{"id":708,"date":"2013-03-31T17:33:04","date_gmt":"2013-03-31T17:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sinitskii.com\/?page_id=708"},"modified":"2025-04-14T17:20:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T17:20:42","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/chemweb.unl.edu\/sinitskii\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/chemweb.unl.edu\/sinitskii\/news\/\">Featured news<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-fluid\"> <div class=\"span4\"><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/chemweb.unl.edu\/sinitskii\/gnr-sensors-unl-news\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/chemweb.unl.edu\/sinitskii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Nanoribbons.png\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chemweb.unl.edu\/sinitskii\/gnr-sensors-unl-news\/\"><\/p>\n<h3>Nanoribbon Gas Sensors<\/h3>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">New graphene nanoribbons were synthesized and used for fabrication of gas sensors that responded about 100 times more sensitively to molecules than did sensors featuring even the best-performing carbon-based materials.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Furthermore, the ribbons were integrated in an electronic nose system that could differentiate between molecules of nearly the same chemical nature, such as methonol and ethanol.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chemweb.unl.edu\/sinitskii\/gnr-sensors-unl-news\/\">Read more&#8230; <\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"span4\"><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/chemweb.unl.edu\/sinitskii\/tis3-unl-news\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"http:\/\/chemweb.unl.edu\/sinitskii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TiS3_news_500.png\" alt=\"alex-sinitskii\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chemweb.unl.edu\/sinitskii\/tis3-unl-news\/\"><\/p>\n<h3>TiS<sub>3<\/sub>, a new 2D material<\/h3>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One completed a series of theoretical calculations to predict its properties with the help of a massive computing center. 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