Scientists at ETH Zurich have developed a powerful method to look deep inside single-atom catalysts—materials where every atom plays a vital role in driving chemical reactions. By using a technique called nuclear magnetic resonance (similar to…
Category: 6. Chemistry
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Scientists Mapped the Secret World of Platinum Atoms – And It Changes Everything
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Comparative QSPR study of food preservatives using topological indices and regression models
Branen, A. L. et al. (eds) Food Additives (CRC Press, 2001).
Lindsay, R. C. Food additives. In Fennema’s Food Chemistry 701–762 (CRC Press, 2007).
Russell, N. J. & Gould, G. W. (eds) Food…
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Structure-based design of an antibacterial peptide from the Myotoxin II sequence, evaluating its effectiveness against Gram-negative bacteria and its safety
Rational design and molecular docking
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is present in many, though not all, gram-negative bacteria20, where it serves various biological functions. LPS is located solely in the outer leaflet of the gram-negative outer…
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Morphological, physiological, and biochemical changes of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) in response to salinity stress
Morphological characteristics of aerial parts
According to the results of the analysis of variance, the number of leaves was significantly affected by both the salinity stress and accession at the 1% level (Table 2). With increasing salinity…
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Distribution and abundance of microplastics in urban and industrial wastewater treatment plants in Tabriz metropolis
MP abundance in influents and effluents across 7 WWTPs
The frequency of MPs in the influent and effluent of WWTPs is presented in Table 1. Such values are an estimation given that are based on MPs collected in 1 L composite samples taken at a…
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A copper-doped ZIF-8: a high-performance catalyst for eco-friendly Ullmann and Biginelli reactions
Materials and solvents
Solvents and all materials were purchased and used from Merck. The progress of the reactions was done by thin layer chromatography (plates prepared by silica gel F256 60 with a diameter of 0.2 mm and grain size of 25–30…
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Unveiling the role of localized polaronic mid-gap states in enhanced carrier transfer in TiO2/BiVO4 heterojunctions under visible light irradiation
Characterization
Herein, nanocomposites were synthesized using modified methods as previously reported (see Methods for the details)18,19. Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) was employed to study the phase and crystallographic features of synthesized…
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Physical characterization and biodegradation of fibers produced by melt-spinning of aliphatic polyesters
The initial polymer analysis and the spinning trials resulted in final yarns on the spool for further characterizations, or technical understandings which are elaborated in the following.
Processability
Over 30 trials were performed to make the…
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US surface water monitoring data insufficient for 99% of chemicals of potential environmental concern, study finds
An analysis of US surface water monitoring records has found that less than 1% of chemicals of potential environmental concern have suitable monitoring data available. The researchers said the findings highlighted both the shortcomings of,…
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Carbon in an ice world | Feature
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Antarctica as a climate archive: Ice and sediment cores from Antarctica provide a detailed record of Earth’s atmospheric and environmental history. Scientists analyse trapped air bubbles and organic compounds to reconstruct…
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