Detecting the active sites of nanocatalysts and obtaining their structural descriptors in reaction conditions is a major challenge.
Chemistry
February 2021
Biomass from terrestrial plants, largely lignocellulosic cell walls, can be converted into fuels and chemicals to reduce fossil fuel dependence.
Hydrogen (H2) is a promising energy carrier that has the potential to decrease the dependency for fossil fuels in the transportation industry. However, there are challenges with the production, storage, and transportation of H2.
Substituents present on a molecule are known to significantly control the self-assembly, adsorption, and orientation behavior on solid surfaces. Using STM, self-assembly of the Y[C6S-Pc]2 and Y[C4O-Pc]2 complexes was investigated at solution−solid interface.
Targeted drug therapy is a promising approach to selectively treat cancerous tissues, however further development is needed in the field of acid-labile linkers.
Solvent extraction is a standard method of solute separation and purification in the fields of chemistry, engineering and industry, where a solute distributes from one liquid phase to another based on the favorability of solvation free energies between the two phases.
Industrial separation and purification processes include the use of oxalic acid to precipitate rare earth elements (REEs) such as neodymium and europium.
Knowledge of Uranium oxide surface chemistry leaves much to be desired. Uranium oxide plays a significant role in nuclear energy as the primary substituent of nuclear fuel and although UO2 nanoparticles are formed in spent fuel, few studies have been done to explore UO2 size and surface dependent properties.