Researchers in the Netherlands, Italy and Poland have developed a new porous material that can selectively capture carbon dioxide and release it in response to visible light. Their work was published in PNAS last month. The work combines porous framework materials and light-responsive functional groups. Ben Feringa, who shared the 2016 chemistry Nobel Prize, and…
R&D 100 Winner Spotlight: How Qnity beat the industry timeline on PFAS-free lithography
Qnity’s UV 26GNF photoresist took home a 2025 R&D 100 Award in the Mechanical/Materials category for delivering what the semiconductor industry thought was still years away: a non-fluorine lithography material that actually improves performance. In this interview, Randal King, Qnity’s Chief Technology and Sustainability Officer, explains how a team of about 30 scientists accomplished in…
Trends in lab sustainability: DCM’s days are numbered
Dichloromethane, also known as methylene chloride or DCM, is a colorless, volatile solvent widely used in laboratories for chemical extractions and chromatography. The Environmental Protection Agency’s 2024 rule bans most consumer uses and many industrial and commercial uses of the chemical, which has been linked to cancer risk and neurotoxicity and has a documented history…