Smaller isn't always better: Catalyst simulations could lower fuel cell cost
(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine a car that runs on hydrogen from solar power and produces water instead of carbon emissions. While vehicles like this won't be on the market anytime soon, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers ...
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Platinum nanocatalyst could aid drugmakers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nanoparticles combining platinum and gold act as superefficient catalysts, but chemists have struggled to create them in an industrially useful form. Rice University chemists have answered the call this week ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Researchers Record First Real-Time Direct Observations of Nanocrystal Growth in Solution (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The veil is being lifted from the once unseen world of molecular activity. Not so long ago only the final products were visible and scientists were forced to gauge the processes behind those ...
Aug 07, 2009 |
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Extraterrestrial platinum was 'stirred' into the Earth
(PhysOrg.com) -- A research program aimed at using platinum as an exploration guide for nickel has for the first time been able to put a time scale on the planet’s large-scale convection processes.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 30, 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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Going platinum: New catalyst could boost cleaner fuel use
(PhysOrg.com) -- Material scientists at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a technique for a bimetallic fuel cell catalyst that is efficient, robust and two to five times more effective than ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 14, 2009 |
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Increasing levels of rare element found worldwide
Dartmouth researchers have determined that the presence of the rare element osmium is on the rise globally. They trace this increase to the consumption of refined platinum, the primary ingredient in catalytic converters, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Scientists discover new platinum catalysts for the dehydrogenation of propane
(PhysOrg.com) -- The process to turn propane into industrially necessary propylene has been expensive and environmentally unfriendly. That was until scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 13, 2009 |
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Nanowires may lead to better fuel cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- The creation of long platinum nanowires at the University of Rochester could soon lead to the development of commercially viable fuel cells.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Carbon Nanotubes Make Fuel Cells Cheaper
(PhysOrg.com) -- As fuel cells are becoming more popular due to their potential use in applications such as hydrogen-powered vehicles, auxiliary power systems, and electronic devices, the need for the precious ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 09, 2009 |
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