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Kindle Williams
Many of us are taught in secondary school about catalysts: “substances that speed up a chemical reaction without being consumed.” In the world around us, catalysis is present in many forms, from heterogeneous catalysts used in the processing of fossil fuels, to electrocatalysts in hydrogen fuel cells, to the enzymes in our own bodies.
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Elias NakouziThe molecules in that glass of water next to you are quite active! They move around, interact, and react with each other, and collectively form the liquid we all know and cherish. However, things get even more complicated when water molecules are within a couple nanometers of a solid surface.
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Haley WilliamsIf you have ever eaten a salt and vinegar potato chip or put tangy ketchup on your fries, you are familiar with the pairing of acidity and salt. In addition to being flavors that pack a punch when combined, acidity and salt are two basic chemistry concepts that can be curiously related.
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Katie McCulloughWe interact with artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML) algorithms on a day-to-day basis, from image and voice recognition to predicting fraudulent credit transactions.
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Leah M. Rader BowersMost chemical reactions involving the breaking and making of carbon–carbon (C–C) or carbon–nitrogen, carbon–oxygen (C–N, C–O) bonds cost a lot of energy. The introduction of a catalyst lowers the energy required to complete a catalytic cycle and speed up the rate of reaction.
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Muna SaberHave you ever wondered why batteries hold less charge the longer they are in use? Have you ever wondered how they can be made to last longer?
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Nicole AvakyanThe promise of cheap and efficient solar energy motivates a wide range of research efforts, from fundamental molecular design of new materials to sophisticated device engineering.
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Yongtao LiuFerroelectricity was discovered one century ago in Rochelle salt by J. Valasek. Today, ferroelectrics are in commercial use for capacitors, sensors, actuators, energy harvesters, electro-optics, and nonvolatile memory.
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Luis E. BetancourtNuclear energy is a vital contributor to sustainable energy generation, despite a level of skepticism among some of the general public and other stakeholders. As an energy source, it can provide clean energy with net zero-carbon emissions at a low environmental cost.
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Matthew ChristianMetal-organic frameworks (MOFs), porous structures that are formed through metal atoms linked with organic molecules, have become versatile materials for storage, separation, and sequestration of various molecules due to their modularity and porous nature.
Nancy M. Washton and Jeffrey G. Holmes, Co-editors-in-Chief
Editorial Board
- Kindle Williams, Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis (CME)
- Elias Nakouzi, Interfacial Dynamics in Radioactive Environments and Materials (IDREAM)
- Haley Williams, Fundamental Understanding of Transport Under Reactor Extremes (FUTURE)
- Katie McCullough, Argonne National Laboratory
- Leah M. Rader Bowers, Bioinspired Light-Escalated Chemistry (BioLEC)
- Muna Saber, Synthetic Control Across Length-scales for Advancing Rechargeables (SCALAR)
- Nicole Avakyan, Center for the Science of Synthesis Across Scales (CSSAS)
- Yongtao Liu, Center for 3D Ferroelectric Microelectronics (3DFeM)
- Luis E. Betancourt, Molten Salts in Extreme Environment (MSEE)
- Matthew S. Christian, Center for Hierarchical Waste form Materials (CHWM)