…om: “lockdown” (Collins Dictionary), USA: “Covid” (American Dialect Society), “pandemic” (Merriam Webster), Germany: “Corona-Pandemie”, Switzerland (German-speaking): “Systemrelevant” (systemically relevant), Switzerland (French-speaking): “Coronagraben” (corona divide), Austria: “Babyelefant” (baby elephant)….

…covery in 1911 there has been a race to find a material which works at ambient conditions. So far the record at ambient pressure is a material based on oxides of copper that need to be cooled “only” to -140 ℃.   Now, a team of researchers led by Prof. Wojciech Grochala from the University of Warsaw and an international team from Poland, United Kingdom, Slovenia, Italy, USA and Slovak Republic, have come up with a new candidate. They argue that rep…

…er, AgF2 is extremely reactive, and preparation of nanotubes requires the use of high pressure, so the prospect for applications is not certain. We must first learn how to prepare nanotubes at ambient pressure – he adds.   The research was published in Dalton Transactions and highlighted by internet chemistry portal chemistryviews First Metal Fluoride Nanowire. Further details were published in a separate contribution in Inorganic Chemistry….

…t be obtained from either water or hydrocarbons. Moreover, H2 is a gas at ambient conditions and it must be either compressed or liquefied to be stored as a fuel tank for mobile applications. This is why there is an intense ongoing research worldwide on storing hydrogen in the solid state, with the target hydrogen content of 7.5–9.0% by weight.   Metal borohydrides are chemical compounds which consist of metal(s), boron and hydrogen, and they usua…