Prof. Geoffrey Ozin discusses our growing gigatonne CO2 challenge, and how we must now work together to solve it.
Sungas Instead of Syngas
Hydrogen and carbon monoxide gas (sungas) is generated in a solar thermal electrochemical process (STEP) from water and carbon dioxide.
Conference report: Advanced Battery Power
This symposium is a meeting place of academia and industry for discussing current trends and requirements of a battery’s life from cradle to grave.
International Year of Light: Plasmonic Nanoparticles
This month’s International Year of Light article reviews relevant advances and applications of plasmonic nanoparticles, from energy to health.
Nanomaterials and photoacoustic imaging for better cancer detection
PDI-based organic nanomaterials have been successful developed and used for detection of deep human glioblastoma in mice models using photoacoustic imaging.
Directly observing the development of platinum nanocubes
The first direct observations of how facets form and develop on platinum nanocubes point the way towards more sophisticated and effective nanocrystal design.
Macromolecular Engineering: Precisely Controlled Polymer Architectures – Free Access to Recent Highlights
A new special issue of Macromolecular Rapid Communications highlights exciting recent developments in the field of macromolecular engineering.
November highlights from physica status solidi
Phase transitions, gold films, and gallium oxide – these and more in November’s physics highlights.
Patent awarded for li-ion battery fire-suppression system
LithFire-X has been awarded patent protection for a system to contain and extinguish lithium ion battery fires in electric energy storage configurations.
Nanotube catalyst gives alternative to precious metals
Economical non-precious-metal catalyst capitalizes on carbon nanotubes.