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Chemistry World February 25, 2013 Jon Cartwright |
Crystals of polystyrene Chemists in Japan and Italy have created a polymer-based material that has a crystalline structure. The material, which achieves its crystallinity with crosslinks between its polymer chains, is expected to have a high mechanical strength. |
Chemistry World July 15, 2011 Laura Howes |
Cyclodextrin Dimer Becomes Synthetic Polymerase Chemists have made an artificial polymerase that doesn't need a metal catalyst or organic solvents and is more efficient than current bioinspired approaches. |
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 October 22, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Nanoscience brings artworks back to life Italian chemists have developed a new polymer-based cleaning system to remove old residues from the surface of valuable works of art. |
Chemistry World January 31, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
Ketene comes in from the cold The ketene group, -C=C=O, is capable of rich and diverse chemistry, says Craig Hawker of the University of California, Santa Barbara |
Chemistry World May 25, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Keeping it Green Some chemistry enthusiastically labeled as green may be nothing of the kind, warn researchers who worry that mediocre -- if well-meaning -- science is damaging their subject. |
Chemistry World October 11, 2007 Jonathan Edwards |
'Tuneable' Polymer Can Separate Anything An international team of scientists have made a polymer with pores which can be fine-tuned to speedily separate different small molecules -- with applications ranging from carbon capture to fuel cells. |
Chemistry World September 30, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
Solving a Tangled Polymer Problem Being able to predict how polymer chain interact could help to produce plastics with tailor made properties. |
Chemistry World May 28, 2013 Anthony King |
Polymer tied in celtic knots Celtic knots and ancient art have inspired a new way of synthesizing polymers. The slow-motion method of controlling polymer growth produces a single chain that when linked repeatedly, intricately wraps around itself to form a dense structure. |
Chemistry World May 29, 2012 |
Solvay opens 200 employee Indian R&D centre The center -- in Savli, Gujarat State -- will focus on high-performance polymers, organic chemistry, nano-composites and green chemistry. |
Chemistry World March 20, 2006 Jon Evans |
Polymer Matches Silicon in Semi-Conductor Stakes Materials scientists have developed a semi-conducting polymer that, for the first time, conducts electricity at levels similar to conventional silicon-based semi-conductors. |
Chemistry World January 21, 2009 Alexander Hellemans |
Quantum shuttling boost for organic solar cells Organic polymers can use a quantum effect to rapidly shuttle light energy along their chains, even at room temperature. |
Chemistry World September 8, 2015 Anthony King |
Click chemistry creates precision polymers Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have an efficient strategy that allows them to synthesize a new family of unimolecular, sequence- and stereo-defined polymers using click chemistry. |
Chemistry World March 8, 2009 Nina Notman |
Polymer Crossroads Act as Tiny Reactors Scientists in the US have taken inspiration from a Dutch painter to create ultrasmall chemical reactors at the junctions of overlapping polymer nanofibres |
Chemistry World May 20, 2013 Jessica Cocker |
Taking the shine off Painting restoration could be yet another application for ionic liquids, new research shows. The work paves the way to safer procedures for cleaning paintings. |
Chemistry World June 6, 2014 Emma Stoye |
Pre-childbirth solvent exposure raises breast cancer risk The timing of exposure to organic solvents -- such as those found in cleaning products and industrial chemicals -- may affect breast cancer risks in women |
Chemistry World September 15, 2011 James Mitchell Crow |
Polymer Side Chains on the Slide Researchers may now be able to create rotaxane polymers whose properties alter in response to chemical stimuli. |
Chemistry World May 8, 2014 Tim Wogan |
Polymer sets new self-healing record A new self-healing polymer that can repair holes far larger than any material before -- up to 3cm wide -- has been unveiled by US researchers. |
Chemistry World September 11, 2009 Tom Bond |
Just heat and heal A polymer system based on weak, reversible bonds that can heal itself when heated has been created by UK and US chemists. The new polymers could be further developed and used in the aerospace and other industries, say the researchers. |
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 August 22, 2008 Lewis Brindley |
Conveyor belt hydrogel Chemists in Japan have developed an oscillating polymer gel that produces 'waves' which can push or pump a cargo along its surface. |
Chemistry World November 4, 2010 Carol Stanier |
Colourful 'green' polymers A new environmentally friendly concept in functionalising polymers allows coloured dye to be integrated directly into polymers that can be used in clothes and packaging, say UK scientists. |
Chemistry World May 16, 2006 Katharine Sanderson |
Switching Off Polymerisation in the Dark With summer in full swing, the world of polymer science is about to get a boost following news that sunlight can kick-start living polymerisation reactions. The twist is that the reaction stops in the dark. |
Chemistry World December 6, 2007 Lewis Brindley |
Chemists Make Fullerene Necklace Spanish scientists have strung fullerene buckyballs together to produce a polymer with unique electronic properties. The creation of these polymers has demonstrated a new approach to designing novel materials. |
Chemistry World March 20, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Sensitive Polymers Show Drug Delivery Promise Chemists in the US have developed a three-component polymer that can respond to temperature, pH and the presence of a reducing agent. |
