Researchers have developed a variety of powerful catalysts called superacids that can turn harmful materials such as greenhouse gases and certain hydrocarbons into useful chemicals. The work by ...

Lewis superacids are stronger than antimony pentafluoride – the strongest Lewis acid – and can break even the sturdiest bonds. “For strong bonds, you need very reactive reagents, i.e., substances that ...

Single-walled carbon nanotubes can be dissolved in superacids to produce solutions that should make it easier to process nanotubes into bulk structures. Carbon nanotubes have many remarkable ...

(Nanowerk News) Designing wearable sensors or other devices demands robust, flexible electronics. Extremely thin films, just one atom thick, such as molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), hold promise.