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Chemistry World November 1, 2010 Laura Howes	Molecular motors find reverse gear Ben Feringa's group at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands been working with molecular motors for years, making small organic molecules that rotate when exposed to light. However, until now these motors have only had a forward gear.
Technology Research News April 21, 2004 Eric Smalley	Molecule Makes Electric Motor Researchers have built molecules that can spin on command, but finding a way to harness this molecular motion to carry out work is more difficult. A molecule that has a limited range of motion opens up new possibilities.
Chemistry World January 11, 2010 Hayley Birch	Locking molecular motors Dutch scientists have designed a molecular motor that can be locked using an acid and unlocked using a base.
Chemistry World February 10, 2011 James Urquhart	Molecular motor controls chirality A single molecule catalytic system that uses a light driven molecular motor to dynamically control the molecule's chiral states has been developed by scientists in the Netherlands.
Chemistry World November 9, 2011 Phillip Broadwith	World's smallest remote control car debuts A tiny remote-controlled four-wheel drive electric vehicle has been made by chemists in the Netherlands. The single molecule car's 'wheels' can be made to turn in response to tiny electrical pulses, propelling it across a surface.
Chemistry World January 2010 Philip Ball	Welcome to the machine Molecular machines have promised so much but are they more whimsical than technical?
Technology Research News December 29, 2004	Molecular Motor Goes Both Ways Researchers have constructed a molecular motor that can spin in either direction, much like the biological molecular motors involved in many of life's processes. The motor could eventually be used in nanotechnology applications.
Chemistry World May 4, 2010 Lewis Brindley	Nanomachinery gets a spring in its step Molecular springs that always twist the same way are the latest addition to the nanomachinery toolbox.
Chemistry World August 22, 2011 Jon Cartwright	Manmade molecular machine goes to work Manmade molecules can generate similar forces to natural molecular machines, and could help chemists to design artificial molecular machines for meaningful tasks.
Technology Research News April 9, 2003	Biochip moves liquids with heat Researchers from Princeton University have made a microscopic device that uses heat to move, mix and split droplets of liquid. The device could be used in small, battery-operated chemical sensors and hand-held medical testers.
Chemistry World June 12, 2008 Michael Gross	Light Drives Plastic Motor Chemists in Japan have built a rotary motor driven purely by light shining onto a polymer film.
Reactive Reports Issue 33 David Bradley	The Miniature Rotarians Tiny interlocking wheels are the components of a miniscule molecular rotor designed and built by UK chemists. The submicroscopic invention offers a new motor-like component for those hoping to build nanotechnology from the bottom up.
Chemistry World January 17, 2014 Katia Moskvitch	Life may have begun in a tiny water droplet Chemical reactions run much faster and more efficiently when they take place in tiny droplets rather than in freestanding water -- such as a puddle or a lake, say researchers.
Chemistry World September 15, 2013 Andy Extance	Light-switch antibiotics could undermine resistance Dutch chemists have made a new weapon to fight bacteria: an antibiotic whose microbe-killing activity they can turn on using ultraviolet light, before it slowly diminishes.
Chemistry World September 22, 2011 Jon Evans	Pitcher plant inspires ultimate non-stick surface By mimicking the leaves of a carnivorous tropical plant, US scientists have developed a surface so slippery that everything slides off: water, oil, blood, ice, jam and even ants.
Chemistry World November 4, 2015 Andy Extance	Trampolining droplets raise hopes for ice-shedding surfaces With fellow team members at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Tom Schutzius has worked out what was causing this previously-unknown 'trampolining'.
Chemistry World January 8, 2013 Phillip Broadwith	Superomniphobic surface sees off non-Newtonian fluids A material that is equally good at repelling water, oil, concentrated acid and alkali solutions, and non-Newtonian fluids like polymer solutions has been created by chemists in the US.
Chemistry World March 28, 2013 Tamsin Cowley	Surface freezing in nanodroplets Experiments carried out by scientists in the US have provided new evidence in the controversial issue of surface freezing in alkane nanodroplets.
Chemistry World October 24, 2006 Richard Van Noorden	A Chequerboard of Water Water droplets cling in flat squares and dance in round globes on a smart surface created by South Korean researchers. Exposure to light wipes away the pattern, and an alternative can be written in with no etching required.
Chemistry World March 19, 2015 James Urquhart	Mystery of colored water droplets that chase and repel each other solved Researchers have solved the puzzle of a remarkable phenomenon that allows droplets of water mixed with a food coloring to move spontaneously and freely in intricate patterns when placed on a clean glass slide.
Technology Research News December 17, 2003	Chip uses oil to move droplets Researchers from North Carolina State University have devised a way to manipulate tiny droplets and particles on a chip. Key to the system is suspending what needs to be moved in a heavier liquid.
Chemistry World July 15, 2015 Aurora Walshe	Fog-free film doesn't dare to glare Scientists in China have built a thin film that retains its antifogging properties even under an antireflective coating.
Chemistry World November 20, 2013 Simon Hadlington	A drop of extra bounce US researchers have discovered a simple way to modify a water-repellent surface so that bouncing drops of water spend significantly less time in contact with the surface.
Chemistry World January 17, 2012 Simon Hadlington	Rainbow Hued Graphene Oxide Repels Water Scientists in China have used a laser to carve out a pattern of ridges and valleys on layered graphene oxide to mimic two of nature's tricks in one go - iridescence and superhydrophobicity.
Reactive Reports May 2007 David Bradley	Meeting of Molecular Movie Stars New footage confirms Linus Pauling's theory of chemical bonding proposed half a century ago, and could help explain molecular recognition processes important throughout supramolecular chemistry and molecular biology.
