New Scientific Finding: Light Can Be Used to Control Molecular Handedness

This new process could be particularly useful in chemically synthesizing compounds

15-Dec-2022 - In a recent study, researchers at Freie Universität Berlin, the DESY research center in Hamburg, Kiel University, and Kansas State University have shown how light can turn a planar molecule into a chiral molecule with just one particular handedness, providing a solution to the long-standing ...

A big bang: Graphene, hydrogen research leads to new company

A simple new way to create graphene

05-Apr-2022 - It's a true research success story: Explosive graphene and hydrogen research from Kansas State University has turned into a successful international company,HydroGraph Clean Power Inc. The company recently went public on the Canadian Securities Exchange and is preparing for decades of growth as ...

Nouryon announces 2019 Imagine Chemistry finalists

24-Apr-2019 - Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) has announced the 13 finalists for the 2019 edition of its Imagine Chemistry collaborative innovation challenge. Imagine Chemistry was launched to tackle chemistry-related challenges and uncover new ways to create value for customers. The 2019 ...

Waterlike polymer to create high-temperature ceramics patented

03-Apr-2017 - Ceramic textiles, improved jet engine blades, 3-D printed ceramics and better batteries may soon become a reality, thanks to a recently patented polymer from a Kansas State University engineer. Using five ingredients -- silicon, boron, carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen -- Gurpreet Singh , Harold O. ...

Detonation technique to mass-produce graphene patented

27-Jan-2017 - Forget chemicals, catalysts and expensive machinery -- a Kansas State University team of physicists has discovered a way to mass-produce graphene with three ingredients: hydrocarbon gas, oxygen and a spark plug. Their method is simple: Fill a chamber with acetylene or ethylene gas and oxygen. Use ...

Cost-saving, longer-lasting biodegradable adhesive patented by Kansas State University

12-Jan-2017 - Kansas State University researchers have patented the first plant-based resin of its kind that would be ideal for re-adherable painters' tape, labels, packing tapes, stationery notes and other adhesive uses. It also can provide shiny coatings. "Painters generally finish projects with mounds of ...

Watching the buildup of quantum superpositions

14-Nov-2016 - It is definitely the most famous experiment in quantum physics: in the double slit experiment, a particle is fired onto a plate with two parallel slits, so there are two different paths on which the particle can reach the detector on the other side. Due to its quantum properties, the particle ...

A movie of the microworld: Physicists create nanoparticle picture series

07-Apr-2016 - Think of it as a microscopic movie: A sequence of X-ray images shows the explosion of superheated nanoparticles. The picture series reveals how the atoms in these particles move, how they form plasma and how the particles change shape. The method of taking these pictures is a collaborative ...

New surfaces delay ice formation

Split personality: Water-attracting spots on water-repelling surfaces can prevent ice formation

08-Oct-2015 - If you've ever waited on an airport runway for your plane to be de-iced, had to remove all your food so the freezer could defrost, or arrived late to work because you had to scrape the sheet of ice off your car windshield, you know that ice can cause major headaches. "People intuitively know that ...

When is a molecule a molecule?

Scientists watch fast electron jumps in exploding molecules

22-Jul-2014 - Using ultra-short X-ray flashes, an international team of researchers watched electrons jumping between the fragments of exploding molecules. The study reveals up to what distance a charge transfer between the two molecular fragments can occur, marking the limit of the molecular regime. The ...