All Matter articles – Page 6
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OpinionWhy Roman concrete is still stronger than RAAC (and other modern concretes)
Researchers are searching for ways to replicate the self-healing properties of the ancient material
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NewsUnderstanding chemistry at play in RAAC explains weakening of concrete
Autoclaved aerated concrete corrosion issues puts some buildings at risk of collapse
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ResearchQuantum computing offers new insight into photochemical processes
Two independent studies use trapped-ion simulators to explore the mysterious geometric phase
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ResearchPolyurethane foams given a new lease of life as high-performance 3D printing inks
Upcycling method paves way to work with other hard to reuse thermoset plastics
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ResearchNeural network boosts chiral ligand design
System trained on small dataset to optimise Negishi cross-coupling reaction
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ResearchNeural network-generated odour map connects smells to their chemical structure
Researchers hope to be able to digitise odours to allow specific scents to be put together on demand
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ResearchHydrogen-free hydrogenation offers simple solution for medicinal chemists
New method expands electrochemical hydrogenation’s scope
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ResearchOxygen-28 is the heaviest oxygen isotope ever seen
Nuclei expected to be ‘doubly magic’ but experimental observations cast doubt on this
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ResearchMoiré materials stretch their scope
More boundaries crumble following the latest flutter of results
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ResearchReference electrode misuse sparks alarm among electrochemists
Inaccurate measurements caused by poor practice has meant that electrochemists are educating others on how to maintain accuracy when venturing into the world of electrocatalysis
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ResearchNew understanding of why supercooled water droplets sometimes explode when they freeze
Imaging experiments with thousands of observations help scientists detail complex freezing process
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ResearchChatGPT predicts synthesis conditions for MOFs
Accessible AI tool can assess multitude of protocols for making new porous materials
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ResearchPyrolysed plastic waste converted into valuable chemical feedstocks
’Economic mindset’ shapes plastic upcycling approach
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ResearchA giant leap for ‘quantum superchemistry’
Ultracold atoms can undergo chemical reactions all at once
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OpinionShape is not enough to distinguish life from abiotic systems
No morphological differences between living and non-living systems are yet known
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ResearchVacuum-field catalysis could change chemistry – but reproducibility concerns linger
Excitement about light–matter coupling results, tempered by lack of agreed-upon mechanism and difficulties reproducing results
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ResearchMetal–organic framework encourages iron centre in ferrocene to oxidise
On binding oxygen, ferrocene bends and stretches, and alters its electronic structure
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ResearchPerovskite studies fall foul of ‘unconsciously inappropriate’ XPS analysis
Beware of misinterpreted chemical shifts and misquoted references
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ResearchCyclic sandwich compounds synthesised for the first time
‘Cyclocenes’ are a new class of organometallic compound
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ResearchCopper catalyst behind general strategy for synthesising methylenecyclobutane compounds
Simple method that produces strained and synthetically-demanding molecules could be a boon for medicinal chemists