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News and featuresA new perspective for understanding the mechanisms of catalytic conversion
09-02-2010
PRESS RELEASE - The oxidation of toxic carbon monoxide (CO) to carbon dioxide occurs every day in millions of cars. Despite being one of the most studied catalytic processes, the exact mechanism of interaction between the carbon monoxide molecule and … (09-02-2010) Germany meets Grenoble
29-01-2010
On 27 and 28 January 2010, the European research institutes in Grenoble ESRF, ILL and EMBL hosted the 1st Innovation Forum Germany @ Grenoble, organised on behalf of Germany’s Research Ministry, BMBF. Nearly 40 managers of German SMEs, technology t … (29-01-2010) Pinning down the defects of silicon solar panels
17-12-2009
Many of the rooftops of new apartment blocks in Europe these days are covered by solar panels that aim at picking up the rays of the sun and converting them into energy. New guidelines point this as a cheap way of producing clean energy. Despite the … (17-12-2009) |
Spotlight on scienceUltrafast laser switching in a photochromic film visualised by time-resolved X-ray diffraction
09-02-2010
A [2+2] photo-cycloaddition reaction in an organic crystal film was triggered by a fast laser pulse and studied with X-ray diffraction. This reaction and its thermally-activated reverse reaction were followed on the picosecond timescale, and intricat … (09-02-2010) X-ray beam transverse coherence analysis using near-field scattering
26-01-2010
A new method to map the two-dimensional transverse coherence function of an undulator X-ray beam is proposed. It is based on near-field speckles generated by the interference between perfectly spherical scattered waves from a colloidal suspension and … (26-01-2010) A different kind of memory in Ge-Sb-Te memory alloys
13-01-2010
Phase-change materials such as Ge-Sb-Te (GST) memory alloys are used in rewritable optical memory devices such as CDs and DVDs. In such applications, changes due to temperature are used to store data. But these materials also undergo structural trans … (13-01-2010) |
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