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Chemistry World October 3, 2012 Yuandi Li |
Metal-free resins can drive down cost of solar energy Costly metals in some solar cells could be replaced by cheap resins, according to Korean research. |
Chemistry World October 2, 2012 Fiona McKenzie |
Protein sorting within cells US scientists have used magnetic nanoparticles with specific ligands to latch on to and visualize specific proteins in living cells. |
IEEE Spectrum October 2012 |
The Cosmological Supercomputer How the Bolshoi simulation evolves the universe all over again |
Chemistry World September 28, 2012 Laura Howes |
Tuning photonic crystals by blending brush polymers Bob Grubbs at the California Institute of Technology in the US, has previously made photonic crystals with brush block copolymers but this precise tuning of the wavelength of reflected light is new. |
Chemistry World September 27, 2012 Andy Extance |
Silicon sliver implants melt away A US-led team has made the first completely water-soluble silicon-based circuits and demonstrated simple medical implant devices that wouldn't need later removal. |
Chemistry World September 26, 2012 James Urquhart |
Graphene speaks volumes Graphene might be a suitable material, particularly owing to its high thermal conductivity, very low heat capacity and its ability to form free-standing membranes. Single and multiple layers of graphene can generate thermoacoustic sound on a range of substrates. |
Chemistry World September 24, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
Raised eyebrows greet graphite superconductivity claim Can graphite treated merely with water become a superconductor at room temperature? This is the extraordinary claim made by scientists in Germany. |
Chemistry World September 21, 2012 Michael Parkin |
'Training' a memristive network Researchers in Italy and Germany have developed an organic memristive device that mimics the adaptive processes occurring in nervous systems such as the human brain. |
Chemistry World September 20, 2012 Christopher Castleton |
Semiconductor doping Until now there has been a rather thin selection of graduate level primers focused on properties and characterization methods for semiconductor point defects. Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors by McCluskey and Haller fills it nicely. |
Chemistry World September 19, 2012 Jon Cartwright |
Thermoelectrics 'pass new milestone' Researchers in the US claim to have passed a new milestone in thermoelectrics with a material that converts heat to electricity more efficiently than ever before. |
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