#behindthescience — Public Fediverse posts

💬🧪 Behind the Science Interview with Lena Daumann and Jonathan Gutenthaler-Tietze, Germany: They discuss whether rare earth elements can mediate a prebiotic reaction network similar to the Krebs cycle, starting from glyoxylate and pyruvate

https://doi.org/10.1002/chemv.202500104

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Halogen Bonding in Polycyclic Aromatics

Quantum chemical calculations reveal how aromatic polycyclics of different sizes act as Lewis bases in halogen bonds, which is valuable for pharmaceutical drug

Behind the Science Interview with Steve Scheiner

https://www.chemistryviews.org/halogen-bonding-in-polycyclic-aromatics/

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Behind the Science:
Generating Chemical Energy from Renewable Fuels with Semiconductors

Exposing GaAs photovoltaic devices to methanol fuel in the presence of an oxidizer leads to electricity generation by the device

https://www.chemistryviews.org/behind-the-science-generating-chemical-energy-from-renewable-fuels-with-semiconductors/

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