Because of their high natural abundance, low cost, and, more importantly, their unique electronic characteristics, copper catalysts have been industrially applied and fundamentally studied for several ...

More than ten years ago, researchers at Rice University led by materials scientist Boris Yakobson predicted that boron atoms would cling too tightly to copper to form borophene, a flexible, metallic ...

Atomic structure of the copper catalyst used in the hydrogenation reaction of a carbon-oxygen bond. Formaldehyde H2CO (on the left), used as the model molecule in the simulations, takes two hydrogens ...

In the ongoing drive to remove greenhouse gases from the environment and put them to good use, researchers have known for years that copper catalysts in electrochemical cells can convert carbon ...

Imagine having a super-powered lens that uncovers hidden secrets of ultra-thin materials used in our gadgets. Research led by University of Florida engineering professor Megan Butala enables a novel ...