The element fluorine has acquired an ever-increasing prevalence in synthetic drugs and agrochemicals due to its positive impact on the metabolism, chemical stability, and modulating lipophilicity of a...
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Difructose anhydride (DFA), which can serve as a low-calorie sweetener, has demonstrated health benefits, including prebiotic effects, antioxidant properties and immunoregulatory effects. While DFA ca...
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UW researchers have designed and synthesized a series of cathode materials for aqueous redox flow batteries by dimerization of TEMPO into ionic structures. TEMPO radicals have high voltage but are too...
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UW researchers have developed a sustainable viologen redox species synthesized from a common industrial organic species, 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl trimethylammonium chloride. Also known as Dextrosil, t...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed an improved electrochemical valorization strategy that leverages an electrocatalyst capable of carrying out two-electron oxygen reduction reactions (2e- ORR). The...
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UW-Madison researchers have designed and fabricated architected vertically aligned carbon nanotube (VACNT) foams with synergistic improvements in specific elastic modulus, specific energy absorption, ...
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UW-Madison researchers from the department of chemistry have developed a synthetic route for producing tertiary β-hydroxy-α-amino acids. Their approach utilizes a pyridoxal-phosphate (PLP)-dependent...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a new electrochemical method for synthesizing epoxides from hydroxy-alkanes. The method is implemented in a reactor comprising an anode and a cathode separated by...
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The inventor discloses a new method and system for reductive electrochemical synthesis that uses H2 as the terminal reductant. Essentially, this invention will enable H2-integrated anodes and flow-rea...
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Manufacturers require material that can absorb a high amount of kinetic energy from ballistic impacts to produce protective equipment such as bulletproof vests and tank armor, and air- and spacecraft ...
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A solvent-less method for photo-redox mediated MF-ROMP that can be used to produce industrially relevant polymers. Recognizing that fluorinated alcohols have several comparable characteristics to ROMP...
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UW-Madison researchers developed a carbon-supported boron catalyst for the selective and active oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of alkanes to produce alkenes (e.g., olefins comprising two or more carb...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a diruthenium containing catalyst capable of efficiently converting ammonia to nitrogen in the presence of oxygen. These catalysts, which generally facilitate mul...
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Improved methods of synthesizing oxygen-functionalized boron nitride (O—BN) are disclosed. In the disclosed methods, boron nitride (BN) in any form is contacted with a gaseous composition or composi...
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Improved methods of oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of short chain alkanes or ethylbenzene to the corresponding olefins, and improved methods of oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) to ethylene and/or ...
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Improved catalysts including two-dimensional metal oxide species highly dispersed on a silica support are disclosed, as well methods of making and using such catalysts. The catalysts are substantially...
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Methods of forming plasmonic diamond films are provided. In an embodiment, such a method comprises forming a first layer of diamond on a substrate; depositing a layer of a metal on a surface of the fi...
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A method to make metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) in which a first aqueous solution of a transition metal salt is mixed with a second aqueous solution of an imidazole or alkyl-substituted imidazole to ...
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A method to make free-standing graphene sheets and the free-standing graphene sheets so formed. The method includes the steps of exfoliating partially oxidized graphene from a carbon-containing electr...
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An oxidative homocoupling method of synthesizing certain 2,2′-bithiophenes from thiophenes using oxygen as the terminal oxidant is disclosed. In non-limiting examples, the method uses oxygen along w...
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Methods are provided for fabricating functional nanostructures (e.g., nanowires/nanofibers) via chemical vapor deposition polymerization of paracyclophanes or substituted paracyclophanes onto and thro...
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The present technology relates generally cyclobutane boronates, including methods of preparation by exposing a mixture of a compound of Formula I in a solvent [Image Omitted] and a catalytic amount o...
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Methods and systems for forming complex oxide films are provided. Also provided are complex oxide films and heterostructures made using the methods and electronic devices incorporating the complex oxi...
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Systems and methods for the controlled release of a guest composition that is sequestered within a host composition made up of an anisotropic fluid are disclosed. The guest composition is immiscible i...
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Indole is one of the most abundant heterocycles in pharmaceuticals and bioactive natural products, such as indometacin, a non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug, and vincristine, a natural product used to...
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