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Thorium lends a fiery hand
John Arnold, Thomas L. Gianetti and Yannai Kashtan look back on thorium's chemistry, and look forward to harnessing its nuclear potential.
- John Arnold
- , Thomas L. Gianetti
- & Yannai Kashtan
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Templated assembly of photoswitches significantly increases the energy-storage capacity of solar thermal fuels
Solar thermal fuels have recently attracted an increasing amount of attention as a potential method for solar energy capture, conversion, storage and utilization. Azobenzene-functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes demonstrate the proof-of-principle for increasing kinetic stability and energy densities by templating photoswitchable molecules on nanostructures to achieve highly (con)strained configurations.
- Timothy J. Kucharski
- , Nicola Ferralis
- & Jeffrey C. Grossman