News tagged with carbon bonds
New chemical reaction holds promise for drug development
A team of researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has devised a new method for making complex molecules. The reaction they have come up with should enable chemists to synthesize new ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Two-step technique makes graphene suitable for organic chemistry
The future brightened for organic chemistry when researchers at Rice University found a highly controllable way to attach organic molecules to pristine graphene, making the miracle material suitable for a ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 29, 2011 |
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Research: Graphene grows better on certain copper crystals
New observations could improve industrial production of high-quality graphene, hastening the era of graphene-based consumer electronics, thanks to University of Illinois engineers.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 27, 2011 |
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Simulations unlock carbon nanotube potential for industry
a cylindrical network of molecules known as carbon nanotubes -- is attracting a great deal of attention from industry researchers these days.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 05, 2011 |
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Long-standing plant biochemistry mystery solved
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborators at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden have discovered how an enzyme "knows" where to insert a double bond ...
Sep 19, 2011 |
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Forces within molecules can strengthen extra-long carbon-carbon bonds
(PhysOrg.com) -- The strength of a chemical bond between atoms is the fundamental basis for a molecule’s stability and reactivity. Tuning the strength and accessibility of the bond can dramatically change ...
Sep 16, 2011 |
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Disorder is key to nanotube mystery
Scientists often find strange and unexpected things when they look at materials at the nanoscale -- the level of single atoms and molecules. This holds true even for the most common materials, such as water.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 12, 2011 |
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A bit of boron, a pinch of palladium: One-stop shop for the Suzuki reaction
Carbon-containing compounds are at the heart of organic chemistry, and carbon is the basis of all living matter. However, the so-called Suzuki reaction provides a simple means of creating carbon-carbon bonds to form compounds ...
Aug 01, 2011 |
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Chemists devise better way to prepare workhorse molecules
In chemistry, so-called aromatic molecules compose a large and versatile family of chemical compounds that are the stuff of pharmaceuticals, electronic materials and consumer products ranging from sunscreen to plastic soda ...
Jun 09, 2011 |
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New synchrotron X-ray technique could see hidden building blocks of life
Scientists from Finland and France have developed a new synchrotron X-ray technique that may revolutionize the chemical analysis of rare materials like meteoric rock samples or fossils. The results have been ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
May 29, 2011 |
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Turning plants into power houses
(PhysOrg.com) -- "I have a slide that has a photo of a cornfield and a big photovoltaic array," says Robert Blankenship, a scientist who studies photosynthesis at Washington University in St. Louis. "When ...
May 12, 2011 |
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New method for preparation of high-energy carbon-carbon double bonds
A new catalytic chemical method for the synthesis of a large and important class of carbon-carbon double bonds has been developed by scientists from Boston College and MIT, the team reports in the journal Nature. The findin ...
Mar 23, 2011 |
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For the first time, researchers observe graphene sheets becoming buckyballs (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Peering through a transmission electron microscope (TEM), researchers from Germany, Spain, and the UK have observed graphene sheets transforming into spherical fullerenes, better known as ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 11, 2010 |
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Graphene makes light work of aircraft design
(PhysOrg.com) -- Faster and lighter aircraft could be built using an incredible super-thin material just one atom thick, according to new research conducted at The University of Manchester.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 08, 2010 |
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New way to break some of the strongest chemical bonds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Cornell University in the U.S. have found a new way of breaking two of the strongest chemical bonds, at ambient temperature and pressure, and this breakthrough could lead to ...
Dec 16, 2009 |
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