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March 7, 2007
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Diatoms Transformed Into Silicon Sensors Materials scientists have found a simple method of converting frustules - the intricate silica-based skeletons of common single celled photosynthetic organisms called diatoms - into pure silicon structures with many applications.   |
Chemistry World
August 24, 2012
Andy Extance |
Inert nanoshells succumb to iron will US chemists have made silica nanoshells susceptible to breakdown by proteins in our bodies, which should make them safer for drug delivery and medical imaging applications. |
Chemistry World
September 17, 2008
Hayley Birch |
Colloids twist like DNA French scientists have used magnetic colloids to make self-assembling, helical structures reminiscent of DNA |
Reactive Reports
Issue 30
David Bradley |
Build 'em small The shells of microscopic ocean creatures could be the inspiration for a new approach to building components for a wide range of technologies from the lab-on-a-chip to miniature medical devices. |
Smithsonian
February 2004
Deborah Franklin |
Gas Guzzlers New research shows how microscopic diatoms remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and may help keep the planet from overheating |
Technology Research News
January 12, 2005 |
Branchy Molecules Make Precise Pores Researchers have found a way to coax a material containing microscopic pores to assemble from two very different types of molecules. The material could be used as packaging material for microscopic electronics, to store gases, and to deliver tiny amounts of drugs to very specific places. |
Chemistry World
June 25, 2014
Tim Wogan |
Unusual 2D silica allotrope predicted A graphene-like allotrope of silica with unusual physical and electrical properties has been predicted by theoretical chemists in Turkey. |
Chemistry World
November 18, 2010
Akshat Rathi |
Cellulose used to make smart window materials Using nanocrystalline cellulose from wood pulp, Canadian researchers have for the first time prepared mesoporous chiral nematic structured silica materials that may have potential as tuneable reflective filters in smart windows |
Chemistry World
November 28, 2007
Tom Westgate |
Molecular Traffic Spied in Nanoscale Tube Network Chemists in Germany have tracked single molecules diffusing through a porous solid for the first time. |
Chemistry World
July 4, 2006
Jon Evans |
Colloidal crystals enter period of trial separation The implications of this work could lead to new separation principles and techniques that will have significant impact on chemical separations. |
Chemistry World
June 3, 2010
Manisha Lalloo |
Cracking yolk-shell nanoparticles Scientists in Australia have found a new way to synthesise 'yolk-shell' nanoparticles with tunable shell thickness and pore size. The particles could have applications as nanoreactors and in drug delivery. |
Chemistry World
October 10, 2013
Laura Howes |
The dance of glass atoms caught on tape A collaboration between US and German-based researchers has used transmission electron microscopy to watch how the atoms in glass rearrange. |
