Interstellar Methane as Progenitor of Amino Acids?

Gamma radiation converts methane into glycine and other complex molecules

08-Nov-2024 - Gamma radiation can convert methane into a wide variety of products at room temperature, including hydrocarbons, oxygen-containing molecules, and amino acids, reports a research team in the journal Angewandte Chemie. This type of reaction probably plays an important role in the formation of ...

New electrocatalytic strategy enables ultrafast-charging lithium-ion battery

26-Sep-2024 - A team led by Prof. JI Hengxing and Prof. WU Xiaojun from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), in collaboration with Prof. DUAN Xiangfeng's team from the University of California, Los Angeles, developed a novel strategy for solid-state electrocatalysis in lithium-ion ...

Novel machine learning model for molecular simulation under external field

24-Nov-2023 - Prof. JIANG Bin’s research team at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) developed a universal field-induced recursively embedded atom neural network (FIREANN) model, which can accurately simulate system-field interactions with high efficiency. Atomic simulation plays a ...

Electron injection builds novel crystalline carbons

16-Jan-2023 - Chargeinjection waswidely utilized in tuning the energy level ofelectrons in semiconductorswithout altering theirmicroscopic structures. Recently, a research team led by Professor ZHU Yanwu fromthe University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) ...

Research team synthesizes monometallic endohedral azafullerene

“This result is very interesting and helpful for understanding the unique properties of azafullerenes”

09-Jan-2023 - Recently, a research team led by Prof. YANG Shangfeng from the University of Sciences and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) synthesized La@C81N, a type of monometallic endohedral azafullerene (MEAF) for the first time, providing a new way to modulate the ...

Researchers construct highly selective photocatalysts for nonoxidative coupling of methane

The transformation ability reaches the same level as that of thermocatalysis, but photocatalysis happens under relatively mild conditions

07-Jun-2022 - Methane (CH4)isthe main component of liquid natural gas. However, the combustion of methane generates a critical amount of carbon dioxide, making the use of this power source contradict the concept of green chemistry. Therefore, the transformation of methane into higher-value-added chemicalsis ...

Super-resolved imaging of a single cold atom on a nanosecond timescale

Scientists have made important progress in the research of cold atom super-resolution imaging

10-Jan-2022 - The teamofacademician GUO Guangcan ofUniversity of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Scienceshas made important progress in the research of cold atom super-resolution imaging. The team achieved super-resolution imaging of a single ion inanion trap system. The ...

The next big thing: A new technology for directly converting carbon dioxide into pure formic acid

Novel electrochemical device based on solid-state electrolyte

05-Jan-2022 - Anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide bring a series of climatic and environmental problems including global warming. Artificially upcycling of carbon dioxide into value-added fuels and chemicals, powered by "green electricity" of renewable energy, provides an elegant route to close the ...

Liquid Fuels from Carbon Dioxide

Electrocatalyst converts CO2 into multicarbon products

18-Nov-2021 - A new electrocatalyst called a-CuTi@Cu converts carbon dioxide (CO2 ) into liquid fuels. As reported by a team of Chinese researchers in the journal Angewandte Chemie, active copper centered on an amorphous copper/titanium alloy produces ethanol, acetone, and n-butanol with high efficiency. Most ...

USTC constructs covalent organic framework membranes with sub-2-nanometer channels

24-Sep-2021 - Ion separation using membrane separation technologyis of greatimportance inthefieldsincludingenergy conversion and storage, environmental detection and resource reuse. Membranes with sub-2-nanometer channels have high ion transport rates but they fail to sieve different ions effectively due ...