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Chemistry World April 5, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Ultrasonic Waves to Power Future Nanomachines A team of materials scientists has developed an innovative nano-scale power supply which is fueled by ultrasonic waves. The scientists predict that their nanogenerator could power the next generation of nanomachines.
Chemistry World February 13, 2008 Simon Hadlington	Clothes Power up Thanks to Nanowires Researchers in the US have invented a yarn that can generate electricity simply by being bent or twisted.
Chemistry World October 30, 2014 Simon Hadlington	A new way to convert light to electricity By shining light onto metallic nanoparticles, researchers in the US and the Netherlands have demonstrated an entirely new way to generate electrical energy
Chemistry World August 15, 2012 Andy Extance	Cells step toward plugless charging What if you could charge your phone's battery by slotting it into the sole of your shoe and walking on it? That bizarre scenario has just become more likely, thanks to Zhong Lin Wang and his team at the Georgia Institute of Technology, US.
Chemistry World July 15, 2015 Aurora Walshe	Fog-free film doesn't dare to glare Scientists in China have built a thin film that retains its antifogging properties even under an antireflective coating.
Chemistry World January 19, 2010 Lewis Brindley	Giving gold a smooth ride Chemists from Germany and Poland have discovered a new way to polish gold completely smooth using Fenton's reagent, producing gold surfaces that could be used in the electronics industry and electrochemical processes.
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 June 24, 2011 Rebecca Brodie	Nanogenerators for environmental sensors A nanomaterial-based, self-powered sensor that detects mercury in water has been developed by teams from the US and Korea.
Chemistry World September 15, 2011 Elinor Richards	Electricity - Any Time, Any Place An energy scavenger device that can convert both solar energy and movement energy into electricity to power portable electronics has been made by scientists from Korea and the US.
Chemistry World August 11, 2006 Tom Westgate	Nanomachines Power up with Piezoelectricity Nanomachines sound like a great idea, but where is the nanobattery to power them? The problem could be solved with piezolelectric nanowires (NWs), tiny strips of matter a few atoms wide that give out electricity when they are flexed.
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 September 14, 2010 Simon Hadlington	Artificial skin gets touchy New ways of incorporating pressure sensors into large, flexible surfaces which could one day provide robots or people fitted with artificial hands with a delicate sense of touch
Fast Company September 2006 Tracy Staedter	Good Vibrations Take a step, and you generate 6 to 8 watts of energy -- which then dissipates into thin air. But now an architectural firm in London is looking at ways to capture that energy on a mass scale and turn it into electricity.
Chemistry World September 2, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Nanoparticles Paint a Finer Picture Swiss scientists have developed a process that can print detailed images using nanoparticles as 'ink', while maintaining their catalytic and optical properties.
Reactive Reports Issue 52 David Bradley	Corrosion Isn't All Bad The chemical corrosion of metal surfaces is not all bad and might be exploited to produce useful nanoscale surface features with potential technological applications in catalysis, sensors, and other areas.
Chemistry World November 29, 2013 Gareth Davies	Renewables pair up to power tiny generator Tiny generators that harvest light and wind energy together have been developed by scientists in China. This technology works 24 hours a day to generate power and could run sensors or LEDs, or even charge lithium-ion batteries.
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.
Technology Research News July 16, 2003	Jet-laser tandem prints gold Researchers have found a way to print gold structures. The researchers suspended gold nanoparticles, which have a lower melting point then bulk gold, in a solution and used a modified ink-jet printer to print patterns of the solution onto a surface.
Chemistry World November 11, 2008 Lewis Brindley	Design rules for wet-proof materials A new series of equations should allow scientists to design the ultimate unwettable surfaces, according to Robert Cohen and Gareth McKinley at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US.
Chemistry World November 30, 2015 Emma Stoye	20 carat gold foam lighter than a feather The 20 carat gold 'foam' is a thousand times lighter than its solid counterpart, and the lightest gold nugget ever to be made.
Chemistry World September 20, 2012 Hayley Birch	Lift off for nanoscale printing A new printing technique developed by US scientists allows them to transfer a pattern with nanoscale features from a stamp onto a surface, achieving surprisingly sharp results. The technique could help bring down the cost of high resolution lithography.
Chemistry World October 16, 2012 Ross McLaren	The future of fashion Researchers from the Republic of Korea have developed an energy harvesting device that can be incorporated into clothing to allow the wearer to generate electricity as they move and from static build-up in their clothing.
Technology Research News July 16, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Electricity shapes nano plastic Plastic is a popular material for electronics these days because it's light and flexible. But today's chipmaking processes tend toward hard crystals, not soft polymers. A method that yields microscopic plastic structures could help, and it's based on a readily-available resource -- electricity.
