Architecture is key: Biomolecule metal–organic hybrids with high bioactivity

03-Jul-2020

Biomacromolecules incorporated into tailored metal–organic frameworks using peptide modulators are well shielded but highly active thanks to carefully tuned nanoarchitecture. As scientists report in the journal Angewandte Chemie, this strategy can be used to synthesize an “artificial cell” that ...

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Distribution agreement to expand coverage for Bruker’s 3D X-ray Microscopy product portfolio for non-destructive imaging technology

25-Jun-2020

DKSH Business Unit Technology and Bruker have extended their distribution agreement in China. Last year in April, the two companies strengthened their partnership in Asia by adding a business cooperation in China with the distribution of the Bruker XRF products S2 PUMA and S2 POLAR. With the ...

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Promising way to directly convert CO2 into methanol for industrial applications

23-Jun-2020

Catalytic hydrogenation of carbon dioxide (CO2) is a green and sustainable means of synthesizing commodity chemicals such as methanol. This conversion process is key to realizing the "methanol economy" or creating "liquid sunshine", both aspects of the circular economy. Recent studies revealed ...

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Graphdiyne as a Functional Lithium-Ion Storage Material

19-Jun-2020

Lithium-ion batteries usually contain graphitic carbons as anode materials. Scientists have investigated the carbonic nanoweb graphdiyne as a novel two-dimensional carbon network for its suitability in battery applications. Graphdiyne is as flat and thin as graphene, which is the ...

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Important milestone in the development of the company’s US$10 billion investment project

03-Jun-2020

On May 30, BASF kicked off the piling work of the first plants of its smart Verbund project in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China. This came as another important milestone in the development of the company’s US$10 billion investment project since its official commencement in November 2019. The first ...

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Uncovered mechanism leads to clear quantum interference and verifies that Nature does "play dice"

18-May-2020

Most people think that quantum theory, which describes the motion of molecules and atomic and subatomic particles, is counterintuitive, since quantum mechanics describes behavior at odds with classical mechanics. Even Albert Einstein, who never accepted quantum mechanics, famously said that "He ...

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15-May-2020

The problems of high temperature superconductor (HTSC) are important for the physics community and even the whole science area. Ever since its discovery, many researchers have conducted various studies, still lacking of widely accepted solutions. Recently, Prof. Jiangping Hu from Institute of ...

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New magnesium battery demonstrates dramatic improvement of performance

14-May-2020

Researchers at the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have come a step closer to making a viable, high-output battery based on magnesium (Mg), an element the United States Geological Survey reports is far more abundant than ...

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Sustainable H-donors instead of flammable hydrogen gas

29-Apr-2020

Activation of inert C-Cl bonds has attracted significant interest due to the inherent fundamental challenge. Conventional dechlorination generally use flammable hydrogen gas (H2), metal hydrides, or organic donors (amines, alcohols, and Hantzsch ester) as hydrogenation reagents. Despite high ...

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20-Apr-2020

Recently, research groups led by Prof. LIU Jian and Prof. WU Zhongshuai from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed Fe1-xS-decorated mesoporous carbon spheres as the nanoreactor, which can beapplied as lithium-sulfur battery cathode. The ...

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