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Researchers analyze material with 'colossal ionic conductivity'

Researchers analyze material with 'colossal ionic conductivity'

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jul 31, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (46) | comments 5

A new material characterized at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could open a pathway toward more efficient fuel cells.





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Ionic Liquid's Makeup Measurably Non-Uniform at the Nanoscale

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Texas Tech University, Queen's University in Belfast, Ireland, the University of Rome and the National Research Council in Italy recently made a discovery about the non-uniform chemical compositions ...


Scientists develope new agents to battle MRSA

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Experts from Queen's University Belfast have developed new agents to fight MRSA and other hospital-acquired infections that are resistant to antibiotics. The fluids are a class of ionic liquids that not only kill colonies ...


The Future in Two Words: Ionic Liquids

The Future in Two Words: Ionic Liquids

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ionic liquids are molecular solutions that have a wide range of potential applications, including next-generation solar cells, hydrogen fuel cells and lithium batteries.


Mobile metal atoms

Chemistry /

created Jan 03, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Mobile phones, notebook computers, iPods—the boom in portable computing and communications devices is dependent on rechargeable lithium-ion batteries to deliver power. These batteries offer the highest energy density, allow ...


Metal air battery

Metal-Air Battery Could Store 11 Times More Energy than Lithium-Ion

Technology / Energy

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (49) | comments 12

(PhysOrg.com) -- A spinoff company from Arizona State University plans to build a new battery with an energy density 11 times greater than that of lithium-ion batteries for just one-third the cost. With a ...


Mobile Metal Atoms: New class of lithium-rich solids with unusually high lithium mobility

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created Dec 28, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (42) | comments 0

Mobile phones, notebook computers, iPods—the boom in portable computing and communications devices is dependent on rechargeable lithium-ion batteries to deliver power.


A new method to cleaner and more efficient CO2 capture

A new method to cleaner and more efficient CO2 capture

Chemistry / Other

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 61

(PhysOrg.com) -- Separating carbon dioxide from its polluting source, such as the flue gas from a coal-fired power plant, may soon become cleaner and more efficient.


Data Effort Improves Flow Toward 'Greener' Chemistry

Data Effort Improves Flow Toward 'Greener' Chemistry

Other Sciences /

created Apr 21, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Jeopardy answer: Death Valley and "ionic liquids." Correct question: Where does a little bit of water make a whole lot of difference? Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) rep ...


Scientists to go where no chemists has gone before

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists at The University of Nottingham have overcome one of the significant research challenges facing electrochemists. For the first time they have found a way of probing right into the heart of an electrochemical reaction.


Gold Nanorods

Golden Nanorods for Medical Applications

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Sep 08, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Gold nanoparticles are under consideration for a number of biomedical applications, such as tumor treatment. A German-American research team at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Hunter ...



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