Hiyama on his biggest research challenge: “Because C–Si bonds are quite stable in general, nucleophilic activation is essential for transmetalation from silicon to transition metals. This is the key ...

Silicon, which is one of the most common elements in Earth’s crust, is also sprinkled abundantly throughout interstellar space. The only way to identify silicon-containing molecules in the far corners ...

The study of silicon chemistry has long intrigued researchers due to silicon’s pivotal role in materials science, electronics, and catalysis. Its capacity to form a variety of coordination ...

In an effort that reaches back to the 19th-century laboratories of Europe, a discovery by chemistry researchers establishes new research possibilities for silicon chemistry and the semiconductor ...

Solar panels made from silicon already adorn rooftops and vast fields around the world—but they are reaching their ...

Various obstacles, including crosslink density and reinforcing silica, impact API permeation through a cured silicone matrix. Silicones also offer a host of options in terms of physical states and ...

Scientists have coaxed life to do something it has never done before: bond silicon to carbon. You're probably already familiar with a few products products that use carbon-silicon, or organosilicon: ...

LONDON — Wacker Chemie AG has agreed to pay for the creation of an “Institute of Silicon Chemistry” within the Faculty of Chemistry at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). The institute is set to ...

JWST has detected rare silane gas in an ancient, oxygen-poor brown dwarf, revealing a key clue to why Jupiter and Saturn hide ...

Sponsored by Dow Corning Corp. T. Don Tilley, 53, professor of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, is being honored for his many significant contributions to silicon chemistry, ...