Search results for heterogeneous chemistry

Materials Science Mar 7, 2022

Reassigning the vibrational spectrum of vanadium pentoxide

The experimental elucidation of the structures at the interface between a working catalyst and the reacting molecules is the key to a fundamental understanding of heterogeneous catalysis. Researchers from the Fritz Haber ...

Analytical Chemistry Mar 4, 2022

New details on the formation of 'metal soaps' in oil paint that hinder the conservation of artworks

When you think of soaps, you may first picture the liquid foams or solid bars that wash away dirt, grime and bacteria. However, not all soaps are cleansers. In the art conservation world, metal carboxylates, also known as ...

Materials Science Feb 28, 2022

New, nature-inspired concepts for turning carbon dioxide into clean fuels

Researchers have developed an efficient concept to turn carbon dioxide into clean, sustainable fuels, without any unwanted by-products or waste.

Materials Science Feb 25, 2022

Searching for a grammar of materials to aid in discovery of catalysts

A research group from the Theory Department has explored the use of formal grammars as a new approach to discovering solid catalysts. Such grammars can encode the building rules of known materials and subsequently propose ...

Materials Science Feb 24, 2022

A new methodology for predicting corrosion rates

Most metal alloys are prone to corrosion, which costs hundreds of billions of dollars of damage annually in the U.S. alone. Accurately predicting corrosion rates is a long-standing goal of corrosion science, but these rates ...

Analytical Chemistry Feb 10, 2022

Real-time solid-state NMR spectroscopy inside living cells

Researchers from the Leiden Institute of Chemistry show proof of principle that live-cell structural changes and metabolic processes can be followed in real time with NMR spectroscopy. They performed their study on photosynthetic ...

Quantum Physics Jan 19, 2022

Magnetism at the root of enhanced 'green' catalysis

The research group at MagnetoCat SL (Alicante, Spain) published a fundamental theoretical work on magnetism in heterogeneous catalysis in ACS Catalysis. The group, composed by Ph.D. student Miss Chiara Biz, Dr. Mauro Fianchini ...

Materials Science Jan 15, 2022

Program helps speed up research of complex chemistry problems

A successful partnership to help make aspects of chemistry research faster and more productive was recently renewed for another four years.

Materials Science Jan 10, 2022

Migrating holes help catalysts to be productive

Dig this: Catalysis appears to function because of holes.

Nanophysics Jan 10, 2022

Catalyst surface analysed at atomic resolution

Researchers from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, the University of Duisburg-Essen and the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion in Mülheim an der Ruhr cooperated on the project as part of the Collaborative Research ...

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