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• Scientists gain new insights into atomic disordering of complex metal oxides
  

  A study led by the University of Tennessee and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory could soon pay dividends in the development of materials with energy-related applications. Three UT researchers—Maik Lang, assistant professor of nuclear engineering ; Haidong Zhou, assistant prof more

• Omnipresent Chemicals: Ceresana Presents Study Regarding the Complete Market for Fluorochemicals

  Fluorochemicals can be found almost everywhere: in refrigerators and pharma-ceutical drugs, in crop protection and paints, in clothes as well as in fuel cells. They are also used in the production of aluminum, insulation material, lubricants, anticorrosives, semiconductor chips and innumerable other more

• 200-year long dispute resolved: First direct evidence that elemental fluorine occurs in nature
  

  Fluorine is the most reactive chemical element. That is why it is not found in nature in its elemental form, but only in compounds, such as fluorite – that was the accepted scientific doctrine so far. A special fluorite, the “fetid fluorite” or “antozonite”, has been the subject of many discussions more