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Chemistry World May 13, 2011 Laura Howes |
New carbon material boosts supercapacitors A new carbon based material for supercapacitor electrodes could allow them to store the same amount of energy as a lead-acid battery but with much faster charge times. |
Chemistry World May 12, 2011 Jon Cartwright |
'Chemical soldering' heralds single molecule electronics Scientists in Japan and Switzerland have demonstrated how to wire up single molecules with conductive nanowires. |
Chemistry World May 11, 2011 Jon Cartwright |
New radioisotope bodes well for cancer treatment The isotope, terbium-161, emits a number of low-energy electrons upon decay, which should make it useful for treating small tumors. |
Chemistry World May 5, 2011 Mike Brown |
Turn on, tune in, power up A nanoscale antenna that can collect light and convert it into a current shows promise for energy harvesting applications, say its US developers. |
Chemistry World May 5, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
Revolutionary new single-cell labelling method Researchers in the US and Canada have combined mass spectrometry with a technique called flow cytometry to follow dozens of biochemical markers on individual cells simultaneously. |
Chemistry World May 3, 2011 James Urquhart |
Turning heat into electricity with polymers Swedish researchers have improved the thermoelectric efficiency of an organic conducting polymer by controlling the material's oxidation level, boosting the prospect of developing cheap, flexible and lightweight organic thermoelectric devices |
Chemistry World April 28, 2011 Mike Brown |
Carbon nanotubes in large panel displays US researchers have incorporated carbon nanotubes into organic light-emitting transistors to create devices that rival the performance of their silicon counterparts. |
Chemistry World April 28, 2011 Laura Howes |
Polymer collapses in a flash Researchers in the Netherlands have created a polymer that folds up like a protein on exposure to light. |
Chemistry World April 27, 2011 Harriet Brewerton |
Multiple emulsion droplet design Liang-Yin Chu at Sichuan University and colleagues have designed a microfluidic device capable of producing multi-compartment multiple emulsions. |
Chemistry World April 14, 2011 Sarah Farley |
Fish in chips: growing embryos in microfluidic systems Scientists in the Netherlands and the UK have shown for the first time that an animal embryo can develop in a microfluidic environment. |
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