There’s a shake-up taking place in fluorine chemistry. Synthetic organic chemists who don’t normally mess with fluorine are stepping in with their toolbox of synthetic methods to broaden the range of ...

A new technique could solve one of the biggest challenges in making future computer chips from ultrathin materials.

The Nagoya University Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM) research team of Professor Cathleen Crudden, Designated Lecturer Masakazu Nambo, JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow Yuki Maekawa and ...

The investments are part of an effort by several chemical companies to replace nitrogen trifluoride in the electronics industry with a more environmentally friendly gas. Other initiatives include ...

For all of the semiconductor industry’s legendary reputation for cleanliness, the actual processes that go into making chips use some of the nastiest stuff imaginable. Silicon oxide is comes from ...

Drugs that contain one or more fluorine atoms tend to be more stable, more powerful, and easier for the body to absorb. For those reasons, drug developers would like to be able to incorporate fluorine ...

Researchers have discovered a new organic reaction that selectively converts only a specific carbon-fluorine (C-F) bond in perfluorinated compounds to other functional groups. This is expected to lead ...

Organic fluorine compounds occupy a unique position in chemistry owing to fluorine’s high electronegativity and small size, which confer distinctive noncovalent interaction patterns. Unlike classical ...

A process removes only the top atomic layer of chip materials, helping manufacturers build smaller transistors while reducing ...

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, have earned the nickname of forever chemicals from their extraordinary ability to stick around in the environment long after they’ve been used.

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