Physical chemistry – Page 38
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Research
Computer program pins down carbon capturing ionic liquids
Simulations take guesswork out of finding optimal conditions for CO2 capture
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News
Better windows with aerogels
Researchers have developed ways of making improved, cheaper transparent silica aerogel composites that could revolutionise windows
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Opinion
Linked data is the future for medicinal chemistry
Paul Groth explains why linked data is starting to revolutionise medicinal chemistry
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Oxidation state +10 may exist in a platinum compound
Prediction suggests platinum oxide compound is stable in +10 state for nearly a year
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News
Explainer: superheavy elements
How do you make a new element, how can you make sure you’ve really made it and what kit do you need?
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Machine-learning accelerates catalytic trend spotting
Example of what you can gain when ‘people from different disciplines start looking at the same problems’
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Error bar estimates offer DFT sanity check
New molecule-based method makes it easier to assess the precision of reactivity calculations
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Hydrogens seen crystal clear in small molecules
Researchers have pinned down the precise position of hydrogen atoms in crystal structures using widely accessible methods
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Explosive water display caught on film
SLAC produces first slow motion video of droplets exploding in path of x-ray laser
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Lone atoms reveal van der Waals attraction for the first time
The force between isolated atoms is stronger than expected due to other interactions
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All-metal sandwich inspires a theoretical following
Recently discovered [Sb3Au3Sb3]3– has multiple groups hunting for answers
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Iron-rich silicate plays cosmic matchmaker
Findings could help explain abundance of molecular hydrogen in interstellar space
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Scientists claim to have seen ‘new state’ of water
Scepticism that water molecules with delocalised protons can be described as an unknown phase of water
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Careers
Marine paint innovation
Nina Notman visits the AkzoNobel site in Gateshead and meets the scientists designing the next generation of environmentally-friendly marine paints
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Opinion
Homing pigeons should thank quantum chemistry
Philip Ball asks whether quantum biology holds the secret to how birds navigate
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Research
Water hydrogen bonds tunnel in tandem
Cog-like interactions seen between molecules in ‘smallest droplet’ of water
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Bonding accurately predicted in diatomics by new scheme
Hopes that simple theoretical framework can be extended to tackle polyatomic molecules