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Technology Research News
May 18, 2005 |
Nanoparticles Drive Display Researchers have developed a technology that has the potential to provide inexpensive, low-power, color electronic paper. The new scheme uses neutral rather than charged particles dispersed in liquid.   |
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. |
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
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. |
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. |
Technology Research News
January 12, 2005 |
Ultrasound Makes Blood Stand Out Researchers have found a way to use ultrasonic vibrations to take images of tumors. The method involves using ultrasonic vibrations to image colloidal objects, which are spherical objects like particles and blood cells that are suspended in fluid. |
Chemistry World
July 20, 2009
Philip Ball |
Researchers form first liquid protein Chemists at the University of Bristol, UK and their colleagues, in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Colloid and Interface Research in Golm, Germany, have figured out how to convert pure proteins into a liquid state, without any solvent. |
Technology Research News
July 13, 2005 |
Magnetics Drives Particle Patterns Researchers have devised a way to use electric and magnetic fields to assemble magnetic microparticles into a wide variety of patterns, including clusters, rings, chains and networks. |
Chemistry World
April 7, 2010
Kate McAlpine |
New form for an old fuel Colloidal coal-water suspensions may rise to the challenges of clean coal technology with the help of a new production method. |
Chemistry World
February 17, 2011
James Urquhart |
To thicken up runny liquids, add fluid Adding a small amount of an immiscible fluid to a suspension - solid particles dispersed in a fluid - tunes the consistency of the suspension. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 53
David Bradley |
Repulsive Particles Particles that one might expect to mutually repel somehow manage to form clusters in solution. This finding could be important for understanding how polymers become organized and improve the prospects of the burgeoning field of soft matter research. |
Chemistry World
May 19, 2011
Jon Cartwright |
Liquid crystals spot bacteria to order Liquid crystals could one day be used as bio-sensors, detecting the presence of minute amounts of pathogens. That is the claim of a US group of researchers, who have demonstrated how a liquid crystal changes orientation in the presence of bacteria. |
Chemistry World
February 7, 2014
Emma Stoye |
Crystal ribbons grow on a curve Colleagues at Harvard University in the US investigated the effects of elastic stress on crystals, which is increased by growing them on a curved surface rather than a flat one. |
Chemistry World
October 13, 2010
James Urquhart |
Aerosol theory solidifies An international team of researchers has found that atmospheric aerosol particles long thought to be liquid can in fact be amorphous solids. The discovery could improve atmospheric models and climate predictions. |
Technology Research News
April 20, 2005 |
Spiral Laser Beam Demoed Researchers have found a way to generate helico-conical, or spiral-shaped light beams. The unusual-shaped beams are potentially useful in trapping and manipulating particles in biological and medical devices, including biochips. |
Chemistry World
August 24, 2015
Kira Welter |
Trapped nanoparticles could bring 'wet' computing a step closer Scientists in Switzerland have developed a way to quickly and reliably store, read, erase and rewrite information using colloidal nanoparticles. |
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
March 7, 2006
Jon Evans |
Brownian motion slips into reverse An electrical device for suppressing Brownian motion has been used to trap proteins, viruses and semiconductor nanocrystals. |
