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Artificial Photosynthesis: Chemists Mimic Plants

With artificial photosynthesis, mankind could utilise solar energy to bind carbon dioxide and produce hydrogen

18-Mar-2025 - Photosynthesis is a marvellous process: plants use it to produce sugar molecules and oxygen from the simple starting materials carbon dioxide and water. They draw the energy they need for this complex process from sunlight. If humans could imitate photosynthesis, it would have many advantages. ...

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A breakthrough that’s turning heads in the scientific community

Quantum Tornadoes in Momentum Space: Research Team Delivers First Experimental Proof of a New Quantum Phenomenon

11-Mar-2025 - A young research team from Würzburg has experimentally demonstrated a quantum tornado for the first time by refining an established method. In the quantum semimetal tantalum arsenide (TaAs), electrons in momentum space behave like a swirling vortex. This quantum phenomenon was first predicted ...

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Triple Bond Formed Between Boron and Carbon for the First Time

Researchers are opening up new horizons in chemistry: They present the world's first triple bond between the atoms boron and carbon

06-Mar-2025 - Boron, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen: these four elements can form chemical triple bonds with each other due to their similar electronic properties. Examples of this are the gas carbon monoxide, which consists of one carbon and one oxygen atom, or the nitrogen gas in the earth's atmosphere with its ...

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Solar Technology: Innovative Light-Harvesting System Works Very Efficiently

Four Dyes in an Ingenious Arrangement

28-Jun-2024 - Würzburg researchers from the Bavarian initiative Solar Technologies Go Hybrid are reporting progress on the road to more efficient utilisation of solar energy: they have developed an innovative light-harvesting system. In order to convert sunlight into electricity or other forms of energy as ...

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Method Milestone for Quantum Physics: Rapid Test for Topological 2D Materials

This breakthrough could help accelerate the progress of this booming class of materials

21-May-2024 - Topological quantum materials are hailed as a cornerstone of future technological advancements. Yet, validating their exceptional qualities has always been a lengthy business. However, researchers at the Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat have now developed an experimental technique that ...

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New Consortium Aims to Develop More Sustainable Sodium-based Batteries

Interesting for Stationary Storage, but also Cars

28-Feb-2024 - The batteries of the future must be both powerful and sustainable. A new joint project, coordinated by the University of Würzburg, aims to make sodium-ion batteries ready to fulfill for these requirements. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding the project with more than ...

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For shorter approval times: New process simulates decomposition of too long stored drugs in 15 minutes

New approach represents a paradigm shift in the application of mechanochemical processes in organic chemistry

31-May-2023 - Before their approval, pharmaceuticals not only have to be tested for their effectiveness and safety, but also for their stability, since they are usually stored in pharmacies and private households for years and are not allowed to change. To test their stability, a process is needed that ...

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How Spheres Become Worms: Breakthrough with NMR spectroscopy

A previously unknown form of hydrogel formation has been elucidated: chemists found unusual interactions between polymers

02-May-2023 - Hydrogels? Many people use these substances without knowing it. As superabsorbents in nappies, for example, hydrogels absorb a lot of liquid. In the process, the initially dry material becomes Jelly-like, but it does not wet. Some people place the swellable material on their eyeballs – soft ...

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Exciton fission – one photon in, two electrons out

Exciton fission could be extremely useful for high-efficiency photovoltaics

24-Apr-2023 - Photovoltaics, the conversion of light to electricity, is a key technology for sustainable energy. Since the days of Max Planck and Albert Einstein, we know that light as well as electricity are quantized, meaning they come in tiny packets called photons and electrons. In a solar cell, the energy ...

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Surprise in the quantum world

Disorder leads to ferromagnetic topological insulator

23-Mar-2023 - Magnetic topological insulators are an exotic class of materials that conduct electrons without any resistance at all and so are regarded as a promising breakthrough in materials science. Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat in Würzburg and Dresden have achieved a significant ...

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