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Chemistry World
September 19, 2014
Hayley Simon |
Dragonfly crystals on a silicon wafer Individual, dragonfly-shaped crystals have been grown on the surface of a silicon wafer dipped slowly into a solution of dotriacontane -- a 32 carbon alkane.   |
Chemistry World
February 4, 2010
Simon Hadlington |
Freezing supercooled water puzzles scientists Researchers in Israel have discovered that supercooled water itself will freeze at different temperatures depending on whether it is in contact with a positively or negatively charged surface. |
Chemistry World
May 28, 2008
Lewis Brindley |
Changing the face of a water splitting catalyst Australian chemists have grown crystals of the water-splitting catalyst titanium dioxide that are many times more reactive than usual. |
Chemistry World
February 7, 2014
Emma Stoye |
Crystal ribbons grow on a curve Colleagues at Harvard University in the US investigated the effects of elastic stress on crystals, which is increased by growing them on a curved surface rather than a flat one. |
Chemistry World
December 20, 2013
Emma Shiells |
Crystals in glass: a hidden beauty Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but anyone browsing this collection of glass crystallisation images beheld by Edgar Zanotto's eye is unlikely to disagree with his assessment of beauty. |
Chemistry World
April 18, 2011
Kate McAlpine |
Shaping crystals with bio-tools Researchers in the US have developed a new approach for controlling crystal growth, borrowing tools from biology. |
Technology Research News
April 9, 2003 |
Liquid crystals go 3D Researchers from Sheffield University in England and the University of Pennsylvania have unlocked some of the secrets of liquid crystals, materials that self-assemble into lattices of geometric shapes that are neither solid nor liquid, but somewhere between. |
Chemistry World
December 15, 2006
Simon Hadlington |
Electronics go on a Bender The prospect of low-cost, efficient electronic circuits being applied to flexible substrates has moved a step closer with two pieces of research reported by US scientists. |
Chemistry World
January 30, 2009
Hayley Birch |
Nanocrystals Get in Shape for Catalysis New research in fine tuning the shape and size of nanoparticles could lead to important advances in catalysis. |
Technology Research News
July 13, 2005 |
Self-Assembly Goes Around Bends Researchers have found a way a way to make polymer chains automatically assemble in non-regular patterns, including sharp angles. The method could eventually be used to build precise features as small as ten nanometers. |
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
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
October 24, 2006
Richard Van Noorden |
A Chequerboard of Water Water droplets cling in flat squares and dance in round globes on a smart surface created by South Korean researchers. Exposure to light wipes away the pattern, and an alternative can be written in with no etching required. |
Chemistry World
August 18, 2008 |
Patterning Promise for Next-Gen Computers Breakthroughs in controlling the way polymers self-assemble on surfaces could be key to making the next generation of computer components, say two teams in the US. |
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. |
Reactive Reports
September 2005
David Bradley |
Nano Surprise A surprising mechanism by which polymers form nanocomposite particles could provide researchers with a new tool for controlling the growth of such materials. |
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
October 28, 2013
Jennifer Newton |
Crystal within a crystal Colleagues at the University of Strasbourg used a molecular tectonics strategy to prepare the crystals. |
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. |
Geotimes
June 2007
Megan Sever |
Colossal Crystals Discovered in Cave In one of the largest lead and silver mines in the world, workers discovered what researchers are calling the "cathedral" of giant gypsum crystals about 300 meters below ground. |
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, 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
March 20, 2014
James Urquhart |
Nanoparticle composites make colorful magnetic crystals Incorporating nanoparticles into single crystal materials can imbue them with new properties, such as color and magnetism, thanks to gel crystallization techniques developed independently by UK and Chinese research groups. |
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. |
InternetNews
April 4, 2008
Stuart J. Johnston |
'Surface' to Finally Surface Microsoft partners with AT&T to bring its Surface computer online. |
Chemistry World
February 3, 2011
Ben Merison |
The mystery of the disappearing crystals UK chemists have analysed a fifty year old sample to find out why and say that it's down to impurities. This takes researchers a step closer to understanding why certain pharmaceutical drugs lose their therapeutic effect. |
Fast Company
Harry McCracken |
Surface 3: Finally, A $499 Device From Microsoft That Makes Sense What is Microsoft's new Surface 3 tablet/PC? That's pretty easy to explain: It's very much like the Surface Pro 3, except with a lower price, a smaller screen, and a few other signs of cost-consciousness. |
Chemistry World
June 1, 2010
Simon Hadlington |
Structural order gained over conducting polymer Scientists in Canada and the US have shown how it is possible to assemble ordered arrays of short chains of a commercially important conducting polymer on a metal surface. |
Chemistry World
January 8, 2016
Simon Hadlington |
New shape memory polymer with a permanent twist The new kind of polymer's permanent shape can be changed multiple times, with the features from the previous shape remaining locked into the structure. |
Chemistry World
June 2, 2010
Lewis Brindley |
Reactions in a crystal Crystals that can alter their composition without changing the structure of their solid lattice have been developed by US researchers. |
Chemistry World
February 1, 2008
Victoria Gill |
Snapshots Reveal Bone Mineral's Strength Secret Researchers in the Netherlands have produced the first real-time, three-dimensional images of the formation of calcium carbonate crystals, a robust biological mineral that holds promise as a future bone replacement material. |
Chemistry World
May 9, 2013
Simon Hadlington |
Mineral dust plays key role in cloud formation, chemistry Mineral dust that swirls up into the atmosphere from Earth's surface plays a far more important role in both cloud formation and cloud chemistry than was previously realized. |
Popular Mechanics
April 3, 2008
Glenn Derene |
Microsoft Surface Is Finally Here. What the Heck Took So Long? How one company can turn a new device from breakthrough to novelty, just by sitting on it for a technological eternity. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2006
Samuel K. Moore |
Poky Plastic Perks Up Materials scientists have invented the first polymer semiconductor to perform almost as well as the type of silicon used to drive flat-panel displays. |
Chemistry World
January 11, 2008
Victoria Gill |
Fish Scales Hold Dazzling Secret Scientists in Israel have discovered the surprising secrets of the specialized crystals in fish skin that allow them to shimmer. |
Inc.
May 1, 2010
Sarah Kessler |
The New Tunebug Vibe A gadget that turns almost any surface into a speaker. |
Chemistry World
September 20, 2012
Jon Evans |
World's smallest ice cube created Ice crystals must contain at least 275 water molecules, say German chemists. This size limit has implications for any process that involves ice particles, from cloud formation to making the perfect gin and tonic. |
Chemistry World
January 27, 2014
Michael Parkin |
One minute synthesis for microporous materials Researchers in Japan have developed the fastest known synthetic route for preparing crystalline microporous solids. |
Science News
July 8, 2006
Ivars Peterson |
Bending a Soccer Ball Mathematics suggests a variety of alternative designs for soccer balls. |
InternetNews
March 17, 2009
Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft Shows Off a New 'Surface' or Does It? At the SXSWi conference, Microsoft discusses a next generation of Surface multitouch computer, but doesn't make any promises. |
Chemistry World
August 25, 2011
Fiona McKenzie |
Poking Aspirin with a Sharp Stick Scientists have found a way to go one better than x-ray crystallography to examine pharmaceutical crystals at an even deeper level. |
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
April 2008
Dylan Stiles |
Column: Bench Monkey Powerful recrystallisation voodoo. |
