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Chemistry World August 31, 2015 Matthew Gunther	MOFs with a heart of glass Metal -- organic frameworks have long been the preserve of the solid state domain, but a group of scientists have now produced a molten MOF and cooled it to form a unique glass.
Chemistry World October 11, 2012 James Urquhart	Drawing gas sensors with a nanotube pencil US researchers have created a gas sensor that can detect ammonia as well as existing sensors. The 'pencil' comes in the form of a carbon nanotube disk which was used to draw on paper patterned with metal electrodes to create the sensor.
Chemistry World June 23, 2014 Caryl Richards	Defining graphene A grid-based system to sort and classify graphene and similar materials has been developed by a team of European researchers.
Chemistry World July 30, 2007 Simon Hadlington	Graphene Sensor Achieves Ultimate Sensitivity An international team of researchers has achieved the ultimate in sensitivity - a gas sensor capable of detecting a single molecule. The sensor is based on graphene, a sheet of carbon a single atom thick.
IEEE Spectrum March 2008 Chang & Subramian	Electronic Noses Sniff Success E-noses will soon be ubiquitous, thanks to printed organic semiconductors.
Chemistry World August 29, 2012 James Urquhart	Graphene--boron nitride stitching to sew up electronics The race to create ultrathin, transparent and flexible electronic devices using graphene -- the most conductive material known to exist -- has a promising new contender.
Chemistry World April 28, 2011 Elinor Richards	Hardy MOFs endure extreme conditions The most chemically and thermally stable metal-organic frameworks yet have been made by a team in the US.
Chemistry World June 23, 2011 Carl Saxton	Graphene goes 3D Scientists in China have developed a quick and easy procedure for preparing 3D graphene in water, enhancing graphene's properties so that it can be used in supercapacitors, to store hydrogen and as a catalyst support.
Chemistry World September 11, 2014 Emma Stoye	First flexible graphene display paves the way for folding electronics The first flexible display device based on graphene has been unveiled by scientists in the UK, who say it is the first step on the road towards next generation gadgets that can be folded, rolled or crumpled up without cracking the screen.
Chemistry World April 24, 2015 Harriet Brewerton	Disrupting graphene Scientists across the field of 2D materials have put forward a roadmap to steer graphene research off the drawing board, to a point where it emerges within disruptive technologies that alter people's lives the world over.
IEEE Spectrum November 2010 Sinitskii & Tour	Graphene Electronics, Unzipped By unrolling tiny carbon tubes, you can produce superthin sheets with truly extraordinary electronic properties
Chemistry World November 6, 2011 Laura Howes	Predicting the Perfect MOF A collaboration between theoreticians and synthetic chemists in the US has led to a new understanding of metal-organic frameworks and some promising new compounds for methane storage.
Chemistry World February 3, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Crack-proofing MOF membranes Chinese chemists have developed a way to reinforce metal-organic framework-based membranes to toughen them against cracking.
Chemistry World April 30, 2015 Simon Hadlington	Floppy polymer defies convention to form rigid framework Chemists in the US have turned received wisdom on its head by using floppy, linear polymers to construct a rigid, crystalline, three-dimensional metal -- organic framework.
Chemistry World July 19, 2012 Helen Gray	MOF gate opens selective CO2 gas storage door UK researchers have designed a metal -- organic framework that, unusually, selectively adsorbs CO 2 over ethyne by a dynamic gate-opening mechanism and has potential applications in fuel gas separation.
Chemistry World September 7, 2009	Bolt-on MOF catalysts Chemists in the US have shown that a class of hugely porous materials called metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) can have catalytic functions bolted onto the structure after it has been constructed to produce efficient catalysts that can be easily recovered and cycled many times.
Chemistry World January 29, 2009 James Urquhart	Graphene to graphane by chemical conversion An international research team have successfully converted graphene - sheets of carbon just a single layer of atoms thick - into its hydrogenated equivalent, graphane.
Chemistry World August 17, 2010 Simon Hadlington	A MOF you can scoff Chemists have accidentally discovered a new type of metal organic framework, or MOF, which is made from edible components.
Chemistry World July 30, 2015 Ida Emilie Steinmark	Kirigami graphene makes microscale devices Graphene can be used to create kirigami springs that maintain their conductivity when stretched.
Chemistry World October 15, 2014 Jennifer Newton	Liming Dai: Integrating nanochemistry into the macroscopic world Liming Dai's expertise lies across the synthesis, chemical modification and device fabrication of conjugated polymers and carbon nanomaterials for energy-related and biomedical applications.
Chemistry World November 14, 2013 Simon Hadlington	A MOF that goes off with a bang The versatility of metal -- organic frameworks has been explosively demonstrated by chemists in China who have synthesized highly energetic three-dimensional MOFs.
Chemistry World March 2, 2015 Victoria Richards	Spicing up MOFs Curcumin is top of the ingredients list for a highly porous metal -- organic framework being developed by scientists in China that demonstrates a unique co-release drug delivery system.
Chemistry World August 2006 David Walt	Comment: Common Sense for Sensors Designing sensors for manufacturability must be performed at the outset rather than as an afterthought. Only when we develop such reproducible sensors will they become pervasive tools for improving our quality of life.
Chemistry World April 22, 2014 Toby Sainsbury	Graphene: fundamentals and emergent applications This excellent book offers an expansive overview of the tremendously exciting field of research that the discovery of graphene created.
Chemistry World April 18, 2012 Josh Howgego	Silicene Grown for (Probably) the First Time A one atom-thick layer of silicon - a material dubbed silicene - has been created for perhaps the first time. If fully tamed, this material might match graphene's useful electrical properties.
