News tagged with organic cations
A Venus flytrap for nuclear waste
Not every object is food to a Venus flytrap. Like the carnivorous plant, a new material developed at Northwestern University permanently traps only its desired prey, the radioactive ion cesium, and not other harmless ions ...
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Open, Ring! Highly electrophilic cationic complexes as catalysts in immortal ring-opening polymerization of lactide
(Phys.org) -- Certain complexes of large alkaline earth elements such as calcium, strontium, and barium are efficient catalysts for various organic reactions. However, the stability of these heteroleptic complexes ...
May 18, 2012 |
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Optimal planning of solar power plants
The photovoltaics industry is booming, and the market for solar farms is growing quickly all over the world. Yet, the task of planning PV power plants to make them as effi cient as possible is far from trivial. ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 10, 2012 |
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Researchers find energy storage 'solutions' in MetILs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sandia researchers have developed a new family of liquid salt electrolytes, known as MetILs, that could lead to batteries able to cost-effectively store three times more energy than today’s ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 17, 2012 |
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Chemists to develop new materials for hydrogen storage in vehicles
(PhysOrg.com) -- The biggest challenge with hydrogen-powered fuel cells lies in the storage of hydrogen: how to store enough of it, in a safe and cost-effective manner, to power a vehicle for 300 miles? ...
Jan 27, 2012 |
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Bacterium Salmonella enterica regulates virulence according to iron levels found in its surroundings
Salmonella enterica, one of the main causes of gastrointestinal infections, modulates its virulence gene expression, adapting it to each stage of the infection process, depending on the free iron concentration found in the ...
May 10, 2011 |
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Nanomaterials: Finding friends with a golden tip
Quantum dots are tiny semiconductor crystals that emit bright and tunable fluorescence. They are typically made of cadmium sulfide (CdS) or cadmium selenide (CdSe), and have a wide range of applications, including ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 04, 2011 |
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Did clay mould life's origins?
(PhysOrg.com) -- An Oxford University scientist has taken our understanding of the origin of life a step further.
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Alternating stacks of planar cations and dipyrrole-containing anions provides concept for new materials
(PhysOrg.com) -- Pyrroles, which are rings containing one nitrogen and four carbon atoms, are essential components of our red hemoglobin as well as the green chlorophyll in plants. Japanese researchers led ...
Dec 10, 2010 |
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Laser spectroscopy exposes organization of water molecules under model membrane surfaces
The behavior of water molecules as they contact biological substances has long puzzled scientists. The first few layers of interfacial water can display complex arrangements that distinctly influence biochemical ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Sep 27, 2010 |
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'Miracle tree' may form basis for low-cost water purification
The moringa oleifera tree, often called the "miracle tree" for its potential to provide food, fuel and water in harsh environments, is the target of a new effort by three Penn State engineers to provide clean drinking water ...
Sep 17, 2010 |
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