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Chemistry World
July 23, 2012
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The buzz about finding new allotropes Researchers in China have homed in on possible new allotropes of carbon, silicon and germanium using a particle swarm structure search technique.   |
Chemistry World
July 15, 2015
Simon Hadlington |
Tailored zeolite synthesis takes a big step forward The science of zeolites, porous aluminosilicates that are industrially important catalysts and adsorbents, has taken a major step forward after researchers were able to predict and synthesize entirely new structures. |
Chemistry World
June 25, 2014
Tim Wogan |
Unusual 2D silica allotrope predicted A graphene-like allotrope of silica with unusual physical and electrical properties has been predicted by theoretical chemists in Turkey. |
Chemistry World
April 29, 2009
James Urquhart |
Huge pores in zeolite molecular sieve Researchers in Spain and Sweden have synthesized and structurally determined a new kind of crystalline molecular sieve with extra large holes and chiral properties. |
Chemistry World
July 7, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
Football-sized fullerene gets an electric response A football-sized resonator that can simulate the properties of a carbon fullerene has been created by scientists in Germany. |
Chemistry World
February 6, 2013
Caryl Richards |
Tetris solution to zeolite conundrum A new simulation model for assembling zeolites from simple building blocks can be used to predict the structure and feasibility of existing zeolite frameworks. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 63
David Bradley |
Natural Copy Cat While plants convert carbon dioxide into sugar and oxygen, chemists are having a more difficult time finding an efficient method for converting carbon dioxide into useful fuels. |
Chemistry World
November 20, 2012
James Mitchell Crow |
'Molecular trapdoor' opens only for CO 2 A family of nanoporous materials well known for their gas separation properties can sort molecules with much more sophistication than previously thought. |
Chemistry World
February 11, 2015
Jon Evans |
Calculations predict pentagonal graphene Scientists in China have proposed the existence of a novel 2D allotrope of carbon made up of pentagons, which they have dubbed 'penta-graphene'. |
Chemistry World
November 7, 2012
Simon Hadlington |
World's first all-carbon solar cell Researchers in the US and China have built a photovoltaic cell made entirely from carbon. The electrodes and light-active layers are made from a combination of three carbon allotropes -- nanotubes, fullerenes and graphene. |
Chemistry World
August 8, 2013
Anthony King |
Diamond encrusted nano-saw to slash silicon waste Scientists at Fraunhofer in Germany and CSIRO in Australia have teamed up to make an ultra-thin saw made of carbon nanotubes sprinkled with diamonds. Their new nano-saw promises to slice thinner silicon wafers. |
Chemistry World
May 29, 2006 |
Cash Injection for Zeolite Crystal Growth A fundamental study into crystal growth has grabbed the attention of global industrial oil companies. The porous aluminosilicate structures are used in catalysis for turning oil into petrol, and the details of how they grow on the atomic scale remain a mystery. |
Technology Research News
August 13, 2003 |
Carbon wires expand nano toolkit Scientists looking for building blocks to form electronics and machines that are not much bigger than molecules have gained a new tool. |
Geotimes
March 2006
Naomi Lubick |
Soaking up Carbon Researchers recently announced that they had created metal-based sponges that have exceptionally high capacity for storing carbon dioxide. This nanotechnology is one of many new solutions in the search to find a fix for storing human-emitted carbon-based greenhouse gases. |
Chemistry World
September 11, 2014
Emma Stoye |
Germanium enters 2D scene In recent years we've welcomed silicene and phosphorene to the family of elements that have a two-dimensional allotrope, and now germanium has become the latest member. |
