of efficient systems for splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen, driven by sunlight is among the most important challenges facing science today, underpinning the long term potential of hydrogen as a clean, sustainable ...

Chemistry / Other

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Organometallic compounds as new drugs? Cobalt-containing aspirin complex with potential anti-tumor properties

Despite considerable progress in modern chemotherapy, there remains a large demand for innovative anti-tumor agents. A new approach involves modeling the pharmacological properties of established drugs with organometallic ...

Chemistry /

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0