Physical chemistry – Page 41
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ResearchNanoporous methane storage – an impossible target?
Identifying performance limits for nanoporous materials highlights that current methane storage goals might be unrealistic
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ResearchCalculations predict pentagonal graphene
New carbon allotrope could have interesting physical and electrical properties
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ResearchPhotosynthesis takes the high road
Study aims for definitive answer to oxidation state questions in biological water splitting
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ResearchCatching water with imitation beetle bumps
Inkjet printing crafts a superhydrophobic surface that mimics the fog harvesting ability of the Namib Desert beetle
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ResearchHydrogen bond pictures come under close scrutiny
For atomic force microscopy images claiming to show intermolecular interactions, appearances may be deceiving
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FeatureThe resolution revolution
Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy earned three of its creators a Nobel prize this year. Emma Stoye focuses in on their story
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ResearchAssessing covalency in the hydrogen bond zoo
Orbital-resolved contributions provide a fresh perspective on hydrogen bonds with covalent characteristics
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FeatureBetter cleaning through chemistry
Chemistry World’s competition winner, Tessa Fiorini, investigates the complexities and chemistries behind seemingly simple products
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ResearchComputer simulations point to formamide as prebiotic intermediate in ‘Miller’ mixtures
Electric field may have provided more than just energy for primordial chemistry
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OpinionDoes life play dice?
Philip Ball wonders whether life evolved to exploit quantum phenomena, or if it’s just in our nature
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ResearchLinguistic statistics enable synthetic prophetics
A metric more commonly used by search engines to analyse language can now power organic chemistry retrosyntheses
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PodcastTributyltin
Helen Scales investigates tributyltin, banned from use as anti-fouling paint for causing ‘imposex’ in marine life
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ResearchMolecular clocks may probe fundamental laws
Clocks based on the simplest molecule could weigh in on proton’s mass
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ResearchChemistry gets strange at water’s surface
Theoretical study suggests that ions with the same charge might actually become attracted to each other at an interface