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Sustainable Electrochemical Method Could Transform Battery Recycling Process

Spent lithium-ion batteries contain valuable metals that are difficult to separate from each other for recycling purposes.

16 Nov 2021

Researchers Report Direct Growth of 2-Inch Single-Crystal WS2 Monolayer Films

As silicon based semiconducting technology is approaching the limit of its performance, new materials that may replace or partially replace silicon in technology is highly desired.

16 Nov 2021

Absorbing Oil with Cellulose-Based Foam from Waste Cigarette Filters

The latest research in the journal Applied Polymer Science by researchers in Xi’an, China, is done by fabricating a novel type of cellulose foam by utilization of waste cigarette filters.

By Ibtisam Abbasi 16 Nov 2021

New Photocatalyst Could Significantly Boost the Yield of the Chemical Reactions

By mimicking photosynthesis, the light-driven process that plants use to produce sugars, MIT researchers have designed a new type of photocatalyst that can absorb light and use it to drive a variety of chemical reactions.

16 Nov 2021

New Approach Combines Pressure and Electrochemistry to Stabilize Superhydrides

A new study featured in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences offers a potential alternate approach that combines pressure and electrochemistry to stabilize superhydrides at moderate, perhaps even close to ordinary, pressures.

16 Nov 2021

Solvent Polarity Plays an Important Role in Liquid-Phase Synthesis of Lithium Solid Electrolytes

The research group of Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering of Toyohashi University of Technology, consisting of Hirotada Gamo, doctoral course student;

16 Nov 2021

Non-van Der Waals Layered Material AgCrS2 Developed

Two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted wide interest for their unique electronic structure and abundant physiochemical properties.

16 Nov 2021

Complete 3D Structure of the Lon Protease Analyzed

The research team led by Prof. ZHANG Kaiming from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), collaborating with Prof. Chang Chung-I from Academia Sinica in Taiwan, successfully analyzed complete three-dimensional (3D) structure of the Lon protease.

16 Nov 2021

Product Selectivity in Alcohol Ammoxidation Could be Effectively Controlled by Tuning Manganese Oxides

Organic nitriles are a class of important compounds in chemical technology, which have been used for synthesis of fine chemicals, agrochemicals, and raw materials for high-performance polymers, rubbers.

16 Nov 2021

Scientists Develop Novel Cobalt-Based Catalyst with Higher Chirality

Chirality is a universal phenomenon in nature. Take the conches below for example: each conch is the mirrored image of the other, but the two conches shall never overlap, introducing a case of chirality.

16 Nov 2021

Researchers Synthesize Crystalline Nanographene with Magnetic Properties

Since the first reported production in 2004, researchers have been hard at work using graphene and similar carbon-based materials to revolutionize electronics, sports, and many other disciplines.

16 Nov 2021

Digital Surf & Taylor Hobson cooperate to drive roundness metrology forward

Digital Surf, global provider of surface analysis software solutions and Taylor Hobson, world leader in surface and form metrology, recently completed a new round of co-developments resulting in the release of an updated version of Metrology 4.0 software.

From Digital Surf 16 Nov 2021

The New Generation of Digital Force Gauges is Here

LARGO, USA – Chatillon, specialists in force measurement equipment, introduces the new generation of digital force gauges: The DF3 Series. The new DF3 Series comes in a unique, ergonomic design that ensures a stab...

From AMETEK STC 16 Nov 2021

New Molecular Compound Might Facilitate Sustainable, Large-Scale Energy Storage

To create an economical redox flow battery, scientists from the South China University of Technology have developed a molecular compound that acts as a cost-effective electrolyte, facilitating a consistent flow battery that holds 99.98% capacity per cycle.

15 Nov 2021

New Breakthrough to Advance the Long-Elusive Field of Nanographene Magnets

Graphene was reportedly first produced in 2004, and from then, scientists have been striving hard to use graphene and similar carbon-based materials to completely transform sports, electronics, and several other fields.

15 Nov 2021