Adhesion from Cold to Hot

Supramolecular adhesive with usable temperature range of 400 degrees Celsius

24-Aug-2022 - Researchers have developed a supramolecular adhesive that is recyclable and has outstanding gluing properties across a wide range of temperatures, from liquid nitrogen (−196 °C) up to oven-hot temperatures (plus 200 °C). As the team report in the journal Angewandte Chemie, the adhesive got its ...

Mobile test stand for high-resolution Power-to-X kinetic analysis

Time and spatially resolved insight into the reactor

23-Mar-2022 - The conversion of renewable power into chemical energy sources through so-called Power-to-X processes is taking on an increasingly important role in Germany’s energy transition. As long-term, easy-to-transport, high-capacity energy sources, PtX maximize the potential of renewable energy and ...

Ethers may have a more sustainable future thanks to heterogenous catalysis

Researchers report a zirconium oxide-supported platinum-molybdenum catalyst for the preparation of unsymmetrical ethers from esters

04-Mar-2022 - Optimizing chemical processes to ensure they are environmentally friendly and sustainable is becoming increasingly important and catalysts play a key role as they can make reactions more efficient. Researchers from Osaka University have reported a zirconium oxide-supported platinum-molybdenum ...

New way to pull lithium from water could increase supply, efficiency

Just a single week’s worth of water from hydraulic fracturing in Texas’ Eagle Ford Shale has the potential to produce enough lithium for 300 electric vehicle batteries or 1.7 million smartphones

14-Sep-2021 - Anyone using a cellphone, laptop or electric vehicle depends on lithium. The element is in tremendous demand. And although the supply of lithium around the world is plentiful, getting access to it and extracting it remains a challenging and inefficient process. An interdisciplinary team of ...

Simulations Suggest Graphene Can Stretch to Be a Tunable Ion Filter

28-Nov-2018 - Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have conducted simulations suggesting that graphene, in addition to its many other useful features, can be modified with special pores to act as a tunable filter or strainer for ions (charged atoms) in a liquid. The concept, ...

Molecular switch detects metals in the environment

Chemical sensor capable of detecting the presence of metals

17-Aug-2018 - An international team, led by researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, has designed a family of molecules capable of binding to metal ions present in its environment and providing an easily detectable light signal during binding. This new type of sensor forms a 3D structure ...

Trapping ions in graphene

Simulating simple logic for nanofluidic computing

02-Jul-2018 - Invigorating the idea of computers based on fluids instead of silicon, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have shown how computational logic operations could be performed in a liquid medium by simulating the trapping of ions (charged atoms) in graphene (a ...

Useful Alcohols: Ceresana Analyzes the World Market for Solvents

25-Apr-2018 - Solvents play a major role in industrial production: They can dissolve, dilute, and, in a very fine distribution, absorb other substances without changing them chemically. Solvents (sometimes also called dissolvents) are mainly used in the paints and varnishes, print inks, and adhesives industry ...

Bacteria in marine sponge produce toxic flame retardant-like compounds

16-May-2017 - A Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego-led research team discovered for the first time that a common marine sponge hosts bacteria that specialize in the production of toxic compounds nearly identical to man-made fire retardants. The new findings put the ...

Revolutionary process to create ether from esters using metal catalysts

08-Mar-2017 - A group of Waseda University researchers has developed a new process using palladium or nickel as a catalyst for removing carbon monoxide from esters to produce ethers. This innovation provides new opportunities for development of drugs to fight cancer, malaria and more. The conventional method ...