Carbon dioxide
Carbon-capturing minerals promise a greener tomorrow
12 Jan 2022Life cycle assessments show that a technology that captures waste carbon dioxide and turns it into sand may help Singapore reduce its carbon emissions.
Controlling defects to capture more CO2
16 Jun 2021Defects are not necessarily bad; researchers have used them to improve the ability of molybdenum oxide thin films to capture CO2.
A tough coat for silicon
21 Mar 2017Supercritical
carbon dioxide delivers protective molecules to semiconductor surfaces
Ghostly measurements
1 Nov 2016A quantum effect allows infrared measurements to be performed by detecting visible light, bringing opportunities for cheaper, better performance spectroscopy
Carbon dioxide tamed
14 Jan 2014Using a copper catalyst to unite carbon dioxide with organic molecules under mild conditions could make this ubiquitous gas industrially useful
Durable plastic doubles as a cleaner
24 Sep 2013Chemists transform an inexpensive household plastic into a high-capacity sorbent for carbon dioxide capture and separation
Making use of minerals
21 May 2013Ammonium salts could provide a viable way of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere via carbon mineralization
Soaking up the atmosphere
27 Sep 2011Combining carbon dioxide sorbents with gold nanoparticle catalysts makes manufacturing ultrapure hydrogen gas easier than ever
Taking the direct approach
19 Jul 2011It is possible to chemically fix waste carbon dioxide gas onto organic molecules without the need for transition metal catalysts
Carbon capture with a copper twist
29 Mar 2011Recycling of carbon dioxide emissions gets significantly easier thanks to a novel copper–organocatalyst complex
The heat is on
15 Mar 2011New findings reveal how layered metallic hydroxide crystals can trap carbon dioxide gas at elevated temperatures
Organocatalysts turn carbon dioxide into useful energy
27 Apr 2010Scientists at the A*STAR Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology have developed a green catalytic cycle that could help solve some of the world’s biggest challenges—global warming and renewable energy.