Adsorption is a phenomenon in which molecules or ions from a fluid phase (gas or liquid) are attracted and retained on the surface of a solid phase (adsorbent). Adsorption is different from absorption ...

Iron oxide crystal phase governs how efficiently organophosphate ester pollutants hydrolyze, with lepidocrocite showing the ...

Commercial uranium extraction from seawater could become viable within five years thanks to a new, game-changing technology.

A novel method converts industrial lignin waste into porous materials for effective removal of pollutants and bacteria from ...

A research team unveils a microwave-assisted, two-step activation strategy that converts corn straw into a hierarchically porous biochar capable of efficiently capturing CO₂.

Understanding how molecules interact with metal surfaces is fundamental to catalysis and surface chemistry. However, traditional computational methods face a trade-off: achieving high accuracy often ...

A research team has made a breakthrough in surface science by introducing a new active mechanism of adsorption. Such adsorption-based phenomena, in which molecules are attracted onto a solid surface, ...