Driving water down nanohighways
Mar 3, 2019
Self-assembled channels in a polymer membrane could greatly enhance extraction of water from gases.
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Crystal clear solvent filtration
Jan 30, 2019
Covalent organic crystal networks generate high-selectivity and high-flux membranes for organic solvent filtration.
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Water desalination picks up the pace
Jul 15, 2018
A membrane made of porous carbon-fiber structures grown on a porous ceramic substrate is more efficient than similar existing membranes at filtering seawater.
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Fuel chemistry distilled
Jun 17, 2018
A new conceptual model for describing a fuel’s composition can accelerate and simplify combustion simulations.
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A burning ambition for clean fuel
Jan 10, 2018
The transition to renewables will take decades, so we must rush to clean up conventional fuel combustion, says Mani Sarathy.
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Something in the air
Jan 1, 2018
Synchrotron study reveals oxygen’s influence on the chemistry that surrounds us.
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Separation a sweet success
Nov 19, 2017
Cone-shaped sugar structures can be connected together to form selectively porous nanofiltration membranes.
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Engines fire without smoke
May 27, 2017
Car manufacturers could clean up vehicle exhausts using a new model of gasoline combustion developed using experimental data.
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Setting regenerable polymer traps
Apr 15, 2017
Stable and recyclable materials synthesized using intrinsically porous polymers selectively retain CO2 from exhaust emissions and natural gas.
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Timing is everything
Apr 16, 2016
A better understanding of fuel ignition processes in internal combustion engines could help break new barriers in fuel efficiency and emission reductions.
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An easier path to treating malaria
Mar 5, 2016
Bringing three powerful chemical groups together offers new possibilities in drug development.
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Graphene oxide sifts out CO2
Jan 2, 2016
Graphene oxide combined with a polymer membrane creates a barrier that is selectively permeable to carbon dioxide.
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Faster, finer filtration
Dec 12, 2015
The right blend of polymers enables rapid and molecule-selective filtering of tiny particles from water.
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Burning a better biofuel
Nov 7, 2015
Chemical reaction modeling and combustion experiments reveal how 2-methylbutanol would behave in advanced engines.
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A one way trip for water
Aug 1, 2015
A material for filtration that is easy and cheap to produce could aid water treatment, solvent filtration and membrane-catalysis.
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pH-responsive particles yield a terrific trap
Dec 24, 2014
Nanoparticles with pores that expand and shrink could prove valuable for biochemical research and drug delivery applications.
