News articles tagged with 'ionic'
A new method to cleaner and more efficient CO2 capture
— 23 Jul 2009 16:34 | ChemistrySeparating carbon dioxide from its polluting source, such as the flue gas from a coal-fired power plant, may soon become cleaner and more efficient... — full story
New technique can fast-track better ionic liquids for biomass pre-treatments
— 11 Jul 2009 14:03 | ChemistryThey've been dubbed 'grassoline' - second generation biofuels made from inedible plant material, including fast-growing weeds, agricultural waste, sawdust, etc. - and numerous scientific... — full story
Launch of new technology for safer solvents
— 1 Jun 2009 13:48 | TechnologyThe launch of a new facility that will revolutionise the industrial processes of electropolishing, metal oxide processing and electroplating will take place on 3rd June at 4 PM, when... — full story
Queen's scientists find new way to battle MRSA
— 25 Mar 2009 14:26 | HealthExperts from Queen's University Belfast have developed new agents to fight MRSA and other hospital-acquired infections that are resistant to antibiotics. The fluids are a class of ionic... — full story
Discovery of ionic elemental crystal against chemical intuition
— 1 Feb 2009 20:26 | ChemistryAn ETH Zurich researcher has developed a computational method for predicting the structure of materials. He used it to solve the structure of a newly synthesised form of pure boron... — full story
Production of gold nanorods without the use of cytotoxic additives
— 8 Sep 2008 16:50 | ChemistryGold nanoparticles are under consideration for a number of biomedical applications, such as tumour treatment. A German-American research team at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh,... — full story
Explosives go 'green'
— 5 Sep 2008 18:40 | ChemistryCertain explosives may soon get a little greener and a little more precise. LLNL researchers added unique green solvents (ionic liquids) to an explosive called TATB (1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene)... — full story
Scientists analyse material with 'colossal ionic conductivity'
— 1 Aug 2008 16:06 | TechnologyA new material characterised at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could open a pathway toward more efficient fuel cells. The material, a super-lattice developed... — full story
As nanotech goes mainstream, 'toxic socks' raise concerns
— 7 Apr 2008 14:00 | ChemistryNanotechnology is now available in a store near you. Valued for it's antibacterial and odour-fighting properties, nanoparticle silver is becoming the star attraction in a range of products... — full story
Solar cells can take the heat
— 10 Jan 2008 17:36 | PhysicsSolar cells have attracted global attention as one of the cornerstones of alternative energy. In theory, it seems to make abundant sense to tap into the energy of the sun to convert... — full story