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Àǹfààní máa ń wà nígbà gbogbo pé ìṣàwárí sáyẹ́ǹsì kan, bí radium, lè ṣe ènìyàn láǹfààní.

Marie Curie (1921)

materials chemistry

20 Oṣù Kẹjọ 2026

Small molecule kan lẹ untreated PTFE mọ́, lẹ́yìn náà ethanol wẹ́ e kúrò

JACS paper kan report fluoro-crown ether phosphate adhesive tí ó bond notoriously inert PTFE nínú lab lap-shear test, tí ó sì remain removable ní ethanol washing. CyclicFP-fmoc dé 1.3 MPa lórí untreated PTFE pẹ̀lú ductile cohesive failure, related variant sì dé 2.3 MPa. Mechanism supported nípasẹ̀ spectroscopic evidence fún fluorine-fluorine interaction ní PTFE pẹ̀lú hydrogen bonding àti pi-stacking nínú adhesive. Ó jẹ́ promising materials result, kì í tíì ṣe commercial glue, universal recycling fix tàbí full environmental-safety assessment.

physical chemistry

17 Oṣù Keje 2026

Ìdè mẹ́ta carbon-bismuth fi ibi tí àwòrán sigma àti pi textbook ti dẹ́kun ṣiṣẹ́ hàn

Ìwádìí kan nínú Science ṣe àyẹ̀wò molecular ion CBi-, cousin heavy-element ti àwọn species pẹ̀lú ìdè mẹ́ta tí a mọ̀, pẹ̀lú cryogenic photoelectron spectroscopy àti relativistic quantum calculations. Abajade náà jẹ́ evidence taara pé strong spin-orbit coupling lè tún classical sigma/pi bonding framework ṣètò sí relativistic Kramers pairs tí total angular momentum ń ṣe label. Èyí kò sọ pé ordinary chemical bonding jẹ́ aṣìṣe; ó fi hàn ìdí tí bookkeeping fi yí padà lẹ́gbẹ̀ẹ́ atom tó wuwo gan-an.

materials chemistry

25 Oṣù Kẹfà 2026

Solid material kan yí visible blue light padà sí UV ní sunlight-level intensity — ṣùgbọ́n kì í ṣe solar-energy machine

Àwọn olùwádìí engineer DHI-based organic crystals tí alkyl side chains wọn ń dá π-electron system láàbò láìdá triplet energy dúró láti rìn. Best iBu-DHI/Ir(ppy)₃ solid film ṣe visible-to-UV triplet-annihilation upconversion pẹ̀lú 1.9% absolute quantum yield àti threshold 1.2 mW cm⁻² nítòsí solar intensity ní ayíká 445 nm. Èyí jẹ́ real materials advance fún solid-state photon upconversion. Kì í ṣe working solar device, kì í ṣe ‘free UV,’ kì í sì ṣe proof pé visible sunlight ti lè drive useful UV chemistry ní scale.