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Technology Research News
May 19, 2004 |
Electricity Turns Plastic Green Researchers from the University of California at Los Angeles have made a conducting polymer that changes to a very clean green color in the presence of electricity.   |
Chemistry World
August 3, 2011
Simon Hadlington |
Liquid Crystals Rearrange to Glow in Three Colours Chemists in Japan have created a luminescent liquid crystal that can switch between three different colours when stimulated with heat and mechanical force. |
Chemistry World
April 24, 2013
James Urquhart |
Color changing nanoparticles inspired by deep sea denizens Inspired by the camouflage abilities of marine organisms, such as the cuttlefish, US researchers have created striped ellipsoid particles using controlled self-assembly of diblock copolymers. |
Chemistry World
July 22, 2014
Charlie Quigg |
Polymer changes color in the heat of the moment Scientists in China, the UK and the Netherlands have engineered a polydiacetylene polymer that reversibly changes color within 1 second of being heated or cooled. |
Chemistry World
September 1, 2011
Laura Howes |
Green fire retardant swells to suppress flames Jamie Grunlan's team at the University of Texas A&M, US, has used layer by layer deposition to coat fabrics with a thin, environmentally benign, fire retardant layer of polymers. |
Chemistry World
April 27, 2010
Hayley Birch |
All clear for e-paper Nanostructured materials have been used by Japanese researchers to make electronic displays that have some of the highest levels of reflectance yet seen. |
Chemistry World
January 6, 2015
Jon Cartwright |
Mystery of why 'structural red' colors are not found in nature is solved Purple, green, blue -- photonic glasses can produce a wide variety of colors. But not red, which is mysteriously absent from both man made and natural microstructures. |
Chemistry World
May 17, 2012
Rebecca Brodie |
Enhancing Fingerprints with Electrochromism Scientists have developed a method to enhance latent fingerprints on metal surfaces using electrochromism, a process that causes a color change when a charge is applied. |
Chemistry World
October 22, 2007
Simon Hadlington |
A Swell Idea? US researchers have developed a new polymer-based gel that can rapidly change color in response to a range of triggers, including temperature, humidity and salt concentration. |
Chemistry World
June 2010 |
How to disappear completely Animals use all sorts of optical trickery to make themselves invisible to predators. Hayley Birch finds out how the natural world can help develop new camouflage materials |
Chemistry World
September 11, 2009
Tom Bond |
Just heat and heal A polymer system based on weak, reversible bonds that can heal itself when heated has been created by UK and US chemists. The new polymers could be further developed and used in the aerospace and other industries, say the researchers. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2006
Tekla S. Perry |
Winner: Black, White, and Readable The low-contrast flat-panel readouts ubiquitous to today's consumer electronics products may soon be obsolete, thanks to a tiny Dublin-based start-up |
Chemistry World
June 21, 2012
Holly Sheahan |
Smart windows store sun's energy Scientists in China have developed a smart window that not only heats and cools a building, but can also act as an energy storage device to power electrical equipment within the building. |
Chemistry World
April 21, 2015
James Urquhart |
Plant-inspired plastics take shape Shape-shifting plastics which respond to external stimuli, similar to how Venus flytraps ensnare prey and touch-me-nots fold their leaves inwards when touched, have come a step closer thanks to a new polymer. |
Chemistry World
March 29, 2012
Tegan Thomas |
Hair and polymers click In the search for new haircare products, scientists in the UK have developed a new method to chemically modify hair with polymers. |
Chemistry World
August 19, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
Color-changing polymer tackles concussion diagnosis head on Diagnosing concussion is a difficult task, but scientists in the US have designed a tool that can highlight a potential injury with a polymer-based patch that changes color depending on the level of impact. |
Chemistry World
November 26, 2007
Tom Westgate |
Scientists Win Cash to Develop Plastic x-Ray Detectors UK scientists have shown for the first time that polymers could compete with silicon for detecting x-ray radiation. Now, a funding boost gives the researchers the chance to work with industry and bring the technology closer to market. |
Chemistry World
June 23, 2014
Katie Bayliss |
Ben Zhong Tang: Polymers for a bright future Ben Zhong Tang's research interests include synthesizing new speciality polymers and luminescent materials for high-tech applications. |
Chemistry World
July 9, 2012
Jessica Cocker |
Color changing paper sensor Paper with the ability to change color in response to different ions, solvents and UV irradiation has been developed by US scientists and could be used to develop faster and more stable chemical sensors. |
Chemistry World
November 27, 2015
Philippa Matthews |
Root and branch reform of roses show off organic electronics Roses have been transformed into living electronic circuits by introducing semi-conductive polymers into the channels that transport water and nutrients. |
Chemistry World
November 4, 2010
Carol Stanier |
Colourful 'green' polymers A new environmentally friendly concept in functionalising polymers allows coloured dye to be integrated directly into polymers that can be used in clothes and packaging, say UK scientists. |
Chemistry World
July 20, 2006
Victoria Gill |
Polymer Boosts Battery Power It might seem like a defibrillator and a hybrid car have very little in common, but researchers developed a polymer that could have a profound effect on them both. |
Chemistry World
January 23, 2008
Lewis Brindley |
New Light on Fluorescent Gels Organic gels that fluoresce in a wide range of vibrant colors could one day be used in devices ranging from digital displays to photovoltaic cells. |
Chemistry World
May 6, 2009
Nina Notman |
Polymers feel the force A new way to make force-sensitive polymers that respond to stress by changing colour has been designed by a multidisciplinary team in the US. |
Technology Research News
January 15, 2003
Kimberly Patch |
Plastic process produces puny pores The size of the microscopic pores in a material determines how the material scatters the sun's rays and how much light will shine through. Making microscopic pores precisely the right size, however, is tricky. |
Chemistry World
September 30, 2011
Simon Hadlington |
Solving a Tangled Polymer Problem Being able to predict how polymer chain interact could help to produce plastics with tailor made properties. |
Chemistry World
February 5, 2009
Phillip Broadwith |
Crystalline polymers make airtight films Squeezing polymers into extremely thin layers can make them a whole lot less gas-permeable, US scientists have shown. |
Chemistry World
March 8, 2012
David Bradley |
Light-sensitive shape-shifters are swell gels Polymer chemists have successfully emulated the natural shape-shifting abilities of biological tissues, which could allow them to develop a new range of functional materials that change shape reversibly in response to particular stimuli. |
Chemistry World
May 16, 2014
Tim Wogan |
New thermoset plastics simple to recycle Thermosetting polymers that can be easily recycled have been developed by an international team of researchers. |
Chemistry World
December 8, 2014
Elisabeth Ratcliffe |
Spinach chlorophyll activates polymer production line Inspired by nature, scientists in Australia have united light and chlorophyll to generate a range of polymers that have biomedical applications. |
Chemistry World
October 2, 2015
Paul Brack |
Refreshing Van Gogh's faded flowers Conservators at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands are working with scientists at AkzoNobel to reverse the effects of time, and reveal Van Gogh's paintings as they appeared when he first painted them. |
