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Chemistry World
December 6, 2007
Tom Westgate |
Giving Oil the Slip Scientists in the US have described how to design surfaces that repel oils for the first time.   |
Chemistry World
January 7, 2008
Jonathan Edwards |
Non-stick at the flick of a switch Nano-nails can repel almost any liquid. |
Chemistry World
January 8, 2013
Phillip Broadwith |
Superomniphobic surface sees off non-Newtonian fluids A material that is equally good at repelling water, oil, concentrated acid and alkali solutions, and non-Newtonian fluids like polymer solutions has been created by chemists in the US. |
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
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. |
Chemistry World
December 4, 2015
James Urquhart |
Super-repellent coating ready in seconds A quick and easy to apply coating can make surfaces oil, alcohol and water repellent. |
Chemistry World
March 5, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
Tough self-cleaning coating sticks it to stains Clothing stains may be a thing of the past as scientists in the UK have developed a tough, self-cleaning coating that can be applied to cotton. |
Chemistry World
December 18, 2014
Victoria Richards |
Catching water with imitation beetle bumps Inspired by both desert beetles and marine mussels, scientists in Saudi Arabia have devised a new method for creating micropatterned superhydrophobic surfaces that efficiently harvest fog. |
Chemistry World
January 17, 2012
Simon Hadlington |
Rainbow Hued Graphene Oxide Repels Water Scientists in China have used a laser to carve out a pattern of ridges and valleys on layered graphene oxide to mimic two of nature's tricks in one go - iridescence and superhydrophobicity. |
Chemistry World
May 14, 2015
Tim Wogan |
Graphene-wrapped diamond ball bearings cut friction to virtually nothing A method that reduces friction between two surfaces to almost zero on macroscopic scales has been demonstrated by US researchers. |
Chemistry World
December 2, 2014
Philip Ball |
An end to bubble puzzle trouble? Nanobubbles' resilience has been a highly controversial issue, but their seemingly anomalous longevity may at last have an explanation. |
Chemistry World
March 19, 2015
James Urquhart |
Mystery of colored water droplets that chase and repel each other solved Researchers have solved the puzzle of a remarkable phenomenon that allows droplets of water mixed with a food coloring to move spontaneously and freely in intricate patterns when placed on a clean glass slide. |
Chemistry World
March 26, 2009
Phillip Broadwith |
'Molecular ball-bearings' for artificial joints Scientists have used water to create almost frictionless lubricated surfaces, which stay slippery even under heavy loads. |
Chemistry World
July 30, 2009
Phillip Broadwith |
Smoothing out plasmonic surfaces US scientists have found a simple way to make smooth metal films with nano-scale patterns in a variety of shapes that could one day be used in plasmonic devices that manipulate electromagnetic waves. |
Chemistry World
March 28, 2013
Tamsin Cowley |
Surface freezing in nanodroplets Experiments carried out by scientists in the US have provided new evidence in the controversial issue of surface freezing in alkane nanodroplets. |
Chemistry World
November 4, 2015
Andy Extance |
Trampolining droplets raise hopes for ice-shedding surfaces With fellow team members at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Tom Schutzius has worked out what was causing this previously-unknown 'trampolining'. |
Chemistry World
February 11, 2013
Simon Hadlington |
Footfalls to power static nanogenerator Recharging your laptop battery with energy derived simply from walking has moved a step closer with new research where scientists have developed a novel generator that can produce significant amounts of electrical power from static electricity. |
Chemistry World
August 6, 2013
Chris Nicklin |
Liquid surfaces and interfaces: synchrotron x-ray methods Peter Pershan and Mark Schlossman are leaders in applying synchrotron methods to understand the structure of liquid surfaces and have produced a book that will undoubtedly become required reading for both new and established researchers in this field. |
Chemistry World
June 4, 2013
Emily Skinner |
Homogeneous catalysis for nanoscale surface designs Scientists in France have combined homogeneous catalysis and atomic force microscopy to create intricate surface patterns. |
Inc.
May 1, 2010
Sarah Kessler |
The New Tunebug Vibe A gadget that turns almost any surface into a speaker. |
Chemistry World
November 20, 2013
Simon Hadlington |
A drop of extra bounce US researchers have discovered a simple way to modify a water-repellent surface so that bouncing drops of water spend significantly less time in contact with the surface. |
Home Toys
February 2005
Terry Coffey |
Choosing a Front Projection Screen Today's projection screens are much more sophisticated than the old bedsheet on a clunky tripod your dad used to drag out of the closet to show Super-8 home movies. Here are a few choices you may face. Permanent vs. portable?... Surface mounted or recessed?... etc. |
Chemistry World
July 27, 2015
Tim Wogan |
Repellent nanocraters could shape tissue engineering Patterning surfaces with nanoscale craters can interfere with cells' ability to stick to surfaces, researchers in the US have shown. |
Chemistry World
November 1, 2007
Simon Hadlington |
Shaking up Nanofriction US scientists have performed the equivalent of the school-lab experiment of dragging a mass across different surfaces to measure frictional forces - but at the atomic scale. |
Chemistry World
October 10, 2007
Richard Van Noorden |
Surface Chemistry Wins Nobel Prize The 2007 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to German scientist Gerhard Ertl for his work understanding the effect of gas molecules on solid surfaces of metals. |
Chemistry World
February 5, 2013
Cara E Sutton |
'Invisible gates' trap water droplets Researchers in Japan have created a novel superhydrophobic hybrid surface that can separate water droplets sliding down it based on nothing more than their size. |
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
August 18, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
Life of grime for atmospheric chemistry Atmospheric chemists from Canada have discovered that grimy surfaces on city buildings and windows may be releasing ozone precursors into the atmosphere when exposed to sunlight. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 49
David Bradley |
Hydrophobic Water? Researchers have found evidence to indicate that water molecules don't always want to bond to other water molecules, affecting the uniformity of water forming on metal surfaces. |
Chemistry World
May 28, 2012 |
Graphite super lube works at micron scale Scientists in China and Australia have used graphite to reduce the friction between two contact surfaces to an all time low. |
Chemistry World
May 2012 |
Column: The crucible Philip Ball is perplexed by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council 's decision to cut surface science funding |
Chemistry World
August 17, 2011
Jon Cartwright |
Plasma Treatment to Use Patient's Proteins to Improve Medical Device Biocompatibility Researchers have developed a plasma treatment that can make any medical device biocompatible by sticking a patient's own proteins to it. |
Chemistry World
November 29, 2010
Simon Hadlington |
Mystery of diamond polishing solved? Mike Ashfold, an expert on the chemistry of diamond at the University of Bristol in the UK, says, 'Polishers have long recognised that some diamond surfaces polish more easily, and more successfully, than others. |
Chemistry World
May 26, 2015
Andrea Sella |
Pockels' trough Agnes Pockels was a German scientist (1862 -- 1935) and pioneer of surface science who devised a trough to measure and investigate surface tension. |
