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Nano-FTIR – A new era in modern analytical chemistry

Nano-FTIR - A new era in modern analytical chemistry - Researchers from the nanoscience research center NanoGUNE (San Sebastian, Spain), the university of Munich (LMU, Germany) and Neaspec GmbH (Martinsried, Germany) present a new instrumental development that solves a prime question of materials science and nanotechnology: how to chemically identify materials at the nanometer scale.

(10.1021/nl301159v)

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Triazine boosts polymer energy storage

Triazine boosts polymer energy storage - A team of scientists from Germany and Japan have presented a new principle for storing energy in lithium ion batteries using a porous polymer framework. This could give these new batteries double the energy storage of conventional lithium ion batteries. Reference: K Sakaushi et al, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2012, DOI: (10.1002/anie.201202476)

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Exploding molecule provides 3D bond images

Exploding molecule provides 3D bond images - Researchers from the US and Germany have demonstrated a new way to obtain accurate three-dimensional images of molecules, with precise measurements of the geometry of the molecule's chemical bonds. The finding opens the tantalising prospect of being able to capture changes in bond geometry during a chemical reaction. Reference: J B Williams et al, Phys. Rev. Lett., 2012, 108, 233002 (DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.233002)