Nano-biochar turns toxic silver ions into nanoparticles only when pH rises
A laboratory study finds that ball-milled wood biochar reduces silver ions to silver nanoparticles only under weakly alkaline conditions, driven ...
Tag: reaction kinetics
Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Beat Magnesium and Copper Oxides in Dye-Degrading Showdown
In a controlled comparison, zinc oxide nanoparticles degraded 85 percent of methyl red dye under xenon-lamp irradiation, outperforming magnesium oxide ...
Machine Learning Turns Routine Yield Data Into Reaction Kinetics
Researchers at the University of Tokyo developed CYAN, a machine-learning method that extracts reaction rate constants from routine yield-optimization data, ...
Antipsychotic Drug Turned Electrocatalyst Cracks Thiocyanate and Sulfide Oxidation Puzzle
Researchers in Iran have shown that the oxidized form of the antipsychotic drug chlorpromazine acts as an efficient electrocatalytic mediator ...
Dissolved Oxygen Drives Carcinogen Formation in Stored Rocket Fuel, Study Finds
Quantum chemical simulations reveal how dissolved oxygen converts stored rocket propellant UDMH into the carcinogen NDMA, identifying amino-group oxidation as ...
Scientists Unravel How Forever Chemical PFOA Breaks Down in Alkaline Solvent Mixtures
A French research team has mapped the stepwise redox mechanism by which PFOA loses its fluorine atoms in alkaline DMSO/water ...
Phenylium Ion Strikes Back: Key Aromatic Ring Builder in Space Restored
New experiments show the phenylium cation reacts efficiently with acetylene under interstellar-like conditions, restoring its role in forming the first ...
Trimetallic Co–Ni–Mo Nanoparticles on Carbon Dots Boost Hydrogen Fuel Production
Researchers have developed a trimetallic cobalt-nickel-molybdenum nanocatalyst on nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots that rapidly releases hydrogen from sodium borohydride using ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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