Technology Research News November 3, 2004	Lasers Move Droplets Labs-on-a-chip promise inexpensive and portable biological and chemical analysis. The key to making the tiny labs work is finding ways to move and mix minuscule amounts of substances.
Chemistry World December 23, 2015 Philip Ball	Freezing oil droplets put on a show Researchers shown that liquid drops of oily hexadecane, coated with a surfactant and floating on water, can adopt geometric shapes seemingly more appropriate to crystals.
Chemistry World December 6, 2007 Tom Westgate	Giving Oil the Slip Scientists in the US have described how to design surfaces that repel oils for the first time.
Chemistry World September 14, 2012 Vibhuti Patel	The road less travelled Professor Jayne Garno says people typically associate the synthesis of new molecules with chemistry, but it is also interesting to study how molecules bind to each other and how you can control surface binding.
Technology Research News August 13, 2003	Molecule makes ring rotor Researchers from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland have interlocked large, ring-shaped molecules to make a molecular rotor that moves in only one direction. The molecule could eventually be used as a nanoscale motor or winch.
Chemistry World September 3, 2010 Lewis Brindley	First steps of water condensation observed The US team conducting the research found that the first two layers - each two molecules thick - form as ice, with subsequent layers forming into liquid droplets.
Chemistry World September 28, 2009 Phillip Broadwith	Champagne's aromatic chemistry The bubbles that fountain from a glass of champagne ferry a complex array of flavour molecules into the air above the glass, lifting the aroma towards you as you take a sip - and the molecular profile of this aerosol blend is very different to that of the bulk liquid, say European scientists.
Chemistry World December 21, 2009 Simon Hadlington	'Two-legged' molecular walker takes a stroll UK chemists have designed a two-legged molecule that can walk up and down a straight molecular track. The system could form the basis for artificial linear molecular motors that can transport cargoes in a way similar to molecular machines used in nature.
Chemistry World July 28, 2014 Philip Ball	The fascinating in the familiar Over the past several decades we see the re-emergence of problems such as light scattering in disordered media to self-organization in granular materials or the spreading of coffee stains.
Chemistry World March 30, 2009 Ned Stafford	Moving forward: self-propelling oil droplets In the latest step toward creation of artificial living cells in a laboratory, a team of Japanese researchers has developed a new variety of oil droplets that propel themselves through an aqueous solution.
Chemistry World September 29, 2014 David Bradley	Pick and mix macromolecules New ways are discovered to piece together pi-functional molecular building blocks to make a wide range of macromolecules.
Chemistry World October 25, 2013 James Urquhart	Water droplets warped into weird shapes US scientists have discovered that self-assembling nanoparticles can lock water droplets into different shapes. The team suggests the work could be useful for several applications including microfluidic devices, sensors and drug delivery.
Technology Research News February 25, 2004 Eric Smalley	Biochip makes droplet test tubes Researchers who are developing biochips are taking two distinct approaches in devising ways to shunt tiny amounts of liquids around. One focuses on finding ways to form microscopic channels and tiny mechanical pumps. The other is aimed at using electricity to maneuver tiny droplets on surfaces.
Chemistry World February 5, 2013 Cara E Sutton	'Invisible gates' trap water droplets Researchers in Japan have created a novel superhydrophobic hybrid surface that can separate water droplets sliding down it based on nothing more than their size.
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Chemistry World December 20, 2011 Laura Howes	Cutting edge chemistry in 2011 With the help of an expert panel of journal editors Chemistry World reviews the ground breaking research and important trends in this year's crop of chemical science papers.
Chemistry World March 16, 2011	Inspirational science Seong Keun Kim is head of the Molecular Reaction Dynamics Laboratory at Seoul National University, Korea. He uses spectroscopic, microscopic and computational methods to investigate a wide range of subjects from molecular physics and nanoscience to cell biology.
Chemistry World December 18, 2014 Victoria Richards	Catching water with imitation beetle bumps Inspired by both desert beetles and marine mussels, scientists in Saudi Arabia have devised a new method for creating micropatterned superhydrophobic surfaces that efficiently harvest fog.
Reactive Reports October 2006 David Bradley	Amilra Prasanna "AP" de Silva An interview with the Queen's University of Belfast chemistry professor on his fascinating research into logical molecules.
Chemistry World April 19, 2012 Simon Hadlington	Controlling an organocatalyst with pH UK chemists have designed an organocatalyst that can be mechanically switched on and off simply by changing the pH.
Technology Research News November 17, 2004	Lasers Drive Nano Locomotive A researcher has designed a laser-powered molecular locomotive that runs along a molecular track and can generate a pulling force ten times greater than that of kinesin, a biological molecular motor.
Chemistry World January 5, 2016 Simon Hadlington	Molecular robot opens the way to nano-assembly lines UK chemists have devised a nanoscale robot that can grasp a cargo molecule, pick it up, place it in a new position some distance away and release it.
Chemistry World October 20, 2011 Tegan Thomas	Bubble Trouble Eliminated in Cancer Treatment US scientists have developed a microfluidic device to manufacture droplets of a specific size at high speed for a cancer treatment called embolisation.
Chemistry World May 2011	Column: In the pipeline Molecular biology, physics, materials science, physiology, even pure mathematics is a neighbor, and these neighbors are usually reached through a zone of interdisciplinary stuff that's rather hard to define. So who counts as a chemist?
Chemistry World July 3, 2014 Tami Spector	Of atoms and aesthetics Molecular aesthetics means many things to a few people. For some it means tangible aspects of compounds; for others yet, the ways that chemists represent molecules.