Climate protection: Chemists develop new material for the separation of CO₂ from industrial waste gases

The separation process is both energy efficient and cost-effective

22-Oct-2020 - Chemists at the University of Bayreuth have developed a material that could well make an important contribution to climate protection and sustainable industrial production. With this material, the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO₂) can be specifically separated from industrial waste gases, ...

Porous Liquids Allow for Efficient Gas Separation

New material opens up the possibility of saving up to 80 percent of energy when separating raw materials for the plastics industry

14-Aug-2020 - Jointly with cooperation partners, a researcher of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has developed “porous liquids”: Nanoparticles, that are able to separate gas molecules of different sizes from each other, float – finely distributed – in a solvent. This is because the particles have empty ...

POWTECH 2016: chemical industry continues to pinpoint efficiency of resources

30-Nov-2015 - From 19 to 21 April 2016, POWTECH will once again bring together mechanical process engineering experts from various sectors of industry at the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre. For the three days of the event, the around 900 exhibitors at this technology forum will also showcase everything the ...

Adhesion at 180,000 frames per second

Scientists of Kiel University unravel widespread natural adhesion system

16-Oct-2013 - Adhesion is an extremely important factor in living nature: insects can climb up walls, plants can twine up them, and cells are able to adhere to surfaces. During evolution, many of them developed mushroom-shaped adhesive structures and organs. Lars Heepe and his colleagues at Kiel University ...