The train to Tsukuba, Japan often carries workers with briefcases and travelers with overnight bags, but recently a group of scientists took an unusual bit of luggage on board: a suitcase with an ultrahigh vacuum chamber ...
General Physics
Dec 8, 2015
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Combining experimental investigations and theoretical simulations, researchers have explained why platinum nanoclusters of a specific size range facilitate the hydrogenation reaction used to produce ethane from ethylene. ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 28, 2016
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A longer-lasting, higher-efficiency platinum catalyst has been developed by a Dalhousie University-led team, a result with major implications for the automobile industry.
Materials Science
Sep 25, 2018
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Chemists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have received three patents for developing catalysts to accelerate chemical reactions in fuel cells. The newly patented catalysts, as well as a method ...
Materials Science
May 20, 2010
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Using Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory's high-performance supercomputing capabilities, scientists helped resolve longstanding controversies about the effect of platinum cluster size on some emissions-reducing reactions ...
Materials Science
Apr 28, 2011
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Billions of noble metal catalysts are used worldwide for the production of chemicals, energy generation, or cleaning the air. However, the resources required for this purpose are expensive and their availability is limited. ...
Materials Science
Sep 28, 2020
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Subnanometer noble-metal clusters have been studied for catalytic applications. For example, platinum is used as a catalyst for fuel cells. Platinum is indispensable as a material for the next-generation energy grid, but ...
Materials Science
Sep 25, 2017
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Highly dispersed platinum catalysts provide new possibilities for industrial processes, such as the flameless combustion of methane, propane, or carbon monoxide, which has fewer emissions and is more resource efficient and ...
Materials Science
Jun 10, 2021
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