by citychemical | Jul 12, 2022 | Recent News
In the context of global concerns about climate change and greenhouse gas control, a new technology for CO2 capture, utilization, and storage has attracted broad attention. Ionic liquids, composed of only cations and anions, are considered a new type of CO2 adsorbent...
by citychemical | Jul 11, 2022 | Recent News
Rice University scientists who “flash” materials to synthesize substances like graphene have turned their attention to boron nitride, highly valued for its thermal and chemical stability. The process by the Rice lab of chemist James Tour exposes a...
by citychemical | Jun 28, 2022 | Recent News
How much is an “acceptable dose” of a pollutant? Are existing studies to measure safety adequate? A systematic literature review by The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) suggests that the current system of...
by citychemical | Jun 22, 2022 | Recent News
Hackmanite, tugtupite, and scapolite change their color from white to purple, pink, and blue, respectively, under UV irradiation, according to a team of scientists from the University of Turku. “Color-changing minerals are inorganic natural materials, but there are...
by citychemical | Jun 6, 2022 | Recent News
Catalysts are substances that can speed up chemical reactions, which is very important for industrial chemistry. However, for some reactions, platinum makes an excellent catalysts, but it is quite expensive. In fact, it is a highly valued precious metal and is worth...
by citychemical | May 27, 2022 | Recent News
From cylindrical nanotubes to the hollow spheres known as buckyballs, carbon is famous for forming tiny, complex nanostructures (SN: 8/15/19). Now, scientists have added a new geometry to the list: a twisted strip called a Möbius carbon nanobelt. Möbius strips are...
