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29APR 2021
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How acidic are atoms?
The acidity of molecules can be easily determined, but until now it was not possible to measure this important property for atoms on a surface. By combining a new microscopy technique and quantum chemical calculations, this has now been achieved. The degree of acidity or alkalinity of a substance is crucial for its chemical behavior. […]
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29APR 2021
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Upside-down Magnesium Chemistry
Chemists at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg publish a breakthrough in magnesium chemistry in the highly renowned journal Nature. Magnesium (Mg) is an earth abundant early main group metal of low electronegativity that easily loses it’s both valence electrons. In combination with other elements it occurs naturally only in its most stable form as the positively charged […]
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20APR 2021
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Effective method for removing nanoplastics and microplastics from water
Environmental pollution caused by microplastics and nanoplastics is a ubiquitous problem which cannot be tackled using currently available cleaning concepts. Researchers at FAU have now demonstrated how magnets could be used to remove plastic particles of various types and sizes from water. They used non-toxic, specially coated iron oxide nanoparticles known as SPIONs which they […]
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19APR 2021
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New lecture series: 1st FRASCAL Virtual Colloquium starts on April 22, 2021
PhD students of the Research Training Group GRK 2423 “Fracture across Scales” (FRASCAL) cordially invite you to their new lecture series “1st FRASCAL Virtual Colloquium”. The inaugural event will be on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 2:00 pm with Alexander Hartmaier from Ruhr-Universität Bochum on “Bridging the scales in fractures and damage mechanics”. The colloquium […]
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29MAR 2021
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Using prodrugs on cancer cells
Prodrugs are substances that only release their effects once they have been metabolised. The prodrugs of the FAU research team led by Prof. Dr. Andriy Mokhir, Professorship of Organic Chemistry, are activated in the organism by means of a chemical reaction with specific molecules that contain oxygen, known as reactive oxygen species. These molecules are […]
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22MAR 2021
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Scholarship for female master students
The Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 1452 – “Catalysis at liquid interfaces (CLINT)” calls for applications for an Equal Opportunity Fellowship for female students who will start their master studies at FAU in the winter semester 2021/22. Female students of the programs MSc. Chemistry and MSc. Molecular Science can apply for it. The fellowship aims explicitly […]
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