Chemistry World

Water-based membrane waves through carbon dioxide, blocks other gases

A thin water layer stabilised by hydrophilic nanopores can facilitate carbon dioxide separation. The new membrane shows ...
Nanowerk

Water molecules eliminate brute force from MXene nanosheet production

Water molecules replace mechanical force to exfoliate defect-free MXene nanosheets at kilogram scale, enabling record ...
The Conversation

A layered lake is a little like Earth’s early oceans − and lets researchers explore how oxygen built up in our atmosphere billions of years ago

Researchers sample water from various layers to analyze back in the lab. Elizabeth Swanner, CC BY-ND Little Deming Lake doesn’t get much notice from visitors to Itasca State Park in Minnesota. There’s ...
Nanowerk

Water gains unexpected electrical strength at the nanoscale

When water is squeezed to just a few molecular layers, it displays remarkable electrical properties, behaving more like advanced ferroelectric materials. (Nanowerk News) Researchers at The University ...
C&EN

Water boosts light-driven coupling chemistry

Organic chemists have tended to avoid using water to host reactions, largely because their carbon-based molecules rarely dissolve in the liquid. Now, Burkhard König at the University of Regensburg has ...
AZOM

Looking at How Water Interacts With Silicon Surfaces Using PiF-IR Analysis

For the successful hybrid bonding of Cu-Cu to occur in highly demanding, sophisticated packaging, the two mating dielectric surfaces, often silicon oxides, must bond effectively at low temperatures.