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Analytical Chemistry Mar 18, 2025

Synthesized molecular rings could improve efficiency and flexibility of displays, solar cells and transistors

Scientists at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Vienna, have unveiled an innovative approach for synthesizing azaparacyclophanes (APCs), a class of highly advanced ring-shaped molecular structures with immense ...

Nanophysics Mar 17, 2025

Advancing light-to-electricity energy conversion: New method extends lifespan of plasmonic hot holes

When light interacts with metallic nanostructures, it instantaneously generates plasmonic hot carriers, which serve as key intermediates for converting optical energy into high-value energy sources such as electricity and ...

Biochemistry Mar 14, 2025

Artificial photosynthesis: Chemists develop dye stack that mimics plant energy conversion

With artificial photosynthesis, mankind could utilize solar energy to bind carbon dioxide and produce hydrogen. Chemists from Würzburg and Seoul have taken this one step further: They have synthesized a stack of dyes that ...

Nanomaterials Mar 14, 2025

Scientists unveil rapid technique for creating uniform polymer nanostructures

Researchers at the University of Birmingham have developed a new method for the rapid, scalable preparation of uniform nanostructures directly from block polymers.

Analytical Chemistry Mar 12, 2025

Incorporating Gd into Fe-doped nickel oxide markedly enhances oxygen evolution reaction activity

Producing clean hydrogen energy usually involves the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), which has the unfortunate drawback of being sluggish and inefficient. Catalysts can fast-track this process, but it is no easy task finding ...

Nanomaterials Mar 11, 2025

Carbon nanotube sensor efficiently measures oxygen in gas mixtures under light

Oxygen is essential for life and a reactive player in many chemical processes. Accordingly, methods that accurately measure oxygen are relevant for numerous industrial and medical applications: They analyze exhaust gases ...

Earth Sciences Mar 11, 2025

Global rooftop solar panels could cool Earth by 0.13°C, modeling study suggests

An interdisciplinary team affiliated with a host of institutions across China, working with one colleague from Singapore and another from MIT, has found evidence suggesting that if solar panels could be installed on every ...

Condensed Matter Mar 11, 2025

Simplified method for observing electron motion in solids unveiled

The ultrafast dynamics and interactions of electrons in molecules and solids have long remained hidden from direct observation. For some time now, it has been possible to study these quantum-physical processes—for example, ...

Space Exploration Mar 7, 2025

Engineers install Orion solar array wings for Artemis II

Technicians with ESA (European Space Agency) and Airbus installed the four solar array wings on NASA's Orion spacecraft for Artemis II on March 3. The solar array wings, attached to the service module, deploy after Orion ...

Condensed Matter Mar 6, 2025

Controlling electrons in molecules at ultrafast timescales with tailor-made terahertz light pulses

Scientists at Yokohama National University, in collaboration with RIKEN and other institutions in Japan and Korea, have made an important discovery about how electrons move and behave in molecules. This discovery could potentially ...

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