News tagged with palladium
Dutch researcher develops catalysts for clean drinking water
Jitendra Kumar Chinthaginjala of the University of Twente, The Netherlands, has developed a catalyst that can efficiently remove nitrite and nitrate from drinking water. These two toxic substances are increasingly found in ...
Jun 18, 2010 |
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Tracking the 'evolution' of nanoparticles as they decontaminate groundwater
(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers use advanced imaging techniques to examine bimetallic materials that have remediated more than 50 toxic waste sites.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 18, 2010 |
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Imaging Atoms and Revolutionizing Laptop Computers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Outlet vampires (n). Definition: People with laptop computers who stare hungrily at the walls of airports, train stations, and bus depots, searching for an electrical outlet to power their ...
Jun 08, 2010 |
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Silver tells a volatile story of Earth's origin: Water was present during its birth
Tiny variations in the isotopic composition of silver in meteorites and Earth rocks are helping scientists put together a timetable of how our planet was assembled beginning 4.568 billion years ago. The new ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 13, 2010 |
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The World's Smallest Spontaneous Atomic Valentine
(PhysOrg.com) -- Palladium atoms placed on a carbon base spontaneously formed into an 8 nanometer heart at the University of Birmingham’s Nanoscale Physics Research Laboratory this week. Just in time for ...
Feb 14, 2010 |
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New visible light photocatalyst kills bacteria, even after light turned off
In the battle against bacteria, researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a powerful new weapon - an enhanced photocatalytic disinfection process that uses visible light to destroy harmful bacteria and viruses, ...
Jan 19, 2010 |
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Carbenes: New molecules have wide applications
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have created in the laboratory a class of carbenes, highly reactive molecules, used to make catalysts - substances that facilitate chemical reactions. ...
Oct 22, 2009 |
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A new way to prepare fluorinated pharmaceuticals
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of MIT chemists has devised a new way to add fluorine to a variety of compounds used in many drugs and agricultural chemicals, an advance that could offer more flexibility and potential cost-savings ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Aug 13, 2009 |
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New method to efficiently produce less toxic drugs using organic molecules
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)'s Associate Professor Zhong Guofu has made a significant contribution to the field of organic chemistry, in particular the study of using small organic molecules as catalysts, in the ...
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Dutch chemists make new chiral palladium metal
Researchers at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have succeeded in making the first ever piece of chiral palladium metal. The findings, by a research team led by Gadi Rothenberg, professor of Heterogeneous Catalysis and Sustainable ...
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Chemists uncover 'green' catalysts with promise for cheaper drug production
(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Toronto research team from the Department of Chemistry has discovered useful "green" catalysts made from iron that might replace the much more expensive and toxic platinum metals typically ...
Apr 13, 2009 |
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Chemists create more efficient palladium fuel cell catalysts
Even small devices need power, and much of that juice comes from fuel cells. As these devices become even smaller, the rush is on to find more efficient ways to power them.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Gold-palladium nanoparticles achieve greener, smarter production of hydrogen peroxide
Hydrogen peroxide is one of the world's most versatile and widely used chemicals. A powerful oxidizing agent, H2O2 is commonly used as a bleach, an antiseptic and a disinfectant.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 19, 2009 |
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