Benchtop NMR spectroscopy can accurately analyse pyrolysis oils

More accessible analysis could help develop the potential of bio-oils as an alternative to fossil fuels

12-Sep-2023 - A team of researchers at Aston University has demonstrated that benchtop spectrometers are capable of analysing pyrolysis bio-oils just as well as far more expensive, high-field spectrometers. Bio-oils resulting from the intense heating (pyrolysis) of industrial or agricultural by-products, are ...

Less risk, less costs: Portable spectroscopy devices could soon become real

New approach to enable measurements without strong magnetic fields

06-Sep-2022 - Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is an analytical tool with a wide range of applications, including the magnetic resonance imaging that is used for diagnostic purposes in medicine. However, NMR often requires powerful magnetic fields to be generated, which limits the scope of its use. Researchers ...

Chemists unlock the key to improving biofuel and biomaterial production

Spectroscopy method enables future opportunities for looking at complex biomolecules in different plants

08-Feb-2022 - As the world searches for and demands more sustainable sources of energy and materials, plant biomass may provide the solution by serving as a renewable resource for biomaterials and biofuel production. However, until now, the complex physical and chemical interactions in plant biomass have been ...

Artificial Intelligence has learned to estimate oil viscosity

Indirect measurements are a lucky alternative for a variety of sectors

09-Nov-2020 - A group of Skoltech scientists developed machine learning (ML) algorithms that can teach artificial intelligence (AI) to determine oil viscosity based on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) data. The new method can come in handy for the petroleum industry and other sectors, which have to rely on ...

Danila Barskiy receives Sofja Kovalevskaja Award to develop low-cost portable spectroscopic devices

New approaches to promote the use of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for analysis in chemistry, biology, and medicine

24-Sep-2020 - The diverse work of Mainz-based physicists in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance is being boosted by a new highly application-oriented approach: In October 2020, Dr. Danila Barskiy will join Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) to set up a group focusing on nuclear magnetic resonance ...

Researchers move forward in explaining atomic causes of high temperature superconductivity

19-Aug-2019 - One day superconductors could revolutionize energy industry. However, for this to be happen, superconductors must be able to transport electricity under room temperature without resistance. Metal hydrides differ from other superconductors by the fact that they do not own this ability only at ...

Solution to the Hyperfine Puzzle in Reach

Measurements on Bismuth Nuclei bridge reported Gap

02-Mar-2018 - Last year, physicists at TU Darmstadt cast doubt on our current understanding of the interplay between electrons and atomic nuclei, and are now upping the ante by proposing a solution to this so-called “hyperfine puzzle”. New measurements of the magnetic properties of bismuth atomic nuclei are ...

High-precision magnetic field sensing

Highly sensitive sensor may find widespread use in medicine and other areas

05-Dec-2016 - Researchers from the Institute for Biomedical Engineering, which is operated jointly by ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich, have succeeded in measuring tiny changes in strong magnetic fields with unprecedented precision. In their experiments, the scientists magnetised a water droplet inside ...