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New review urges rigorous testing for single-atom catalysts in industry
Many modern industrial processes depend on complex chemistry. Take fertilizer production, for example: to make it, companies must first produce ammonia, a key ingredient.
Materials Science
Apr 26, 2025
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Surface reconstruction strategy can enable affordable hydrogen fuel production
The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is a remarkable process that can create clean hydrogen fuel—a potential part of a solution to our climate change crisis. The problem lies in scaling up this reaction from a lab experiment ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 25, 2025
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New study discovers unexpected role of 4f-orbital covalency in driving chemical reactivity
The willingness of the 4f orbitals of lanthanide metals to participate in chemical reactions is as rare as their presence in Earth's crust. A recent study, however, witnessed the 4f orbital in a cerium-based compound actively ...
Researcher investigates hydrogel-infused additive manufacturing of ceramics
Doctoral student Natalie Yaw came to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) as a summer intern. But when her time at the Laboratory ended, her work did not. She took the lead to write a paper based on her findings, ...
Materials Science
Apr 24, 2025
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Researchers develop a UV-programmable hydrogel actuator for bioinspired simulation
A joint team from National Taiwan University and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology has developed a novel hydrogel actuator whose movement can be programmed using UV light, enabling precise spatial control of thermoresponsive ...
Polymers
Apr 24, 2025
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Cerium glows yellow: Chemists discover how to control luminescence of rare earth elements
Researchers at HSE University and the Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis of the Russian Academy of Sciences have discovered a way to control both the color and brightness of the glow emitted by rare earth elements. Their ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 23, 2025
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Engineer reinvents ceramics with origami-inspired 3D printing
In a breakthrough that blends ancient design with modern materials science, researchers at the University of Houston have developed a new class of ceramic structures that can bend under pressure—without breaking.
Polymers
Apr 23, 2025
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Computational model predicts a chemical reaction's point of no return
When chemists design new chemical reactions, one useful piece of information involves the reaction's transition state—the point of no return from which a reaction must proceed.
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 23, 2025
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Porous crystal catalyst offers durable, efficient solution for clean hydrogen production
A new catalyst structure offers a potential pathway toward more cost-effective hydrogen production via water electrolysis. The material centers on mesoporous single-crystalline Co3O4 doped with atomically dispersed iridium ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 23, 2025
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Advanced tungsten-based ceramics achieve high hardness and ablation resistance
A research team successfully synthesized tungsten carbide (WC) and tungsten boride (WB2) ceramics with excellent mechanical properties and ablation resistance.
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 22, 2025
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Colloidal crystal model reveals new factors in controlling polymorph formation
Polymorphs are not mythical, chimeric beasts—they are substances with identical chemical compositions but differing crystal structures that also exhibit different physical and chemical properties. What this means for practical ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 22, 2025
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Dedicated beamline will support SLAC's growing catalysis research community
Catalysts make our modern lives possible. By reducing the start-up energy needed for chemical reactions, they facilitate the production of fuels, plastics and textiles as well as vital water treatment processes.
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 22, 2025
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Weather forecasting technique speeds up electrocatalyst degradation predictions
A NIMS research team has developed an approach capable of accurately and rapidly predicting the degradation behavior of electrocatalysts used in water electrolyzers by employing data assimilation—a method commonly employed ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 21, 2025
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Synergistic catalyst enables targeted cleavage of ethane C–H bonds in tandem with CO₂ activation
Ethylene, as one of the most important light olefins, serves as a fundamental feedstock for producing various high-value-added chemical products. Industrial ethylene production primarily relies on steam cracking of ethane ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 21, 2025
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Engineering a hydrogen-bonding microenvironment to boost CO₂ electroreduction
Catalytic conversion of waste CO2 into value-added fuels and chemicals offers unprecedented opportunities for both environmental protection and economic development. Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) has garnered ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 21, 2025
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Precision-shaped Cu₂O crystals unlock new potential for clean energy catalysts
Can the shape of a crystal really change how well it performs in clean energy technology? A new study says yes—decisively.
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 18, 2025
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Reusable moss-based adsorbent can help clean up oil spills
Hidden within sphagnum moss, commonly known as peat moss, is an adsorbent material that can help us combat oil spills. A study by researchers from China presents a new bio-based oil adsorbent derived from sphagnum moss that ...
Infrared spectroscopy with machine learning detects early wood coating deterioration
From the Japanese cypress to the ponderosa pine, wood has been used in construction for millennia. Though materials like steel and concrete have largely taken over large building construction, wood is making a comeback, increasingly ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 17, 2025
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From cage to sponge: Clathrate material morphs into powerful green hydrogen catalyst
Clathrates are characterized by a complex cage structure that provides space for guest ions too. Now, for the first time, a team has investigated the suitability of clathrates as catalysts for electrolytic hydrogen production ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 17, 2025
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A new take on the abilities of hydrogen binding energy for use in single-atom catalysts
Hydrogen-based technologies are becoming more of a topic as renewable and clean energy sources are desired. A controversial take in this world is that hydrogen binding energy might not be the first way to go anymore.
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 17, 2025
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