Researchers have shown that placing individual metal atoms on carefully chosen supports can dramatically sharpen the ...

Heterocycles, molecular rings found in many pharmaceuticals, have a reputation for stubbornly resisting modification. That is, in a heterocycle, heteroatoms of one type aren’t easily swapped for ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) At the scale of individual atoms, materials behave in ways that defy everyday intuition. Stretch a metal wire by a few micrometers and its resistance changes only slightly.

Traditional catalysts often waste material because only surface atoms participate in reactions, while the bulk material goes untouched. Single-atom catalysts (SACs) overcome this inefficiency by ...

Single-atom catalysts revolutionize water purification: efficient and selective generation of reactive oxygen species for global water challenges. Researchers detail how downsizing active sites to the ...