Category: Chemistry & Materials
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Glass-forming liquid crystal mixtures selectively reflect different colors
This research indicates that glass-forming ternary liquid crystalline mixtures can selectively reflect blue light in the glassy state and either green or red light in the smectic C* phase depending on temperature treatment.
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Thorium imido complex shows broad small-molecule reactivity
This research indicates that a terminal thorium imido metallocene can be made and that it reacts with many small molecules in different ways.
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Model identifies capping materials that reduce niobium oxide formation
This research indicates that a predictive framework can help select metal capping layers that inhibit niobium oxide formation in superconducting quantum computing devices.
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Light triggers reversible CO2 binding and reduction in a cerium MOF
This research indicates that light can trigger reversible carbon dioxide binding in a cerium-based metal–organic framework and enable its reduction to carbon monoxide in water without sacrificial agents.
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Catechin modification improved antioxidant activity and lipid solubility
This research indicates that modifying catechin structures can increase antioxidant activity while reducing molecular polarity and improving lipid solubility.
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Oyster shell powder enabled a closed-cell magnesium foam
This research indicates that a closed-cell magnesium foam can be made with oyster shell powder as a blowing agent and that its structure and properties can be examined, including dissolution in seawater.
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Thiolate-mediated cyclization yields 2-quinolones from 2-aminocinnamic acids
This research indicates that thiolate-promoted cyclization can convert (E)-2-aminocinnamic acid derivatives into 2-quinolones, with broad substrate compatibility and gram-scale practicality.
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Difluoroketene rearrangement succeeds with electron-withdrawing substituents
This research indicates that a thio-Belluš–Claisen rearrangement can be carried out with difluoroketene when the allyl thioether has an electron-withdrawing group on its internal alkene site.
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Dihydroquinoline sulfonyl fluorides were synthesized without transition metals
This research indicates that trifluoromethylated and difluoromethylated dihydroquinoline sulfonyl fluorides can be synthesized under mild conditions and used to form sulfonamides and sulfonates.
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Miniaturized extraction selectively enriches low-alkylated mineral oil aromatics
This research indicates that a miniaturized liquid-liquid extraction step can selectively isolate and enrich non- and low-alkylated aromatic compounds from complex mineral oil mixtures while reducing interference from highly alkylated aromatics and saturated hydrocarbons.
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