Scientists in Scotland say they have taken their first tentative steps towards creating 'life' from inorganic chemicals potentially defining the new area of 'inorganic biology'.

As the global demand for clean and sustainable energy continues to surge, the photovoltaic sector remains at the forefront of ...

Video: See how life-like cells can be made from metal Organic life hoping for inorganic This sequence of time-lapse images shows the the construction of a metal-oxide cell containing another metal ...

An international team of physicists, chemists and electronic engineers reports that a stabilizing ligand enables all-inorganic perovskite cells with an efficiency of up to 22%. In their study ...

Researchers at the University of Glasgow have taken the first step in their goal to create "life" from carbon-free, inorganic chemicals with the creation of inorganic-chemical-cells, or iCHELLS.

This system represents a step towards the design and construction of alternative types of artificial chemical cells and protocell models based on spontaneous processes of inorganic self-organization.

In our work published in the Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, we proposed several device configurations and comprehensively studied the performance of Cu 2 SrSnS 4 solar cells using ...

Learn about careers in inorganic chemistry - the study of properties and behavior of inorganic compounds, including metals, minerals and organometallics.

Cronin has successfully gotten his cells to assemble into bubbly spheres that he calls Inorganic Chemical Cells, or iCHELLs. It takes more than a bubble structure to be cell-like and, more ...

A team from Glasgow University has demonstrated a new way of making inorganic chemical cells. The aim is to create self-replicating, evolving inorganic cells which could be used in medicine and ...