Chemistry World February 11, 2015 Jon Evans	Calculations predict pentagonal graphene Scientists in China have proposed the existence of a novel 2D allotrope of carbon made up of pentagons, which they have dubbed 'penta-graphene'.
Chemistry World January 29, 2015 Jennifer Newton	Graphene looks to doped superbenzene to overcome electronic hurdles Building graphene from carefully-modified superbenzene segments has been proposed as a way to help graphene overcome a major stumbling block limiting its application in electronic devices.
Chemistry World November 12, 2013 Michael Parkin	Patterning graphene onto complex surfaces Graphene could find use in next-generation flexible electronic devices thanks to scientists in Taiwan and the US who have developed a low cost and scalable method to pattern graphene onto 3D surfaces.
Chemistry World August 13, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Picky MOF crystals show promise For the first time, researchers have modified metal-organic frameworks to selectively capture large organic molecules.
Chemistry World July 8, 2015 Polly Wilson	MOF blends oxidizer with fuel for a precise bang Scientists in the UK and Turkey have devised a new way to make explosive materials in a safer, simpler and more consistent manner.
Chemistry World September 20, 2011 Jon Cartwright	Catalytic Polyoxometalate Plays Hide and Seek in MOF Chemists in the US have managed to enhance a catalyst that can be used to destroy toxic or smelly chemicals in the air.
Chemistry World March 19, 2014 Jon Cartwright	Computer memory made from sugar cube The sugar-based metal -- organic framework infused with rubidium hydroxide can be switched between high and low resistance states, in a similar way to resistive random-access memory.
Chemistry World February 6, 2014 James Urquhart	Graphene ribbons exceed theoretical conduction limit Researchers in the US and Europe have observed exceptional electron transport in graphene nanoribbons, which actually exceeds theoretical predictions for perfect graphene.
Chemistry World June 19, 2015	Graphene beyond the hype For the past 10 years, graphene has popped up in many headlines. Emma Stoye looks at whether current progress matches up to the promises.
Chemistry World March 13, 2013 Jennifer Newton	Removing toxic chemicals with POPs In a search for alternatives to the filters used in gas masks, researchers at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, have joined forces with scientists at the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, Maryland, to investigate a series of porous organic polymers bearing metal-catecholate groups.
Chemistry World July 21, 2010 Carol Stanier	Building up graphene nanoribbons By using small molecule precursors, scientists have found a way to precisely build up sought after graphene nanoribbons, and make them in different shapes.
Chemistry World April 3, 2014 Tim Wogan	Growing great graphene on germanium Macroscopic films of monolayer, single crystalline graphene free of the defects that dog other production methods have been grown on germanium.
Chemistry World February 4, 2011	MOF magnets deliver drugs German scientists have encapsulated nanomagnets inside metal organic frameworks. The MOF magnets can be filled with a drug, which is released when a magnetic field is applied.
Chemistry World September 29, 2015 Jon Cartwright	Graphene band gap heralds new electronics Scientists in the US and France have produced graphene with a record high band gap of half an electronvolt (0.5 eV), which they claim is sufficient to produce useful graphene transistors.
Chemistry World December 10, 2008 Hayley Birch	New routes to gram-scale graphene Australian researchers have reported making grams of graphene using nothing more complicated than sodium and ethanol
Chemistry World September 8, 2011 Jon Cartwright	Wonder material not so wonderful Contrary to the widely held view, chemists think graphene electrodes are mostly ineffective at transferring electrons, implying that graphene is a poor choice for sensing applications.
Chemistry World January 28, 2008 Lewis Brindley	Graphene Sheets with Less Flap Researchers in Australia have developed a new way to make graphene, the atom-thin sheets that stack together to make the graphite found in pencil lead.
Chemistry World October 5, 2010 Phillip Broadwith	Graphene scoops the physics Nobel This year's Nobel prize for physics has been awarded to Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov for the discovery of graphene - single-atom-thick layers of carbon.
Chemistry World June 20, 2010 Simon Hadlington	First graphene touchscreen Researchers in Korea and Japan have fabricated films of graphene - planar sheets of carbon one atom thick - measuring tens of centimetres.
Chemistry World January 8, 2016 Tom Wilson	Disciplines unite to strengthen MOFs Chemists can repurpose concepts from mechanical engineering when trying to develop metal -- organic frameworks, according to researchers in the UK.
Chemistry World August 13, 2012 Hayley Birch	Graphene reactions driven by substrate not reactant In chemical reactions, the reactants determine the level of reactivity. Not for graphene though -- the one-atom-thick sheets of carbon can react vigorously or barely at all to the same chemicals, depending on the substrate they're sitting on.
Chemistry World December 2, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Chemical barcodes made from MOFs By varying the amount of luminescent lanthanides, the novel metal-organic frameworks are coded to emit a unique spectrum of light that can be read like a fingerprint.
Chemistry World November 18, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Ironing graphene sheets flat Rather than leaving 'ripples' characteristic of graphene sheets, the technique produces 'ultra flat' graphene which could be very useful for electrical applications.
Chemistry World November 26, 2012 David Bradley	Spotting silicon in graphene, it's dope A combination of scanning transmission electron microscopy and atomic-resolution spectroscopic techniques has allowed US researchers to pick out individual silicon atoms in a doped graphene sheet.
Chemistry World September 26, 2012 James Urquhart	Graphene speaks volumes Graphene might be a suitable material, particularly owing to its high thermal conductivity, very low heat capacity and its ability to form free-standing membranes. Single and multiple layers of graphene can generate thermoacoustic sound on a range of substrates.