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- Environmentally friendly battery production: Recycling process for dry processed cathodes
Innovative production processes such as dry electrode processing are a crucial milestone towards a more environmentally friendly and cost-effective battery cell production. This approach completely...
- New method for producing innovative 3D molecules
As its name suggests, ring-shaped "cage molecules" resemble a cage, and it is this three-dimensional structure that makes them significantly more stable than related, flat molecules. Consequently, ... - Cryo-EM and MD simulations unveil the mechanism of the potent neurotoxin α-latrotoxin
The black widow spider is one of the most feared spider species. Its venom is a cocktail of seven different toxins that attack the nervous system. These so-called latrotoxins specifically paralyse ... - New strategy for assessing the applicability of chemical reactions
Chemists often develop and optimise new chemical reactions using so-called model systems, i.e. simple, easily accessible substrates. They then use up to around 100 other substrates as examples to s... - Chemical synthesis: new strategy for skeletal editing on pyridines
In the field of chemistry, so-called skeletal editing is seen as a method suitable for changing ring-shaped structures precisely by swapping individual atoms. A team of researchers led by Prof.... - New approach to inserting single carbon atoms into rings
A team of chemists led by Frank Glorius (University of Münster, Germany) and Osvaldo Gutierrez (Texas A&M University, USA) have presented a new approach in which a single carbon atom is inserted in...
- Light regulates structural conversion of chiral molecules
Just like our hands, certain organic molecules relate to each other like an image and its reflection - a phenomenon that chemists call "chirality" or "handedness". The two mirror images of the same... - A new method for water splitting
Hydrogen is seen as an energy source of the future - at least, when it is produced in a climate-friendly way. Hydrogen can also be important for the production of active ingredients and other impor...
- Breakthrough in "meta-C-H functionalization" of pyridines
In chemicals used in agriculture, as well as in pharmaceuticals and a variety of materials, pyridines are often found as so-called functional units which decisively determine the chemical propertie... - Light as a tool for the synthesis of complex molecules
Chemists at the University of Münster have developed a novel and straightforward way to produce complex organic molecules. Mild reaction conditions, simple operation, scalability and the use of an ... - New multi-component reaction: complex molecular structures in one step
A more sustainable use of chemical resources is part of the United Nations' Agenda 2030. Synthetic chemists are therefore working to design and carry out efficient syntheses. Within the synthetic o... - Challenges and future approaches for battery recycling
Enormous ecological and economic potential consists in the circular value chain of batteries: The use of recycled materials not only reduces the costs of raw materials, but also enables energy savi...
- New Synthesis Method for Cathode Materials for High Energy Lithium Ion Batteries
Nickel-rich layered oxides such as lithium nickel cobalt aluminium oxides (NCA) are promising cathode materials for high-energy lithium ion batteries. The addition of aluminium improves the thermal... - Newly developed, bioinspired cell delivery vehicles
Nanocontainers can transport substances into cells where they can then take effect. This is the method used in, for example, the mRNA vaccines currently being employed against Covid-19 as well as c... - Researchers first to link silicon atoms on surfaces
A team consisting of various working groups from the fields of chemistry and physics are now the first to have linked silicon atoms on surfaces. From silicon polymers, the researchers hope for inno... - New microscopy analysis allows discovery of central adhesion complex
Cells of organisms are organized in subcellular compartments that consist of many individual molecules. How these single proteins are organized on the molecular level remains unclear, because suita... - Synthesis of aminoalcohols by utilizing light
Whether in beta-blockers to treat high blood pressure or in natural products: So-called vicinal aminoalcohols are high-quality organic compounds that are found in many everyday products. However, t...
- Bioinspired strategy for the controlled synthesis of polyenes
They occur in nature, are reactive and play a role in many biological processes: polyenes. It is no wonder that chemists have for a long time been interested in efficiently constructing these compo... - Activating palladium catalysis by light
In the production of compounds, chemists have the fundamental goal of finding strategies that are most selective and avoid waste products. Breakthroughs in this area serve, among other things, to d... - Predicting reaction results: Machines learn chemistry
Everyday life without artificial intelligence is barely conceivable in today's world. Countless applications in areas such as autonomous driving, foreign language translations or medical diagnostic...
- New insights into the evolution of proteins
How do bacteria manage to adapt to synthetic environmental toxins and, for example, to even develop strategies for using a pesticide and chemical warfare agent as food within less than 70 years? Th... - New types of Lewis acids
Researchers at the University of Münster have developed a method which makes it possible to create three-coordinate Lewis superacids on the basis of phosphorus. Previously, it had not been possible... - Arfvedson-Schlenk Prize for outstanding achievements in the field of lithium chemistry
Electrochemist and Materials Scientists Prof. Martin Winter from Münster University has been awarded the Arfvedson-Schlenk Prize for his outstanding scientific achievements in the field of lithium ... - Chemists give chance a helping hand
Whether they are synthetic materials such as PET and Teflon, medicines or flavourings, life without synthetically produced compounds is barely conceivable in our everyday lives today. The chemical ... - Longest half-life ever directly measured
The universe is almost 14 billion years old, which is an inconceivable length of time by human standards. Compared to some physical processes, however, it is but a moment. There are radioactive nuc...