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Chemistry World
February 15, 2014
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Raman reveals Renoir's true colours Scientists have used Raman spectroscopy to show the original colors of a Renoir painting. By identifying a red dye that had been degraded by light they were able to digitally restore a faded background to its former glory.   |
Chemistry World
June 5, 2013
Simon Hadlington |
Raman scattering reaches sub-nm resolution Researchers have achieved the highest resolution yet with Raman spectroscopy, allowing the chemical mapping of molecules to a resolution of less than 1nm. The technique could allow unprecedented chemical identification of single molecules. |
Chemistry World
September 15, 2009
Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay |
Renaissance artworks analysed Researchers have combined two ion-beam analysis techniques to obtain more detailed information about the composition of paints used in Renaissance works of art. |
Chemistry World
October 28, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
Van Gogh's Sunflowers may be wilting in the sun His famed series of Sunflowers paintings may themselves be fading as an international group of scientists has found evidence that a yellow pigment Van Gogh used is changing chemically under sunlight. |
Chemistry World
October 2, 2015
Paul Brack |
Egyptian blue: more than just a color The blue pigment was first used by Egyptian artist 2600 BC. Today it has possible uses in security inks or for biomedical imaging. |
Chemistry World
April 10, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
Silicon chip spots dangerous pathogens in human blood Scientists in China have developed a silicon chip doped with silver nanoparticles that can rapidly detect different pathogens in blood samples. |
Chemistry World
September 30, 2015
Wei-lun Toh |
A veneer of Vermeer The woman taken in adultery was thought to have been painted by Johann Vermeer before scientific testing revealed it as a forgery. |
Chemistry World
November 6, 2014
Catherine Emma Nicholson |
Science and art: the painted surface This volume shows a global solution to a long-discussed problem: how to get scientists, art historians and conservators working together. |
Chemistry World
October 24, 2012 |
Delving deeper in the Hall of the Kings A portable and non-invasive technique to study and characterize pigments in ancient architecture has been developed by scientists in Spain. |
Chemistry World
June 22, 2015
Emma Stoye |
Raman identifies South American sculpture pigments Researchers have used Raman spectroscopy to investigate dark pigments in a set of religious wooden sculptures from a 17th century site in Paraguay. |
Chemistry World
April 5, 2013
Laura Howes |
More clues to Maya blue The early Maya chemists managed to make pigments that are incredibly stable. The color has lasted longer than the civilization and today's modern chemists have been trying to work out why. |
Chemistry World
August 21, 2012
James Mitchell Crow |
Watching single nanoparticles work By shining laser light on the modified tip of an atomic force microscope), researchers in Germany and the Netherlands have been able to watch a catalytic reaction in real time, zoomed right in to the nanoscale. |
Chemistry World
April 1, 2008
Lewis Brindley |
Easier Cancer Imaging with Raman A new imaging technique based on Raman spectroscopy has been used to illuminate tumors in mice with unprecedented precision. |
Chemistry World
February 10, 2011
Erica Wise |
Raman imaging gives new hope for cancer diagnosis Surface enhanced Raman scattering works by detecting spectroscopic signals of molecules such as cancer antibodies that are in close proximity to metals injected into tissue such as gold or silver nanoparticles. |
Chemistry World
August 13, 2014
Andy Extance |
Photon pinball identifies chemicals from afar US scientists have pushed the range at which chemicals can be remotely identified beyond a kilometer by turning the samples themselves into lasers. |
Chemistry World
March 2006
Helen Carmichael |
Trash or Treasure? Could a fire in a Roman villa alter the way we look at art forgeries? And who can tell you whether fabulous jewels like those on show at the Oscars are real? Here, the author meets the chemist-detectives on the trail of fakes and forgeries. |
