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Nanodiamonds by Molecular Design - Nature study presents new route to tailor-made diamond nanoparticle
3+ hour, 14+ min ago (933+ words) " Katharina Maisenbacher / MPI-P The findings of the international team have been published in Nature. The study involved the German Electron Synchrotron (DESY), Goethe University Frankfurt, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, the Leibniz Institute for New Materials, the Max Planck Institute of…...
Atomic reshuffle paves way for record-breaking catalysts for hydrogen production
3+ hour, 18+ min ago (904+ words) Breakthrough after 15 years of research Dr'Jesum'Alves Fernandes,'in the School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, who led the research team, said: "What makes this discovery exciting is that we can reversibly tune the structure of the'particle'while directly'observing'the process at the…...
Carbon dimer: precision measurement delivers new record value
3+ hour, 28+ min ago (839+ words) A team led by Innsbruck physicist Roland Wester has determined a fundamental property of the carbon dimer with unprecedented accuracy in the laboratory. The results provide a high-quality reference value for future calculations of the electronic structure of carbon molecules....
Pyrolysis oil instead of crude oil: Faster fluorine analysis reduces the risk for refineries
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (728+ words) Analytik Jena Gmb H+Co. KG The method is implemented using two complementary instruments: the ICprep, equipped with self-optimizing combustion control, and the contr AA 800 G, which can operate both as a MAS system and as a fully capable AAS…...
The hidden roughness of sapphire surface
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (1161+ words) Jan Balajka, Andrea Conti, Ulrike Diebold, Johanna Irina H'tner, Michael Schmid, David Kugler (left to right) Sometimes geometry determines what is chemically possible: As TU Wien has now shown, tiny irregularities can completely change the chemical behavior of a surface....
Magnetic field during catalyst synthesis triples ammonia yield
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (882+ words) Scanning electron microscopy shows Co Fe2 O4 thin films after their use as an electrocatalyst for ammonia synthesis from nitrate. The significantly "rougher" surface of the Co Fe2 O4 produced at 1 Tesla is particularly striking. " S. Mathur /Univ. Cologne Images taken with a scanning electron…...
Materials chemistry shapes the future of catalysis
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (735+ words) Research team from Heidelberg and Milan develops novel microscopy technique to study energy materials His findings are crucial to advancing the use of renewable energy and the development of sustainable chemistry LMU physicists develop a new framework for understanding chemical…...
Holography meets spectroscopy: Ultrafast microscopy method for optical processes
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (732+ words) His findings are crucial to advancing the use of renewable energy and the development of sustainable chemistry LMU physicists develop a new framework for understanding chemical bonding through quantum entanglement Core-shell particles made of iron and iron oxide in a…...
Making Chemistry Greener: The 2026 Gerhard Ertl Lecture Award goes to Professor Marc Koper
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (843+ words) Prof. Marc T. M. Koper receives the 2026 Gerhard Ertl Lecture Award for his pioneering research in the field of electrochemistry, catalysis and surface science. Koper's research has received numerous honors, including the 2021 Spinoza Prize, the Netherlands' highest scientific honor. He has served…...
Step towards sustainable hydrogen production with cyanobacteria
1+ week, 2+ day ago (822+ words) The system creates an oxygen-free microenvironment directly around the cells so that the hydrogenases remain active and can continuously produce hydrogen. "This is an important step towards sustainable and scalable biotechnological hydrogen production," says the research team. Note: This article…...