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Chemistry World
August 9, 2013
Daniel Johnson |
Mystery of jumping crystals solved The riddle of why a certain type of crystal leaps more than 10,000 times its length when exposed to light may have been solved. The crystals' rapid movement is a result of stresses generated in the crystal when light induces a structural change within it.   |
Chemistry World
February 18, 2011
Carol Stanier |
Speed dating for pharmaceuticals A simple analysis of hydrogen bond strengths finds the best crystallisation partners for drugs, say UK scientists. |
Chemistry World
October 28, 2013
Jennifer Newton |
Crystal within a crystal Colleagues at the University of Strasbourg used a molecular tectonics strategy to prepare the crystals. |
Chemistry World
July 6, 2015
Tim Wogan |
Novel compounds make light work of trapping carbon dioxide A new set of compounds that can be reversibly switched between crystalline and amorphous isomers by light has been developed by researchers in Italy. |
Chemistry World
August 17, 2012 |
Crystals through the looking glass Crystalline, amorphous and, recently, quasicrystalline -- those are the phases of solid matter we all know. But US based scientists have now added another to that list. |
Chemistry World
January 11, 2008
Victoria Gill |
Fish Scales Hold Dazzling Secret Scientists in Israel have discovered the surprising secrets of the specialized crystals in fish skin that allow them to shimmer. |
Chemistry World
January 30, 2009
Hayley Birch |
Nanocrystals Get in Shape for Catalysis New research in fine tuning the shape and size of nanoparticles could lead to important advances in catalysis. |
Chemistry World
September 18, 2012
Phillip Broadwith |
Caffeine crystals with an elastic bent Indian chemists have discovered a highly elastic but crystalline material made from caffeine. The crystals maintain their elasticity down to -100 C. |
Chemistry World
April 28, 2014
Hamish Crawford |
Crystal structures unpacked A researcher in the UK has shed new light on which interactions are important in the packing of crystal structures. |
Technology Research News
April 9, 2003 |
Liquid crystals go 3D Researchers from Sheffield University in England and the University of Pennsylvania have unlocked some of the secrets of liquid crystals, materials that self-assemble into lattices of geometric shapes that are neither solid nor liquid, but somewhere between. |
Chemistry World
November 13, 2008
Hayley Birch |
Reactions Studied by Stop Motion Japanese and Israeli scientists have developed a technique that can track whole-molecule changes that occur during extremely rapid reactions. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 33
David Bradley |
Two-faced Liquid Crystals A new class of programmable liquid crystals could be used to make variable optical filters for laboratory instrumentation and digital cameras; they might even be used to treat dyslexia. |
Chemistry World
September 24, 2014
Hayley Simon |
Water provides new angle on single molecule imaging Small variations in a molecule's conformation can have a large effect on chemical reactivity. Being able to identify these differences is one of the aims of high resolution spectroscopy. |
Chemistry World
August 20, 2013
Michael Parkin |
Seeding removes barrier to curious cocrystal After seven years of work, a team of chemists based in four labs across the globe has successfully prepared a cocrystal previously believed to be unobtainable. |
