News tagged with manganese oxide

Cooling down global warming

(PhysOrg.com) -- Carbon capture has long been identified as a critical technology needed to prevent global warming, but efficient and economical ways to do it have been hard to find.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 8

A manganite changes its stripes

If there were a Hall of Fame for materials, manganites would be among its members. Some manganites, compounds of manganese oxides, are renowned for colossal magnetoresistance – the ability to suddenly ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jul 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Structural origin of 'hidden state' in manganite thin film revealed by picosecond time-resolved X-ray diffraction

Photo-induced phase transition (PIPT) has caused great excitement in materials science because ultra-fast alteration of the magnetic, dielectric, structural and optical properties of materials can be brought ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

The heat is on for sodium-manganese oxide rechargeable batteries

(PhysOrg.com) -- By adding the right amount of heat, researchers have developed a method that improves the electrical capacity and recharging lifetime of sodium ion rechargeable batteries, which could be a ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Scientists demonstrate novel ionic liquid batteries

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the NRL Materials Science and Technology Division are providing solid evidence that there is a new route towards developing novel, lightweight energy storage devices. By moving ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 15, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

T-Shirt replaces battery: Fiber-based electrochemical micro-supercapacitor

Will we soon be plugging our mobile phone into our t-shirt instead of putting in a battery? This vision is not totally out of reach: the first steps in this direction have already been taken.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 18, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop molecular 'LEGO kit' to create nano-cubes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Glasgow have devised a molecular 'LEGO toolkit' which can be used to assemble a vast number of new and functional chemical compounds.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 17, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Accidental discovery produces durable new blue pigment for multiple applications

An accidental discovery in a laboratory at Oregon State University has apparently solved a quest that over thousands of years has absorbed the energies of ancient Egyptians, the Han dynasty in China, Mayan ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (33) | comments 6

Methane-eating microbes can use iron and manganese oxides to 'breathe'

Iron and manganese compounds, in addition to sulfate, may play an important role in converting methane to carbon dioxide and eventually carbonates in the Earth's oceans, according to a team of researchers ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Bacteria from the deep can clean up heavy metals

A species of bacteria, isolated from sediments deep under the Pacific Ocean, could provide a powerful clean-up tool for heavy metal pollution.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 05, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 4