Chemistry World June 17, 2009 Hayley Birch |
Acrylic beads promise scalable organocatalyst production Norwegian scientists have developed a new, more efficient approach to synthesizing polymer beads containing proline and its derivatives, for use in organocatalysis. |
Chemistry World February 20, 2014 Laura Howes |
Brent Sumerlin: Searching for a sweet response Brent Sumerlin is professor of chemistry at the University of Florida in Gainesville, US. His research concerns the identification, synthesis, and characterization of smart polymers for drug delivery. |
Technology Research News May 19, 2004 |
Electricity Turns Plastic Green Researchers from the University of California at Los Angeles have made a conducting polymer that changes to a very clean green color in the presence of electricity. |
Chemistry World August 11, 2014 Emma Stoye |
Swellable polymer sponges up CO 2 A porous polymer 'sponge' that absorbs carbon dioxide by swelling up has been developed by scientists in the UK. |
Chemistry World February 24, 2015 Phillip Broadwith |
Catalytic carbon dioxide convertors The world's demand for energy, and the resultant carbon dioxide emissions, are drastically changing our climate. UK startup Econic Technologies is developing catalysts that could take some of that CO 2 and lock it up in high-performance polymer materials. |
Chemistry World June 23, 2014 Katie Bayliss |
Ben Zhong Tang: Polymers for a bright future Ben Zhong Tang's research interests include synthesizing new speciality polymers and luminescent materials for high-tech applications. |
Chemistry World May 28, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
New shape for cross-linked polymers Researchers in the US and France believe they have found a new way to impart malleability into cross-linked polymers containing multiple double bonds. |
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 September 1, 2011 Laura Howes |
Green fire retardant swells to suppress flames Jamie Grunlan's team at the University of Texas A&M, US, has used layer by layer deposition to coat fabrics with a thin, environmentally benign, fire retardant layer of polymers. |
Chemistry World January 21, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Electron-conducting polymer for printed electronics The prospect of powerful electronic circuits made from printable plastics has moved a step closer with the discovery of a cheap, stable organic polymer semiconductor |
Chemistry World November 26, 2007 Tom Westgate |
Scientists Win Cash to Develop Plastic x-Ray Detectors UK scientists have shown for the first time that polymers could compete with silicon for detecting x-ray radiation. Now, a funding boost gives the researchers the chance to work with industry and bring the technology closer to market. |
IEEE Spectrum May 2006 Samuel K. Moore |
Poky Plastic Perks Up Materials scientists have invented the first polymer semiconductor to perform almost as well as the type of silicon used to drive flat-panel displays. |
Chemistry World October 5, 2006 Victoria Gill |
Polymer Chemists Tap the Body's Organs The strained tendons and ligaments that end many sporting careers could be repaired with polymers made from our own digestive chemicals. Researchers have devised a chemical method to make degradable elastomers -- polymers with elastic properties -- using bile acid. |
Chemistry World October 1, 2013 Eleanor Merritt |
New software for creating green solvents Scientists in France have developed a computer-assisted organic synthesis program to design sustainable solvents from bio-based building blocks. |
Chemistry World January 2009 Richard Van Noorden |
Editorial: Sustainable connection The interface between chemistry and engineering is more important than ever. |
Chemistry World July 20, 2006 Victoria Gill |
Polymer Boosts Battery Power It might seem like a defibrillator and a hybrid car have very little in common, but researchers developed a polymer that could have a profound effect on them both. |
Chemistry World September 19, 2006 Michael Gross |
Any Colour so Long as it's Green Researchers have developed a polymer coating that kills microbes on contact and thus renders a surface permanently sterile without releasing a chemical into the environment. |
Chemistry World July 24, 2006 Killugudi Jayaraman |
Plastic Solar Cells Make Light Work Solar cells based on organic semiconductors instead of silicon could potentially turn wall paints into a source of electricity, but their low efficiency is a major roadblock. Scientists now believe they have a new approach to boosting the output from polymer cells. |
Chemistry World May 2007 Yfke Hager |
Careers: Solvent Star Here is how Adam Walker co-founded solvent company Bioniqs and is now its CEO He made the transition from postdoc to CEO in just three years. |
Chemistry World July 28, 2010 Matt Wilkinson |
Recycling CO2 to make plastic Massachusetts-based Novomer has received $18.4 million from the US Department of Energy to develop a process for converting carbon dioxide into polycarbonate polymers that could be used to make plastic bottles. |
Chemistry World August 2, 2013 Jennifer Newton |
If everything is chemistry then I need to do chemistry Cafer Yavuz is a professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Daejeon. His groups design and make new materials from oxide and organic building blocks to offer sustainable solutions for energy and environmental issues. |
Chemistry World July 13, 2007 James Mitchell Crow |
Superconductivity: Explosive New Images UK chemists have discovered how to create superconducting images on paper. |
Chemistry World May 16, 2014 Tim Wogan |
New thermoset plastics simple to recycle Thermosetting polymers that can be easily recycled have been developed by an international team of researchers. |
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. |
Technology Research News June 29, 2005 |
Self-assembly: the natural way to make things In biology, there are a few different ways DNA molecules can be replicated and combined. |