Sentences with phrase «zeolite crystals»

The zeolite crystals containing the molecular wires were then placed on an electricity - conductive substrate.

In order to thread the molecules so that they form one - dimensional chains of 30 to 100 nanometers in length — 1 nanometer being 1 billionth of a meter — they applied a smart trick: they locked the molecules in zeolite crystals.

The team found that passing such dirty steam through a zeolite crystal, such as the mineral clinoptilolite, traps everything but water, hydrogen, helium and ammonia.

By placing a very sharp conductive needle, of an atomic force microscope (AFM), on top of a zeolite crystal, the researchers were able to measure the electrical conductivity in the molecule chains.

Not exact matches

The latter focuses on zeolites and metal — organic frameworks: sponge - like materials with regularly repeating holes in their crystal structures that can trap gas molecules and could be used to store methane or carbon dioxide.

For the six months before Eureca is recovered by the shuttle, the carrier will be an orbiting laboratory for experiments in the growth of large crystals of proteins, semiconductors and zeolites.

The zeolite minerals, whose crystals contain a myriad of minute pores, have made possible a new branch of chemical technology.

When zeolite is added, the crystals retain 70 to 80 % of their nitrogen.