THE history of anthracene is long and vivid. Discovered amongst the products of coal-tar distillation in 1832, the hydrocarbon played a modest and somewhat commonplace part in the development of ...

Saturn is the second largest planet in our solar system and has a characteristic ring. Japanese researchers have now synthesized a molecular “nano-Saturn”. As the scientists report in the journal ...

Curved molecules that absorb sunlight, store the energy, and re-release it as heat are pushing the boundaries in solar thermal storage technology. The anthracene systems, derived from a by-product of ...

A research team has achieved a significant breakthrough in the field of organic semiconductors. Their successful synthesis and characterization of a novel molecule called 'BNBN anthracene' has opened ...

Coal tar, once considered waste, has become a huge treasure house when hundreds of compounds are isolated from it. Most of these compounds are aromatic hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, ...

Anthracene—a hydrocarbon known for its strong luminescence and high photo-reactivity—has long been considered one of the most iconic and widely studied organic molecules. Its [4+4] photocycloaddition ...

A team of scientists from the Instituto Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) and the University of Texas has succeeded in identifying one of the most complex organic molecules yet found in the material ...

Hybrid structures formed between organic molecules and inorganic quantum dots can accomplish unique photophysical transformations by taking advantage of their disparate properties. The electronic ...

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