Search results for cerium oxide

Condensed Matter Jun 23, 2025

Physicists confirm elusive quantum spin liquid in new study

An international team of scientists led by Rice University's Pengcheng Dai has confirmed the existence of emergent photons and fractionalized spin excitations in a rare quantum spin liquid. Published in Nature Physics on ...

Materials Science Jun 5, 2025

Platinum atoms placed with precision transform catalyst speed and efficiency

A research team led by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) designed and fabricated catalysts that can increase the speed of carbon monoxide oxidation by nine times. Carbon ...

Bio & Medicine May 2, 2025

AI-powered electronic nose detects diverse scents for health care and environmental applications

A research team has developed a "next-generation AI electronic nose" capable of distinguishing scents like the human olfactory system does and analyzing them using artificial intelligence. This technology converts scent molecules ...

Analytical Chemistry Apr 14, 2025

Artful single-atom catalysts can enable sustainable chemical and pharmaceutical synthesis

National University of Singapore (NUS) chemists have developed an "anchoring-borrowing" strategy, combined with facet engineering, to develop a new class of artful single-atom catalysts (ASACs). These catalysts are formed ...

Analytical Chemistry Apr 9, 2025

Serendipitous discovery boosts catalyst efficiency using hot car exhaust

Preparing catalysts by sending hot, steamy car exhaust over them could improve their efficiency and reduce the amount of rare and expensive metals required in vehicle catalytic converters and many other emission control and ...

Analytical Chemistry Mar 5, 2025

Efficient hydrogen production achieved with CoFe-based ammonia decomposition catalyst

Researchers in South Korea have developed a cobalt-iron (CoFe)-based non-noble metal ammonia decomposition catalyst, advancing eco-friendly hydrogen production. The work is published in the Chemical Engineering Journal.

Analytical Chemistry Feb 6, 2025

Recycling the unrecyclable: New method reclaims materials from epoxy resins and composites

Epoxy resins are coatings and adhesives used in a broad range of familiar applications, such as construction, engineering and manufacturing. However, they often present a challenge to recycle or dispose of responsibly.

Nanomaterials Jan 29, 2025

Creating nanoislands enhances platinum catalyst efficiency

Noble metals such as platinum can make useful catalysts to accelerate chemical reactions, particularly hydrogenation (adding hydrogen atoms to a molecule). A research team led by Professor Bruce Gates at the UC Davis Department ...

Analytical Chemistry Nov 21, 2024

Spinel oxides study reveals pathways for improved electrocatalyst performance

Catalysts are the keys to speeding up sluggish reactions that require large amounts of energy. Therefore, analyzing which types of catalysts speed up reactions the most and what their underlying mechanisms are can help us ...

Optics & Photonics Oct 23, 2024

A multi-level breakthrough in optical computing—a faster, more efficient, and robust memory cell

For the first time, an international cadre of electrical engineers has developed a new method for photonic in-memory computing that could make optical computing a reality in the near future.

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