Blueprint guides the shape of things to come
Dec 14, 2014
The ability to more precisely design an industrial material will support broad applications such as the storage of gas, including CO2.
Results for chemistry
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Windows could take the heat
Dec 23, 2014
Generators embedded in windows produce electricity from the temperature differential between an air-conditioned interior and a sunny outside world.
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Capturing carbon dioxide
Dec 23, 2014
Chemically fine-tuning the structure of a class of light porous materials allows efficient and selective removal of CO2 from air.
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Membranes that can manipulate gases
May 16, 2015
Thin film membranes could efficiently separate carbon dioxide and other gases from mixed gas flow streams.
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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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Dots are part of the solution
Aug 8, 2015
Quantum dots improve the performance of cost-effective, solution-processed solar cells.
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A new take on old materials
Oct 17, 2015
A mineral used in electrochemical devices that was thought to be a semiconductor is now identified as a metal.
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A greener approach to a green solution
Oct 24, 2015
A solvent-free technique for creating adsorbent materials could reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
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Step into the white light for faster communication
Aug 13, 2016
Nanocrystals that generate white light could help combine lighting and communications systems into one.
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See-through circuitry
Aug 13, 2016
Atom-by-atom deposition leads to low-cost, high-performance transparent electronic materials.
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A good idea bubbles to the surface
Aug 27, 2016
Imploding bubbles improve the growth of single-crystalline perovskite solar cell thin films.
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Delivering a power punch
Nov 19, 2016
Microscale energy storage units for wearable and miniaturized electronic devices are improved using porous materials.
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Closer ties for silver clusters
Dec 18, 2016
Surrounding silver nanoclusters with hydrogen-rich shells offers new opportunities in catalysis and opto-electronics.
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Extracting more from wastewater
Jan 21, 2017
A material made by combining a metal and a polymer can help generate hydrogen and fresh water from wastewater.
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Catalysis with a light touch
Jan 21, 2017
Pairing two catalysts in a single, illuminated reaction flask proves to be a light-bulb moment for organic synthesis.
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Super-adsorbent MOF to control humidity
Feb 4, 2018
A metal-organic framework that can take up twice its weight in water and then release it when humidity falls.
