metal oxides

Other materials stories that may be of interest

By / January 28, 2012

Computer simulations show that metal oxides in water go through many short-lived shapes and structures (see story below). Credit: William Casey, UC Davis. Check ’em out: Scorpions inspire scientists in…

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The Energy Race and the search for commodity catalyst materials

By Eileen De Guire / June 14, 2011

Illustration of the way the electronic configuration of metal ions can control the activity of metal oxides for oxygen reduction, varying it by a factor of at least 10,000 times.…

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Gouma, Pelagia-Irene (2011), (2010)

By Eileen De Guire / January 17, 2011

Contact Information: Pelagia-Irene (Perena) Gouma, SUNY at Stony Brookpgouma@notes.cc.sunysb.edu NSF Abstract in Ceramics Program:  Crystallo-Chemical Approach to Gas Selectivity of Metal Oxides 2010 Highlight: Presentation Material Keywords: Nanomaterial, Oxides Area…

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Can basic chemistry concepts explain oxide surfaces?

By / February 25, 2010

Researchers at Northwestern University and the University of Oxford say that relatively simple methods of explaining chemical bond mechanisms typically taught at undergraduate levels turns out to be an accurate…

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