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Four Texas A&M faculty members are part of a multi-institution team focused on harnessing mechanochemistry's potential as a reliable, versatile method for chemical synthesis.
Penn engineers collaborated on an effort that would lessen the negative environmental impact of chemical production.
This is a really exciting breakthrough
At present, the manufacturing of chemicals contributes 40% of all energy used in production. Also, the method leads to toxic solvent waste that pollutes the environment and causes health risks to animals and humans.
Experiments suggest that hydrogen bonding explains why a wet surface can have nearly twice as much friction as a dry surface.