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Metal oxide simulations could help green technology
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=10102[font face=Times,Times New Roman,Serif][font size=5]Metal oxide simulations could help green technology[/font]
January 9, 2012
[font size=3]University of California, Davis, researchers have proposed a radical new way of thinking about the chemical reactions between water and metal oxides, the most common minerals on Earth. Their work appears in the current issue of the journal Nature Materials.
The new paradigm could lead to a better understanding of corrosion and how toxic minerals leach from rocks and soil. It could also help in the development of “green” technology: new types of batteries, for example, or catalysts for splitting water to produce hydrogen fuel.
“This is a global change in how people should view these processes,” said William Casey, UC Davis professor of chemistry and co-author of the study with James Rustad, a former geology professor at UC Davis who now works as a scientist at Corning Inc. in New York.
Previously, when studying the interactions of water with clusters of metal oxides, researchers tried to pick and study individual atoms to assess their reactivity. But “none of it really made sense,” Rustad said.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmat3203January 9, 2012
[font size=3]University of California, Davis, researchers have proposed a radical new way of thinking about the chemical reactions between water and metal oxides, the most common minerals on Earth. Their work appears in the current issue of the journal Nature Materials.
The new paradigm could lead to a better understanding of corrosion and how toxic minerals leach from rocks and soil. It could also help in the development of “green” technology: new types of batteries, for example, or catalysts for splitting water to produce hydrogen fuel.
“This is a global change in how people should view these processes,” said William Casey, UC Davis professor of chemistry and co-author of the study with James Rustad, a former geology professor at UC Davis who now works as a scientist at Corning Inc. in New York.
Previously, when studying the interactions of water with clusters of metal oxides, researchers tried to pick and study individual atoms to assess their reactivity. But “none of it really made sense,” Rustad said.
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