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Chemistry World
August 21, 2013
Yuandi Li |
Temperature responsive polymer stops overheating problem Researchers in China have designed a smart supercapacitor that reversibly shuts down when it gets too hot.   |
Chemistry World
August 16, 2013
Richard Wheatley |
The theory of intermolecular forces Anthony Stone's lecture notes are the only ones to which I return on a regular basis, so on opening this book I was expecting a comprehensive treatise by the undoubted UK leader in the subject. |
Chemistry World
August 16, 2013
Jason Woolford |
A flexible future for robotics A team at the US Air Force Research Laboratory in Ohio, have fabricated a series of cantilevers made from azobenzene liquid crystal polymer networks that can twist and coil, powered only by a change in the polarity and intensity of an external light source. |
Information Today
August 15, 2013 |
The American Chemical Society Debuts New Journal ACS Photonics is a new online-only journal. This monthly, interdisciplinary publication focuses on high-impact research in photonics, which the ACS defines as the study of the interactions of light with matter. |
Chemistry World
August 14, 2013
Patrick Walter |
'Smart glass' can tune out light and heat Researchers have produced glass that can be tuned to block visible light, infrared radiation or both simply by adjusting the voltage across it. |
Chemistry World
August 14, 2013
Daniel Johnson |
Putting PENCIL to paper to create gas sensors Scientists have made a carbon nanotube pencil that can draw gas sensors straight on to paper. This cheap and extremely quick prototyping method could spur huge advances in gas sensors, both for public health and in something as simple as toilet ventilation. |
Chemistry World
August 13, 2013
Simon Hadlington |
New evidence for room temperature graphite superconductivity leaves experts unconvinced Researchers in Germany have presented further evidence for room temperature superconductivity in regions of graphite samples. Other experts, however, remain cautious about the interpretation of the measurements. |
Chemistry World
August 13, 2013
Uwe Pischel |
Molecular logic-based computation This book, by A. Prasanna de Silva, will serve the expert, as well as interested scientists from other specialties related to any aspect of molecular logic. |
Chemistry World
August 12, 2013
Emma Stoye |
Squid skin material invisible to infrared cameras Using a protein from color-changing squids, US scientists have created a coating that reflects infrared and lets objects mimic the infrared signature of their surroundings. |
Chemistry World
August 9, 2013
Daniel Johnson |
Mystery of jumping crystals solved The riddle of why a certain type of crystal leaps more than 10,000 times its length when exposed to light may have been solved. The crystals' rapid movement is a result of stresses generated in the crystal when light induces a structural change within it. |
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