Search results for heterogeneous chemistry

Materials Science Aug 4, 2021

Researchers determine active sites of Cu-znO catalysts for water gas shift and CO hydrogenation reactions

The research team led by Prof. Huang Weixin and Assoc. Prof. Zhang Wenhua from University of Science and Technology of China of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, collaborating with Prof. Wang Ye from Xiamen University, investigated ...

Biochemistry Aug 2, 2021

CO2 as a raw material for plastics and other products

Carbon dioxide is one of the main drivers of climate change—which means that we need to reduce CO2 emissions in the future. Fraunhofer researchers are highlighting a possible way to lower these emissions: They use the greenhouse ...

Materials Science Jul 6, 2021

Cracking the bitumen puzzle

While atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy have provided information on the morphology of bitumen surfaces in the past, it was not known whether surface and chemical composition correlate with each other. ...

Materials Science Jun 24, 2021

Scientists can predict and design single atom catalysts for important chemical reactions

Researchers at Tufts University, University College London (UCL), Cambridge University and University of California at Santa Barbara have demonstrated that a catalyst can indeed be an agent of change. In a study published ...

Environment Jun 24, 2021

The molecular characteristics of dissolved organic matter in an eutrophic coastal bay

Coastal bays are momentous transition zones connecting terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Xiangshan Bay is a typically eutrophic and semi-enclosed bay in the East China Sea. A recent study took Xiangshan Bay as an example, ...

Materials Science Jun 9, 2021

Understanding how catalysts age could optimize industrial use

PSI researchers have developed a new tomography method with which they can measure chemical properties inside catalyst materials in 3D extremely precisely and faster than before. The method has applications for science and ...

Nanomaterials Jun 9, 2021

New study presents tip-induced nano-engineering of strain, bandgap, and exciton funneling in 2D semiconductors

A research team, led by Professor Kyoung-Duck Park in the Department of Physics at UNIST has succeeded in investigating and controlling the physical properties of naturally-formed nanoscale wrinkles in two-dimensional (2D) ...

Materials Science May 18, 2021

Researchers propose novel approach to enhance heterogeneous photosynthesis of azo- compounds

Photocatalytic reactions, which unlock chemical transformations under mild conditions that are unavailable to conventional ground-state pathways, can save energy consumption and improve intrinsic safety of the processes. ...

Archaeology May 12, 2021

Who fought in the ancient Greek Battles of Himera? Chemical evidence provides answers

Geochemical evidence reveals that armies in the Battles of Himera were a mixture of locals and outsiders, according to a study published March 24, 2021 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Katherine Reinberger of the University ...

Optics & Photonics May 12, 2021

Excitation spectral microscopy integrates multi-target imaging and quantitative biosensing

The multiplexing capability of fluorescence microscopy is severely limited by the broad fluorescence spectral width. Spectral imaging offers potential solutions, yet typical approaches to disperse the local emission spectra ...

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