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Chemistry World May 27, 2015 Emma Stephen |
ZIF-8 disrupts ionic liquid deep freeze Researchers from Japan have combined an ionic liquid with a metal -- organic framework to produce an unusual material that retains its conductivity below -- 20 C. |
Chemistry World October 9, 2014 Richard Massey |
Ionic liquid-gas interfaces: more than a surface glance Research by scientists in the UK suggests that small changes in the nature of binary ionic liquid systems can significantly alter their surface composition. |
Chemistry World August 8, 2012 James Urquhart |
Liquid Gallium Lights Up US researchers have developed a nanomoulding technique for patterning liquid gallium that enables surface plasmons to become excited using visible light. |
Chemistry World February 16, 2006 Katharine Sanderson |
Surprise Discovery That Ionic Liquids Can be Distilled Green solvents are now easier to recycle and purify, following the discovery that ionic liquids are volatile and can be distilled. |
Chemistry World June 21, 2007 Michael Gross |
A Mirror for the Moon Cosmologists have said that a Moon-based telescope with a parabolic mirror made of a rotating liquid would be ideally suited to studying very distant structures of the universe. Researchers using a chemical approach have now succeeded in creating a liquid based system. |
Chemistry World May 22, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
Materials 'sandwich' superconducts Scientists in Japan have made a 'superconducting sandwich' from two materials are not superconductors in isolation. The technique could be used to make electronic circuits with extremely low power consumption, the researchers suggest. |
Chemistry World April 17, 2012 Elinor Richards |
Ionic liquid drugs hit the spot Pharmaceutically active ionic liquids have been immobilised onto solid supports to enable liquid drugs to be administered in solid form. |
Chemistry World July 20, 2009 Philip Ball |
Researchers form first liquid protein Chemists at the University of Bristol, UK and their colleagues, in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Colloid and Interface Research in Golm, Germany, have figured out how to convert pure proteins into a liquid state, without any solvent. |
Chemistry World September 22, 2011 Erica Wise |
Faster acting drugs Ionic liquid drugs can rapidly pass through the skin and may open the way to new, more effective medicines, say scientists in Australia. |
Technology Research News August 27, 2003 |
Tool sketches quantum circuits Researchers from Cambridge University in England and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a lithographic technique, dubbed erasable electrostatic lithography, that allows a quantum device to be drawn in a few hours rather than a couple of weeks. |
Chemistry World June 3, 2011 Emma Shiells |
Ionic liquid advance over saline-based lenses Ionic liquids are the key to observing improved performance and wider temperature ranges for variable focus lenses over conventional saline alternatives, report scientists in China. |
Chemistry World August 1, 2014 Emma Stoye |
Ants mix up ionic liquid The first naturally occurring ionic liquid has been discovered by researchers in the US, formed by warring ants who mix their own venom with that from a rival species. |
Chemistry World March 5, 2012 James Urquhart |
Simulating Your Way to a Better Supercapacitor Researchers have used computer simulations to elucidate how supercapacitors are able to store electric charge. |
Chemistry World May 18, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
Rocket fuel goes green with ionic liquids Military researchers in the US have developed a novel 'green' rocket fuel whose constituents are less corrosive and toxic than those used in conventional propellant systems. |
National Defense October 2009 Jean & Erwin |
Cleaner, More Efficient Method for Capturing CO2 Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have developed a screening method that would use ionic liquids -- a special type of molten salt that becomes liquid under the boiling point of water -- to separate carbon dioxide from its source. |
Chemistry World August 27, 2014 Hayley Simon |
Ionic liquids join battle against antibiotic resistance US researchers have used ionic liquids -- organic salts that are liquid at room temperature -- to disrupt bacterial biofilms and deliver antibiotics through the skin's outer layer. |
Chemistry World July 26, 2012 Phillip Broadwith |
Remote controlled omniphobic surface Chemists in the US have developed a material that normally resists wetting by both aqueous and organic liquids, but can have this property 'switched off' using a magnet, allowing liquids to soak the surface. |
Chemistry World August 27, 2014 James Urquhart |
First ionic liquid made from plant waste Ionic liquids -- salts that are liquid at room temperature -- could potentially be made more cheaply and greenly by recycling by-products from biofuel production processes, according to US researchers. |
Chemistry World June 28, 2013 Helen Potter |
Ionic liquid formulation improves herbicide Scientists in Poland and the US have reformulated the herbicide dicamba to reduce its environmental impact. |
Chemistry World May 20, 2013 Jessica Cocker |
Taking the shine off Painting restoration could be yet another application for ionic liquids, new research shows. The work paves the way to safer procedures for cleaning paintings. |
Chemistry World October 3, 2006 Michael Gross |
Imaging for the Masses Two US research groups have made progress in the application of mass spectrometry for imaging. |
Chemistry World December 9, 2010 Mike Brown |
Lithiation through the lens Scientists have generated high resolution images of lithium ions being deposited on a single nanowire anode, revealing how the material grows and flexes in response to charge. |
Chemistry World September 30, 2008 Michael Gross |
Cracking Wood Gently German scientists have combined ionic liquids and solid catalysts to gently break down the cellulose in wood and inedible plant material, easing the crucial first stage in converting waste biomass to fuels or feedstock chemicals. |
Chemistry World May 26, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
Salt nanowire surprise Common table salt - normally a brittle crystalline material - can be pulled into nanowires that will extend by more than twice their own length without breaking |
Technology Research News March 10, 2004 |
Charges make micro whirlpools Researchers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have devised a way to define tiny patterns that carry positive, negative or neutral charge on the surface of a microchannel. |
