The willingness of the 4f orbitals of lanthanide metals to participate in chemical reactions is as rare as their presence in ...

Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have found a way to make plastics more sustainable by utilizing sulfur waste from ...

Such molecules would be suited to acting as quantum bits, or qubits, the basic unit of information in quantum systems. But ...

Calcium becomes a +2 ion and each chlorine becomes a -1 ion. The +2 calcium ion and the two -1 chloride ions attract each other and form an ionic bond and the compound calcium chloride. One calcium ...

This “grafting” technique creates a more stable material that is resistant to chemical changes and breakdown. “Instead of mixing in those chemicals, our method involves chemically bonding ...

A team headed by Prof Armido Studer (University of Münster/Germany) has presented a new, efficient method for incorporating nitrogen into organic molecules. This method could be of interest for the ...