Chemistry World March 12, 2013 Andy Extance	'Plasmonic smart dust' conjures kinetics clues Researchers exploited gold's ability to trap and concentrate light, creating oscillations in the electron cloud at its surface called surface plasmons.
Inc. May 1, 2010 Sarah Kessler	The New Tunebug Vibe A gadget that turns almost any surface into a speaker.
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 September 29, 2011 Carl Saxton	Breathing life into medical devices US scientists have made a device that converts air flow from human breath into electricity. The device could serve as a power source for implantable biomedical devices.
Technology Research News December 17, 2003 Eric Smalley	Microfluidics make flat screens A new method for making big, cheap flat screen displays is a bit like making muffins. Pour liquid polymer into microfluidic channels aligned above an array of electrodes, let cure, and you have organic thin film transistors.
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.
Chemistry World August 20, 2008	Spying on Self-Assembly Proteins attaching to gold nanoparticles don't mill around randomly, but organise into clusters, according to UK scientists who say they have for the first time spied in detail peptides assembling on a surface.
Chemistry World December 8, 2011 Simon Hadlington	Molecular Suitcases Created by Corrosion Hollow spheres, cubes and cylinders could be useful as inorganic 'molecular suitcases' to carry drugs or catalysts.
PC World January 31, 2002 Stan Miastkowski	Avoid Static Damage to Your PC If you're upgrading your PC, static electricity can cause real damage. But a few precautions can protect sensitive electronics...
Chemistry World October 18, 2007 Simon Hadlington	Nanoparticle Reveals Sulfur's Midas Touch Researchers in the US have taken a snapshot of the inside of a gold nanoparticle, shedding crucial new light on one of chemistry's longest-standing questions: how does sulfur bind to gold?
Reactive Reports Issue 75 David Bradley	Stuck On You The race to find a material as "sticky" as a gecko's foot could soon be over as stronger and more practical materials are reported by a team based at four US institutions.
Chemistry World October 19, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Nanoparticles brought to order US researchers have developed a process that could bring the unusual properties of nanoparticles to a larger scale, by using small molecules to evenly space nanoparticles in a polymer composite.
Chemistry World May 17, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Non-stick approach to regular polymer vesicles UK researchers have devised a new method for making polymer vesicles
Technology Research News March 23, 2005	Cheap material makes speedy memory Researchers have devised potentially low-cost, high-speed nonvolatile memory (retains information even when it is not powered) from polystyrene and gold nanoparticles.
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 January 12, 2012 Simon Hadlington	Composites Reinforced in 3D A method that uses magnetic fields to align tiny structural elements within a polymer matrix has been developed by scientists in Switzerland.
Chemistry World July 18, 2013 Emma Stoye	Flexible electronics boost with stretchiest conductor ever made US researchers have made the stretchiest electrical conductor yet using gold nanoparticles embedded in an elastic polymer. The new material can stretch to over five times its size while still conducting well enough to power small devices.
Chemistry World May 1, 2012 David Bradley	A colorful way to size up nanoparticles Researchers in China have now developed a straightforward light-scattering technique to estimate the size of gold nanoparticles in the 35 to 110nm range.
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CIO February 1, 2003 John Edwards	Golden Alfalfa Jorge Gardea-Torresdey, chemistry department chairman at the University of Texas at El Paso, says alfalfa filtering is a potentially efficient and cost-effective way of retrieving gold nanoparticles. Best of all, the process is environmentally friendly.
Chemistry World September 12, 2014 Hayley Simon	Coated nanoparticles show Alzheimer's promise Nanoparticles coated in an amino acid polymer have been found to prevent the formation of amyloid fibrils -- incorrectly folded protein fibers associated with the development of neurodegenerative diseases.
Chemistry World September 23, 2008 Simon Hadlington	Nanoparticles Hide Behind Protein Cloak Polymer nanoparticles suspended in human blood become cloaked in plasma proteins, new research has shown.
Chemistry World May 16, 2006 Jon Evans	Buckyballs Worth Their Weight in Gold A team of chemists and physicists has uncovered evidence for the existence of hollow buckyball-like cages made of gold.
Chemistry World June 5, 2011 James Mitchell Crow	Nanoparticles scrub up a treat in hot water bath Upping the catalytic activity of gold nanoparticles can be as simple as a good wash in hot water, UK chemists have shown.
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 July 4, 2010 Hayley Birch	DNA sticks at flick of switch A new technique that sticks individual DNA molecules to a gold surface works at the flick of an electrochemical switch.