Researchers have created scaffolds with enhanced strength by fabricating 20 vol% polydopamine-modified nano hydroxyapatite (pDA-nHA), featuring a distinctive lamellar structure. These scaffolds w...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-scientists-fabricate-composites-combine-high.html
Gas sensors have been widely applied in areas such as medical health, environmental monitoring, and food safety. However, current gas sensors still face several challenges, including low sensitiv...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-atom-catalysts-highly-sensitive-gas.html
There is a high level of interest, even excitement, among chemists and materials scientists about the potential of single-atom catalysts (SACs), but their development relies on very specialized t...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-exploring-potential-atom-catalysts.html
Each day, roughly 43 million Americans eat at least one slice of pizza, according to experts. The hot, cheesy, Italian-inspired dish contributes a whopping $47 billion to the U.S. economy each ye...
Since the advent of industrial revolution, the accumulation of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth's atmosphere has raised significant environmental and climate concerns. As a response to this pres...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-alkali-microenvironments-aid-cu-atom.html
A metal alloy composed of niobium, tantalum, titanium, and hafnium has shocked materials scientists with its impressive strength and toughness at both extremely hot and cold temperatures, a combi...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-uncover-kinky-metal-alloy-wont.html
Inspired by what human liver enzymes can do, Scripps Research chemists have developed a new set of copper-catalyzed organic synthesis reactions for building and modifying pharmaceuticals and othe...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-chemists-copper-catalyzed-strategy.html
The selective oxidation of aromatic C-H bonds has drawn significant attention in both industrial and fine chemistry due to its crucial role in converting readily- and cheaply-available aromatic h...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-adjusted-reaction-pathway-enables-efficient.html
Tohoku University researchers have unveiled a new means of predicting how to synthesize new materials via the ion-exchange. Based on computer simulations, the method significantly reduces the tim...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-discovery-materials-ion-exchange-method.html
Until now, the generation and storage of electricity from solar energy has been dependent on various devices, leading to conversion losses. That may change soon, as chemists at Friedrich-Alexande...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-hydrocarbon-molecule-supplier-energy-storage.html
Scientists are normally happy to find regularities and correlations in their data—but only if they can explain them. Otherwise, they worry that those patterns might just be revealing some flaw ...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-materials-scientists-dont.html
Direct utilization of water as a source of hydrogen atoms and molecules is fundamental to the evolution of the ecosystem and industry. However, liquid water is an unfavorable electron donor for f...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-hydrogen-formation-contact-electrification-microdroplets.html
Near-infrared (NIR) light source, characterized by non-destructive and rapid detection, has a wide range of applications in diverse fields including food testing, safety, sensing, agricultural pr...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-highly-efficient-stable-infrared-phosphor.html
Using a coffee grinder, a freezer and a furnace, researchers have discovered a chemical synergy between scrap tires and polystyrene can be harnessed to create sulfur-free, light oil.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-coffee-grinder-spur-creation-sulfur.html
Scientists and engineers have developed a new coating for plastic particles that are used in 3D printing, which significantly increases their functionality and opens up new possibilities for comm...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-plastic-coating-discovery-greater-functionality.html
Zeolites are widely used in many industries, yet their intrinsic catalytic nature is not completely understood, due to the complexity of the hydroxyl-aluminum moieties.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-advanced-nuclear-magnetic-resonance-technique.html
Perovskites are among the most extensively studied materials in modern materials science. Their often unique and exotic properties, which stem from perovskite's peculiar crystal structure, could ...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-defects-spontaneously-emerging-crystal-perovskite.html
In the field of organic chemistry, scientists are always looking out for new types of reactions to unlock synthesis routes for challenging compounds. Most of the progress that we have witnessed i...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-benzofuran-synthesis-method-enables-complex.html
While it is the fastest growing sector of the wine-packaging market, canned wine faces a few hurdles. It's not considered as elegant as wine in a bottle, and it's not as popular as the formerly m...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-team-culprit-canned-wine-rotten.html
Ion exchange is a powerful technique for converting one material to another when synthesizing new products. In this process, scientists know what reactants lead to what products, but how the proc...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-enable-efficient-synthesis-metastable-materials.html
Scientists have found a way to transform metal waste into a highly efficient catalyst to make hydrogen from water, a discovery that could make hydrogen production more sustainable.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-trash-treasure-metal-catalyst-hydrogen.html
An Oregon State University researcher who made color history in 2009 with a vivid blue pigment has developed durable, reddish magentas inspired by lunar mineralogy and ancient Egyptian chemistry.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-advance-pigment-chemistry-moon-reddish.html
Chemists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have invented a more efficient way to extract lithium from waste liquids leached from mining sites, oil fields, and used batte...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-chemists-efficient-lithium-sites-oil.html
Recently published research results enable preparative access to novel substances that carry a modification of a structural motif frequently found in pharmaceuticals.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-sustainable-synthesis-method-reveals-hydroxy.html
A team of chemists at Northwestern University has successfully synthesized three L-cyclodextrins in the lab for the first time. In their study, published in the journal Nature Synthesis, the grou...
The field of bone tissue engineering (BTE) is a promising avenue for addressing bone injuries and defects by constructing artificial scaffolds with bionic functionalities. Due to its unique 3D ne...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-scientists-maleic-acid-bacterial-cellulose.html
Researchers from Western University developed techniques for creating images from old, badly tarnished photographs. These techniques could also be used to study other historic artifacts and fossi...
Alcohols are widely applied in life sciences and the chemical industry. Selective hydrogenation of epoxides using hydrogen molecules as a reductant is considered to be one of the most facile and ...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-palladium-nanocluster-catalyst-highly-efficient.html
Researchers led by Satoshi Kamiguchi at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have discovered a greener way to produce ammonia, an essential compound used in fertilize...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-catalyst-energy-friendly-ammonia-production.html
With atmospheric carbon dioxide at record highs, the search for clean-energy alternatives to the use of fossil fuels is growing increasingly urgent.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-discovery-catalyst-cheaper-fuel-cells.html