Chemistry World March 7, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
Solvated electron mystery solved Researchers have answered a riddle that has been puzzling scientists for decades: why is it that electrons in an aqueous environment appear to exist in two distinct states |
Chemistry World October 28, 2010 Carol Stanier |
Hybrid electrolyte for better batteries Safer, more durable batteries are the aim of a US team that has made a new, hybrid nanoparticle-ionic liquid electrolyte. |
Chemistry World May 13, 2013 David Bradley |
Lab-on-a-chip rises to cola challenge The great taste of fluorescence has allowed researchers in Finland to develop a microfluidics device that can analyze complex unknowns in a liquid using microfluidics. |
Chemistry World December 23, 2015 Richard Massey |
Green rocket fuel breaks records Chinese scientists have developed a new family of safer chemical propellants with the shortest ignition times and lowest viscosities of any ionic fluid rocket fuels to date. |
Chemistry World July 1, 2008 Lewis Brindley |
Bendy solar cells that can take the heat Chemists in Switzerland and China have used a liquid electrolyte to make flexible solar cells that are better than current devices at withstanding heat from the sun's rays. |
Chemistry World October 15, 2012 Melissae Fellet |
Synthesis by mass spectrometry Chemists have used mass spectrometry, commonly used to analyze molecules, to synthesize them on the microscale. |
Chemistry World January 7, 2008 Jonathan Edwards |
Non-stick at the flick of a switch Nano-nails can repel almost any liquid. |
Chemistry World November 13, 2015 Kira Welter |
First permanently porous liquid created Liquids with permanent porosity were created by combining a functionalized organic cage molecule and a bulky solvent |
Chemistry World March 15, 2012 Andrew Shore |
Designer solvent hits hospital superbug Scientists from Ireland, the Czech Republic and Spain have found an antimicrobial ionic liquid that targets MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus). |
InternetNews August 15, 2007 Andy Patrizio |
A Mighty Wind's a Blowin' at Purdue Researchers at Purdue University have developed a new method of semiconductor cooling that could improve the cooling rate inside computers by as much as 250 percent. |
Chemistry World May 12, 2011 Yuandi Li |
Predicting ionic liquid toxicity Rapid screening of ionic liquids to determine their toxicity is now possible thanks to a modelling technique by scientists in Spain. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2007 John McHale |
Purdue Researchers Demonstrate New Chip-Cooling Technology Researchers are taking a new approach with a new technology that uses tiny ionic wind engines that they say might dramatically improve computer chip cooling-a constant challenge for military and commercial electronics designers. |
Chemistry World August 17, 2012 Philip Ball |
Getting under water's skin The surface tension of water is explained in textbooks with pictures showing water molecules pulling each other sideways and downwards at the liquid surface, producing a kind of surface 'skin'. |
Chemistry World June 14, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Sweet Substitute for Petroleum Products Chemists have developed a new way to turn the sugars glucose and fructose into a potentially useful chemical feedstock. The work reflects a global effort to identify ways of converting plant-derived molecules into replacements for petrochemical feedstocks. |
Chemistry World July 12, 2013 Matthew Smith |
Cobalt redox couple boosts thermoelectric cells Scientists in Australia have improved a technology that recycles waste heat into useable energy by using ionic liquids containing cobalt redox couples as the electrolytes in thermoelectric cells. |
Chemistry World March 15, 2013 Ian Farrell |
Recycling rare earth elements using ionic liquids Recycling old magnets, so that rare-earth metals can be re-used, could help to solve an urgent raw material supply problem in the electronics industry. |
Chemistry World September 28, 2010 Lewis Brindley |
Helium nanodroplets host ion analysis Chemists have developed a sensitive new infrared spectroscopy method that analyses molecular ions by capturing them in nanosized bubbles of freezing helium. |
Chemistry World March 23, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
The Hole Story UK chemists are trying to create the first liquids made from holes. The strange fluids could change the way chemical plants operate, they claim. |
Technology Research News September 24, 2003 |
Teamed lasers make smaller spots Researchers from Boston University have tapped the properties of polarization in order to focus a laser beam more tightly in space. The method could be used to scan objects in finer detail and to make finer features in processes like rapid prototyping and photolithography. |
Chemistry World June 27, 2014 Dannielle Whittaker |
Electrical component hitches a ride with mechanical support A new composite material that can simultaneously withstand mechanical loads and store electrical energy has been created by scientists in the UK and Belgium. |
Chemistry World March 26, 2015 Jonathan Midgley |
Ionic liquid a perfect fit for rare earth recycling Chemists in Belgium have shown how an intriguing ionic liquid they developed 10 years ago can recover valuable rare earth metals from stockpiles of used fluorescent lamps and magnets. |
Chemistry World May 25, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Keeping it Green Some chemistry enthusiastically labeled as green may be nothing of the kind, warn researchers who worry that mediocre -- if well-meaning -- science is damaging their subject. |
Chemistry World March 28, 2013 Emma Stoye |
Ionic liquids win Great British Innovation Vote The potential green applications of ionic liquids as solvents to dissolve almost any chemical saw them triumph over a shortlist of 11 other innovations, including graphene, gene therapy and the Raspberry Pi computer, which came second. |
Chemistry World September 22, 2011 Jon Evans |
Pitcher plant inspires ultimate non-stick surface By mimicking the leaves of a carnivorous tropical plant, US scientists have developed a surface so slippery that everything slides off: water, oil, blood, ice, jam and even ants. |
Reactive Reports September 2005 David Bradley |
Liquid Magnets Nickel gallium sulfide (NiGa 2S 4) may behave as a highly unusual "liquid" magnetic material at near absolute zero, according to Japanese and US researchers. |