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• Single atom-thin platinum makes a great chemical sensor
  

  Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, together with colleagues from other universities, have discovered the possibility to prepare one-atom thin platinum for use as a chemical sensor. The results were recently published in the scientific journal Advanced Material Interfaces. "In more

• Scientists get atomistic picture of platinum catalyst degradation
  

  Degradation of platinum, used as a key electrode material in the hydrogen economy, severely shortens the lifetime of  electrochemical energy conversion devices, such as fuel cells. For the first time, scientists elucidated the movements of the platinum atoms that lead to catalyst surface degradation more

• Research provides new design principle for water-splitting catalysts
  

  Scientists have long known that platinum is by far the best catalyst for splitting water molecules to produce hydrogen gas. A new study by Brown University researchers shows why platinum works so well -- and it's not the reason that's been assumed. The research, published in ACS Catalysis, helps to more

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The Chemistry of Diamond Rings

Diamonds might purportedly be ‘a girl’s best friend’, but they’re also quite interesting from a chemical perspective. You could be forgiven for thinking that there’s not a whole lot to them; after all, they’re simply one of the possible forms of carbon, formed at high pressure beneath the Earth’s su more

The Chemical Elements of a Smartphone

There are an isolated few graphics online that look at elements involved in the manufacture of a smartphone – for example, this ‘Periodic Table of iPhones’ – but there’s actually remarkably little easily accessible information out there that details the specific compounds used for specific purposes more

Transition Metals

This graphic looks at some general properties of the transition metals – I had a little less space to work with than with the previous graphics, on account of the large number of elements that the transition metals encompass, but hopefully what’s included is still of use. more

Publications Platinum

• Fabrication of single-chain nanoparticles through the dimerization of pendant anthracene groups via photochemical upconversion

  We report on the use of visible light as the driving force for the intramolecular dimerization of pendant anthracene groups on a methacrylic polymer to induce the formation of single-chain nanoparticles (SCNPs). Using a 532 nm green laser light source and platinum octaethylporphyrin as a sensitizer, more

• IJMS, Vol. 19, Pages 1882: Glutathione in Ovarian Cancer: A Double-Edged Sword

  IJMS, Vol. 19, Pages 1882: Glutathione in Ovarian Cancer: A Double-Edged Sword International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms19071882 Authors: Sofia C. Nunes Jacinta Serpa Glutathione (GSH) has several roles in a cell, such as a reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenger more

• Novel fluorinated platinum(II) complexes with pyridine-2-carboxylate ligand as potent radiosensitizer and antiviral agent

  Publication date: August 2018 Source:Inorganic Chemistry Communications, Volume 94 Author(s): Xiaoxiao Zhang, Fang Wang, Chao Zhang, Shuang Wu, Xuyang Zheng, Tuotuo Gong, Ruike Ding, Kai Chen, Dan Bai Novel Pt(II) complexes, (TFPPy)PtPic and (TFPQ)PtPic, containing fluorinate more