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Chemistry World
May 8, 2014
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Supramolecular velcro unzipped by a voltage Scientists in China have designed a velcro-like material held together by non-covalent interactions that can be unfastened by electrical means and refastened again under pressure.   |
Chemistry World
August 1, 2007
Simon Hadlington |
Now You Stick me, Now You Don't Researchers have developed a novel system of reversible adhesion, where two surfaces bind tightly or loosen completely depending on the prevailing pH. |
Chemistry World
May 8, 2013
Cara E Sutton |
Coming unstuck with DNA A DNA-based glue has been developed by scientists at the University of Illinois, US. The adhesive uses DNA base pair mimics that bind to each other more strongly than their natural counterparts and may lead to glues far more powerful than Super Glue. |
Chemistry World
November 14, 2010
Laura Howes |
Using Host-Guest Chemistry as Molecular Velcro Molecular recognition, a microscopic process, has been used by Japanese researchers to assemble gels into macroscopic structures. The result is like molecular velcro, the molecules catch each other and hold the gel cubes together. |
Chemistry World
September 1, 2009
Tom Bond |
Complex shines a light on its own creation A complex that spontaneously forms at a surface and then signals its own assembly has been created by scientists from the Netherlands. |
Chemistry World
February 12, 2007
Michael Gross |
Nano-Pumpkins Fitted for Drug Delivery Chemists have created hollow molecular spheres by polymerizing a simple, flat building block without the help of any scaffolding or template to create the three-dimensional shape. |
Chemistry World
June 28, 2011
Mike Brown |
Photosystems Made Using '3D Tetris' Scientists in Switzerland have designed self-sorted multicomponent surface architectures for supramolecular organic photosystems that are 40 times more active at generating electrical current from light energy than their single-component counterparts. |
Chemistry World
February 18, 2008
Michael Gross |
Nanofiber Tape is Sticky Stuff The gecko's ability to walk up vertical walls could soon be copied by humans, thanks to new adhesive materials based on the structures found in its feet. |
Chemistry World
October 16, 2015
Emma Stephen |
Pressure brings liquid marbles to a sticky end Scientists in Japan have developed an adhesive that starts out as powder but transforms into glue for hard-to-reach places when pressed. This represents a promising application for liquid marble technology. |
Chemistry World
January 23, 2011
James Urquhart |
Novel nanoparticle filter Israeli researchers have created a recyclable membrane based on supramolecular linkages that can be used to filter nanoparticles. |
Chemistry World
May 28, 2015
Cesar Palmero |
Gecko-inspired adhesives for microfluidics Scientists from Canada report an affordable manufacturing advance in microfluidics with a dry adhesive system that demonstrates strong, self-healing and reversible bonding. |
Chemistry World
August 27, 2013
Mark Peplow |
Self-assembling yarn shows its strength It is soft, strong and very, very long. Chinese chemists have created meters of a yarn that self-assembles from nothing more than a mixture of simple monomers in water. |
