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Argonne nanoscientist Tijana Rajh holds a strip of material created from titanium dioxide nanotubes.
Batteries get a quick charge with new anode technology

A breakthrough in components for next-generation batteries could come from special materials that transform their structure to perform better over time.

November 2, 2011
Computational modeling produces both prospects for better catalysts and beautiful images, like this model of a platinum catalyst interacting with oxygen atoms (red) and hydrogen atoms (white). Image by Rees Rankin, Center for Nanoscale Materials.
7 things you may not know about catalysis

Catalysts are one of those things that few people think much about, beyond perhaps in high school chemistry, but they make the world tick.

December 14, 2011