All electric fields articles
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ResearchSurprise as electric fields found to cleave bond homolytically
Study also uncovers that the reaction rate in a field increases linearly with the solvent dielectric constant
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ResearchElectric fields bring new dimension to debate on atomic size
A new methodology gives surprising answers to an old question
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ResearchElectric field of ATP synthase suggests enzyme has functions beyond catalysis
Study links energy-making enzyme with proton migration in ATP formation, and reinforces predictions that its catalytic efficiency is around 90%
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ResearchElectric fields deep in Earth’s mantle helps diamond crystallise
Electrochemical experiments under extreme conditions show diamonds forming from molten carbonate rocks
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ResearchElectric fields flick the quantum-tunnelling switch in cold reactions
Reaction kinetics affected by direction of external electric field under cryogenic conditions
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FeatureRoom temperature superconductors
A dream since electricity was first harnessed humanity is tantalisingly close to achieving this goal
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OpinionThe quest to control chemical reactions using interfacial electric fields
Twenty-five years ago he curated chemistry’s holy grails; now, Richard Zare proposes a new one
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ResearchMolecular ferroelectric is one cool crystal
Scientists find powerful new type of electrocaloric material
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ResearchTrapped enzyme reveals its unexpected shape-shifting ability
Metamorphic protein confined in nanopore found to switch between different 3D shapes as it catalyses a redox reaction
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ResearchElectric field flicks switch for bond breaking reaction
Proof that electrostatics can selectively power up one reaction in a multistep process
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ResearchCoulomb explosion uncovers laser-driven chirality
Blowing formic acid apart like a firework sheds light on asymmetric photochemical synthesis
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ResearchAntenna can power devices by harvesting ubiquitous wifi signals
Device could be used to run medical implants and wearable electronics
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ResearchGold melted at room temperature using electric fields
Controllable change from crystalline to disordered in a tiny cone tip might help chemical catalysis
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FeatureCan we control reactions with electric fields?
Think beyond the hot plate and stirrer – the consequences could be revolutionary, says Joshua Howgego
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ResearchElectro-shock treatment switches MOF on to gas separation
Electric field stops molecular wriggling and boosts natural gas separation in porous crystal
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ResearchChiral molecules could recognise each other’s spin
Charge polarisation could provide an answer to how nature can distinguish mirror image molecules
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OpinionChemistry under control
There’s more to influencing the science of change than temperature and catalysts
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ResearchElectric switch makes helix change hands
Computational model predicts that external electric fields can reorientate helices by breaking and reforming hydrogen bonds