mechanochemistry

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noun chemistry The reaction of substances, in the absence of a solvent, effected by grinding solid reactants
noun chemistry The direct manipulation of individual molecules using an atomic force microscope

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Striving for atomistic insights into catalytic mechanism Sablin and Fletterick, 2004 JBC Much has been learned about kinesin at the stochastic (mechanical) level But atomistic understanding of mechanochemistry is lacking Our goal is to gain atomistic insight via a variety of experiments and simulations

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This provides a thorough, up to date overview of mechanochemistry of solids and minerals.

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Oleksandr Dolotko, a materials scientist at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, and his colleagues used mechanochemistry — the initiation of a chemical reaction by mechanical force from grinding or milling — to recover lithium from lithium-ion batteries1.

Could grinding up lithium batteries help to recycle them? Katharine Sanderson 2023
Oleksandr Dolotko, a materials scientist at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, and his colleagues used mechanochemistry — the initiation of a chemical reaction by mechanical force from grinding or milling — to recover lithium from lithium-ion batteries1.

Could grinding up lithium batteries help to recycle them? Katharine Sanderson 2023