Machine learning offers new framework for heterogeneous catalyst data analysis (19/12/2024)
Machine
learning (ML) transforms the design of heterogeneous catalysts, traditionally
driven by trial and error due to the complex interplay of components. BIFOLD
researcher Parastoo Semnani from the ML group of BIFOLD Co-Director
Klaus-Robert Müller (TU Berlin) and additional researchers from BASLEARN, BASF
SE, and others have introduced a new ML framework in the Journal of Physical
Chemistry C.
Advance in photochemical water oxidation enhances sustainable energy potential (19/12/2024)
With the global shift towards sustainable and renewable energy, the urgency to develop efficient methods for producing clean energy has never been greater. Imagine a future where the energy that powers our homes and cities comes from one of the planet's most abundant resources—water
Scientists develop material with almost perfect water repellency (19/12/2024)
Scientists from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and
the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) have developed a surface
material that repels water droplets almost completely. Using an entirely
innovative process, they changed metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)—artificially
designed materials with novel properties—by grafting hydrocarbon chains.
New chemical structures show vastly improved carbon capture ability (19/12/2024)
Oregon
State University researchers have synthesized new molecules able to quickly
capture significant amounts of carbon dioxide from the air, an important tactic
in climate change mitigation.
Faster way to calculate electron structure makes it easier to discover new materials (19/12/2024)
Figuring
out certain aspects of a material's electron structure can take a lot out of a
computer—up to a million CPU hours, in fact. A team of Yale researchers,
though, are using a type of artificial intelligence to make these calculations
much faster and more accurately. Among other benefits, this makes it much
easier to discover new materials. Their results are published in Nature
Communications.
Nanopatterned graphene enables infrared 'color' detection and imaging (14/12/2024)
University
of Central Florida (UCF) researcher Debashis Chanda, a professor at UCF's
NanoScience Technology Center, has developed a new technique to detect long
wave infrared (LWIR) photons of different wavelengths or "colors."
Copper nanoclusters enable control of CO₂ reduction products (14/12/2024)
Rising
CO₂ emissions are accelerating global warming and climate
change. But what if scientists could repurpose excess CO₂ into a potential energy source?
Graphene stacking discovery could herald new era for quantum applications (14/12/2024)
Graphene, a single layer of
carbon atoms arranged in a two-dimensional honeycomb lattice, is known for its
exceptional properties: incredible strength (about 200 times stronger than
steel), light weight, flexibility, and excellent conduction of electricity and
heat. These properties have made graphene increasingly important in
applications across various fields, including electronics, energy storage,
medical technology, and, most recently, quantum computing.
Silver nanocubes enable nanolaser light generation (14/12/2024)
Chemists develop graphene-based biosensor, paving the way for advanced diagnostics (14/12/2024)
Two-dimensional
materials such as graphene are not only ultrathin, but also extremely
sensitive. Researchers have therefore been trying for years to develop highly
sensitive biosensors that utilize their properties.
