(Nanowerk News) Recently, a new website – the NIST Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Structure Index – containing a wealth of information on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) was made publicly ...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are typical organic compounds found in cigarette smoke and vehicle exhaust. In addition, PAHs are produced from incomplete combustion of organic material and ...

After nearly 50 years of failed attempts and scientific speculation, chemists at Saarland University have achieved what many ...

This module uses transportation fuels as the theme to connect the organic concepts of hydrocarbon structure, intramolecular forces and physical properties to green and sustainable chemistry. The ...

Hydrocarbons are the Organic compounds obtained by the simple combination of hydrogen and carbon-like petrol, diesel, and kerosene oil, etc. It is usually divided into two categories: Aliphatic ...

How did complex hydrocarbons—the chemical building blocks of life—form in space? That was the question asked by team of researchers investigating the creation of pyrene, a hydrocarbon found in ...