Research Summaries

Microbial lipids are potential replacements for petroleum-based fuels and chemicals; however, their production often falls short of theoretical

In conventional semiconductor-based energy harvesting of photons from the sun, excess photon energy above the semiconductor bandgap is wasted.

Three-dimensional (3-D) organic–inorganic perovskites have emerged as one of the most promising thin-film solar cell materials owing to a

The tokamak is an efficient design for confining superheated plasmas with magnetic fields because much of the magnetic field is produced by

To achieve its goal, ITER’s core ion temperature must be around 15 keV, or over 10 times hotter than in the core of the sun. At the same time

The researchers synthesized a Pu(III) starting material, PuCp”3 (Cp” = the substituted anionic cyclopentadienyl ring [C

Materials with rigid ultra small micropores provide selectivity that controls the motion of individual molecules to improve separation between

The structure of NU-1301 represents a new three-dimensional net, named Northwestern University Net (nun), which has been added to the reticular

Much like two friendly neighbors getting together to chat over a cup of coffee, the minuscule particles in our subatomic world also come together

Rational synthesis is the strategic choice of a sequence of chemical reactions leading to a desired chemical target. The application of rational