Structure of a metal-organic material with applications in the fields of health care and communications determined

A study with the participation of CSIC shows that copper escuarate contains large empty channels of high porosity

16-Sep-2022 - A research team with the participation of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) has determined the crystalline structure of copper squarate, a metal-organic material. The scientists have discovered that, as in other materials of this type, it contains large empty channels that give it ...

Scientist Discovers New Oxidation State of Rhodium

Interdisciplinary collaboration between physics and chemistry enables rare finding

16-Sep-2022 - Mayara da Silva Santos, doctoral candidate at the University of Freiburg’s Institute of Physics, has discovered a new oxidation state of rhodium. This chemical element is one of the most catalytically important platinum-group metals and is used, for example, in catalytic converters for ...

Unveiling how water and ions impact chemical reactivities at solid-aqueous interfaces

16-Sep-2022 - Solid-aqueous interfaces are ubiquitous and essential in a diverse range of natural and man-made systems and processes, from mineral formation, rock weathering, metal corrosion, to the intricate functioning of biological membranes and ion channels. In all these systems and processes, water and ...

First UK study of synthetic chemicals found in food

16-Sep-2022 - The first comprehensive assessment of common synthetic chemicals found in UK foods has been completed by researchers at the University of Birmingham. In the study, nearly 400 food samples were tested for evidence of organophosphate esters (OPEs) – chemicals used as flame retardants in furnishings ...

Precise control of catalytic reactions

“Using this nanoreactor, it is possible to synthesize complex drugs that could not be synthesized inside the body until now”

16-Sep-2022 - Various chemical reactions occur one after another in cells, and life is maintained as each step of the reaction is regulated without error. Recently, a Korean research team has developed a dual-catalyst system that can precisely control catalytic reactions like cells. A POSTECH research team led ...

Evonik and LIKAT Discover New Variant of Hydroformylation

This opens up a cost-effective and environmentally friendly route to aldehydes and alcohols

15-Sep-2022 - A team of researchers from Evonik and the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT) has once again achieved a breakthrough in the field of hydroformylation. Hydroformylation is one of the most important reactions in industrial organic chemistry. Unsaturated compounds are converted with synthesis ...

Making stable molecules reactive with light

Modulating the photocyclization reactivity of diarylethenes through changes in the excited-state aromaticity of the π-linker

15-Sep-2022 - Researchers at Linköping University have used computer simulations to show that stable aromatic molecules can become reactive after absorbing light. The results, published in the Journal of Organic Chemistry, may have long-term applications in such areas as the storage of solar energy, ...

Fuel from a Greenhouse Gas

Single gold atoms catalyze the selective methanization of carbon dioxide

15-Sep-2022 - One step toward carbon dioxide (CO2) neutrality and the mitigation of both the greenhouse effect and the energy crisis would be to convert CO2 into hydrocarbon-based fuels like methane using light. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, a Chinese research team has introduced a highly effective ...

Air Liquide Divests Its Industrial Merchant Business in Saudi Arabia

14-Sep-2022 - Air Liquide announces the sale of its Industrial Merchant business in Saudi Arabia to Abdullah Hashim Industrial Gases & Equipment Co. Ltd., Air Products’ Merchant Industrial Gas Joint Venture in Saudi Arabia. This transaction includes Air Liquide’s share in Air Liquide Khafra Industrial Gases ...

Making and breaking of chemical bonds in single “nanoconfined” molecules

Research team investigates reactivity of single molecules under controlled microscopic conditions

14-Sep-2022 - Researchers around the world are working to develop efficient materials to convert CO2 into usable chemical substances – work that is particularly pressing in view of global warming. A team from the University of Göttingen, Germany, and the Ulsan National Institute for Science, South Korea, has ...