A smart-phone-based hand-held platform allows the quantification of mercury(II) ions in water samples with ppb level of sensitivity
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Elastic Halogen Bonds
Plastic and elastic deformation in molecular crystals can be explained on the basis of halogen bonding
X-Ray Diffraction of Nanocrystals
Numerical simulation to extract 3D data by combining diffraction patterns from dozens of nanocrystals for a given compound
DFT of MnO2 Surfaces
Detailed DFT investigation of surfaces of rutile MnO2 which is an important material for energy storage and catalysis applications
Sr Atom Clock
Strontium atomic clock sets new records in precision and stability
Nanoparticle Exhaust of Vehicles
Vehicle engines produce exhaust nanoparticles even when they are not fueled
Toxicity of Rare Earth Elements
Toxicity tests of rare earth elements (REEs) on plants and crops reveal that they may become problematic
Digital Camera Used as Spectrometer
Using photography instead of emission spectroscopy is faster and more efficient for characterizing fluorescent solutions
Liquid Polyelectrolyte as Solvent
Polyelectrolyte dissolves organic compounds and serves as reaction medium in catalysis and colloidal particle synthesis
Chemical Behavior of Bilayer Graphene
Raman and AFM study of covalent chemical functionalization of bilayer graphene by aryl diazonium salts