redox

American  

[ree-doks] / ˈri dɒks /

noun

Chemistry.

1. oxidation-reduction.

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redox British  

/ ˈriːdɒks /

noun

1. (modifier) another term for oxidation-reduction

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Etymology

Origin of redox

First recorded in 1820–30; by shortening and inversion

Example Sentences

To address these problems, a team led by Prof. Yoonseob KIM, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at HKUST, engineered redox covalent organic frameworks to function as QSSEs.

From Science Daily • Feb. 13, 2026

"We show that this environmentally important redox reaction is not solely chemical," says Alexander Loy, research group leader at CeMESS, the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science at the University of Vienna.

From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 2025

When the voltage reached a certain threshold, roughly half of a volt, the material would begin to inject electrons through the gate from a source redox material into a channel material.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2024

In a new study published in Advanced Materials, the Argonne team proposed a new kind of "redox gating" technique that can control the movement of electrons in and out of a semiconducting material.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2024

Researchers at Hokkaido University have now achieved the first example of a domino reaction in the branch of chemistry called redox chemistry.

From Science Daily • Jan. 9, 2024