Methane is the main constituent of natural gas. The direct oxidation of this compound into methanol at low temperatures has traditionally been a holy grail.
Earlier this year, a technique involving moderately high temperatures, high pressures, and a small amount of glassy carbon as starting material was used to synthesize amorphous diamond for the first time.
A team of physicists from the U.S., Russia, and Sweden has showed a highly extraordinary optical effect: They managed to “virtually” absorb light employing a material that has no light-absorbing capacity.
A metamaterial with the potential to twist to the left or to the right when impacted by a solid, straight push has been designed by scientists. According to Corentin Coulais, this chiral response is contrary to the expectations of ordinary solid mechanics.
Chemists have created another catalyst that can selectively trigger a carbon-hydrogen bond, part of a continuing strategy to transform the field of organic synthesis and pave the way for new chemical space.
A new study from the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute is constructing a bridge from nature's chemistry to greener, more efficient artificial chemistry.
Oil and water cannot mix together and this continues to remain that way. The phenomenon is so popular that it has become a common expression for describing any two objects that do not go well together.
Chemistry is an intricate web of atoms. Minor shifts in position and shuffles of electrons break and re-form chemical bonds as participants change partners. Catalysts are like molecular intermediaries that make it easier for sometimes-unwilling partners to interact.
Researchers from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and Evonik Performance Materials GmbH have been successful in designing an ultra-modern and novel electro-organic synthesis as part of the cooperative EPSYLON research project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
A KAUST team has discovered that thin films used in solar cells are more effective when simple chemicals called glycol ethers are incorporated to the film-forming mix.
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