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Chemistry World
May 29, 2008
Richard Van Noorden |
Surfactants stop microbubbles popping for a year Tiny bubbles of air can last for over a year if they are covered in elastic shields of surfactant, US scientists have found. A long-lasting dispersion of bubbles this small, they suggest, might improve the properties of foams, paints, contrast agents.   |
Chemistry World
January 26, 2012
Simon Hadlington |
The world's first magnetic soap Researchers have created a liquid surfactant that can be moved by a magnet. |
Chemistry World
August 2, 2013
Daniel Johnson |
Magnetic pan pipe sponge mops up crude oil Chinese scientists have created magnetic foams which can absorb up to 100 times their weight in oil. Simple and relatively cheap to produce, they could be used to clear oil slicks, as well as in a variety of experimental applications. |
Chemistry World
November 22, 2013
Jennifer Newton |
Recipe for a jelly-based fuel cell catalyst An international team of researchers have used gelatin as their starting material to make doped-carbon electrocatalysts. They might not wobble but they could one day replace platinum in fuel cells. |
Chemistry World
August 21, 2007
Simon Hadlington |
Switchable Surfactant Could Cut Laundry Water Waste Researchers have developed a switchable detergent that could transform laundry day by washing out of clothes with hardly any need for a rinse cycle. |
Technology Research News
December 1, 2004 |
Smart Dust Gets Magnetic One of the main challenges in making labs-on-a-chip is finding ways to control and mix tiny amounts of liquids. Researchers are using minuscule silicon particles to carry out these tasks. |
Chemistry World
December 19, 2013
Emily Skinner |
Reclaiming spilt oil Scientists in Canada have shown they can recover oil from contaminated sand using surfactants whose emulsion stabilizing ability is deactivated by carbon dioxide. |
Chemistry World
June 2009
Michael Gross |
Bubble-wrapped frogs Tropical frogs create remarkable protein foams to protect their spawn. Exploration of the underlying chemistry has only just begun |
Chemistry World
November 21, 2012
James Urquhart |
Two-faced particles self-assemble in sync US scientists have synchronized the motion of colloidal magnetic spheres with a rotating magnetic field and found that the particles self-organize into micrometer-sized tubes. |
Reactive Reports
David Bradley |
Foaming Carbon Magnets Researchers have discovered that carbon nanofoams are attracted by a magnet - they are ferromagnetic. |
Reactive Reports
December 2003
David Bradley |
Airy magnets Spanish researchers have created a new type of magnetic material that is ultra-light and transparent. The airy magnets could have applications in flat screen displays and magneto-optical memory devices for computers. |
Chemistry World
March 20, 2014
Susannah May |
Foaming security system gives thieves a surprise Thieves could inadvertently destroy their intended loot if they attack a cash machine made from a material being developed by scientists in Switzerland. |
Chemistry World
December 5, 2012
Tamsin Cowley |
Safer blood clotting agents for open wounds New toxicity results show that foams would be safer than the currently used clays as materials to stem blood flow in open wounds. |
Chemistry World
October 30, 2014
Dannielle Whittaker |
Mirror mirror on the ocean Long-life foams that can act as oceanic mirrors are being explored by scientists in the UK. These reflective foams could one day ease global warming by managing incoming solar radiation. |
Chemistry World
November 20, 2015 |
Foaming at the reactor mouth Nothing stops a plant process faster than the dread words 'we have a stuck bottom valve'. |
Chemistry World
October 22, 2013
Simon Hadlington |
Virtual molds cast colloid Blue Mosque A way to direct colloids to self-assemble in an almost infinite variety of configurations has been devised. The technique relies on the creation of a pre-determined pattern of magnetic fields to generate a 'virtual mold' to dictate the final position of the particles. |
