When applying SMART-EM to catalysis for the first time, the Northwestern team chose a simple chemical reaction: removing ...

National University of Singapore (NUS) chemists have developed an "anchoring-borrowing" strategy, combined with facet ...

By tailoring crystal shape, researchers boost oxygen reduction performance, paving the way for cost-effective fuel cell ...

Clathrates are characterized by a complex cage structure that provides space for guest ions too. Now, for the first time, a ...

Scientists have captured the first-ever video of atoms in motion during a chemical reaction, revealing hidden pathways and short-lived molecules previously impossible to observe. Using a new type of ...

A chemical reaction that's vital to a range of commercial and industrial goods may soon be initiated more effectively and less expensively.

National University of Singapore (NUS) chemists have developed an “anchoring-borrowing” strategy, combined with facet engineering, to develop a new class of artful single-atom catalysts (ASACs). These ...

In simpler terms, if the material holding the metal atom is good at pulling in electrons, the reaction works better. Even ...

Exposure to very hot car exhaust may help to improve the efficiency of catalysts, reducing the amount of precious metals ...

In the world of chemistry, some reactions are too slow or too difficult and require the assistance of metals that act as ...

A research team led by Prof. ZHANG Tierui from the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of ...

A team of scientists has directly observed catalysis in-action at the atomic level. In mesmerizing new videos, single atoms move and shake during a chemical reaction that removes hydrogen atoms from ...