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Reaction for the condensation between benzaldehyde and two equivalents of dimedone to produce the open chain form of 3,3,6,6-tetramethyl-9-phenyl-3,4,5,6,7,9-hexahydro-1H-xanthene-1,8 (2H)-dione ...

Biodiesel is considered a potential substitute for fossil diesel because of its unique environmentally friendly and renewable advantages. The efficient and durable heterogeneous catalysts are vital to ...

We present here the statistical signature of the joule heating of graphene nanojunctions up to its rupture limit. Our results over different substrates help us derive conclusions that are rather ...

Key Laboratory of Advanced Technologies of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Material Science and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, PR China ...

Science fiction has long imagined alien worlds inhabited by silicon-based life, such as the rock-eating Horta from the original Star Trek series. Now, scientists have for the first time shown that ...