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Iron complex breaks down stubborn pollutant using light-powered reaction SECONDARY_TEXT
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FETCHED at 2026-09-29T02:58:04Z · https://phys.org/news/2026-09-iron-complex-stubborn-pollutant-powered.html · seq 24190
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| The research team started with an iron complex surrounded by a secondary sphere of hydrogen bonds. They then tuned the hydrogen bonds to selectively grab ont... | verbatim — the passage is on the page, character for character |
| When the researchers used heat to drive the chemical reaction, the iron complex was able to grab oxygen atoms from nitrate, reducing it to nitric oxide. When... | verbatim — the passage is on the page, character for character |
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QUOTE {} | The research team started with an iron complex surrounded by a secondary sphere of hydrogen bonds. They then tuned the hydrogen bonds to selectively grab onto binding sites on nitrates, priming them for the next chemical reaction. |
QUOTE {} | When the researchers used heat to drive the chemical reaction, the iron complex was able to grab oxygen atoms from nitrate, reducing it to nitric oxide. When the researchers used light, the iron complex was able to remove oxygen atoms fr... |