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Chemistry World July 18, 2014 Katie Bayliss |
Soft matter goes digital Researchers have designed a system of reconfigurable colloidal clusters which show potential for performing computational functions in unconventional environments.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
Reactive Reports December 2003 David Bradley |
Mo' Better Blues Vesicles form from molybdenum wheels, giving rise to deep blue water.  |
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.  |
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 September 9, 2014 Katie Bayliss |
Colloidal caterpillars get a wiggle on Researchers have devised a new method to transport micro cargo -- by attaching it to chains of colloidal particles that wiggle their way through liquid crystals.  |
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 June 27, 2012 Steve Down |
Single particles take flight An international team of researchers has developed a way to study the shape and structure of individual aerosol particles in their native environment. This should help climate modellers and toxicologists to get a better handle on why aerosols behave in the way they do.  |
Science News February 9, 2008 |
Science Safari: Marine Cloudmakers Video that explains how marine particles get distributed to the atmosphere.  |
Chemistry World September 2, 2011 Jon Cartwright |
Microscopy Reveals Why Ketchup Squirts Researchers in the US claim to have uncovered the single-particle dynamics that leads to so-called non-Newtonian behaviour, which is exhibited in tomato ketchup, paints and many other liquids.  |
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.  |
Chemistry World September 20, 2012 Jon Evans |
World's smallest ice cube created Ice crystals must contain at least 275 water molecules, say German chemists. This size limit has implications for any process that involves ice particles, from cloud formation to making the perfect gin and tonic.  |
Chemistry World April 12, 2010 Andy Extance |
Balloon model bursts battery charge gap Over-simplifying chemical processes occurring in batteries has obscured an opportunity to improve energy efficiency, according to Slovenian and German scientists.  |
Chemistry World March 22, 2011 Amaya Camara-Campos |
Microfluidics to diagnose sleeping sickness Jonas Tegenfeldt from the University of Lund developed a microfluidic device that separates the parasites in this disease from the blood cells using their shape, because parasites and red blood cells are very difficult to separate by size.  |
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.  |
Chemistry World June 5, 2013 Jennifer Newton |
What happens when I poke it? Eric Furst is a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering. His lab investigates the physics and chemistry underlying the behavior of colloidal, polymeric, biomolecular, and other "soft" materials.  |
Chemistry World July 20, 2009 Hayley Birch |
Fuel cell catalysts go sub-nano Japanese researchers have created sub-nano scale platinum clusters with high catalytic activity for use in fuel cell applications.  |
Chemistry World September 5, 2011 David Bradley |
Spiders, Grubbs' and polymer-powered nanomotors A chemical spider that spins a polymer thread using a simple catalyst could drive a nanomotor, according to researchers at Pennsylvania State University, US.  |
Reactive Reports September 2005 David Bradley |
Nano Surprise A surprising mechanism by which polymers form nanocomposite particles could provide researchers with a new tool for controlling the growth of such materials.  |
Chemistry World December 17, 2007 Jonathan Edwards |
A Simpler Way to Photonic Crystals Chinese scientists have found an easy way to make highly regular crystal structures from a polymer mixture.  |
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.  |
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.  |
Chemistry World September 23, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Nanoparticles Hide Behind Protein Cloak Polymer nanoparticles suspended in human blood become cloaked in plasma proteins, new research has shown.  |
Chemistry World July 13, 2007 Tom Westgate |
Colourful Colloids A simple mixture of iron oxide, a polymer and water can take on any color simply by applying a magnetic field.  |
Technology Research News November 17, 2004 |
Plastic Cuts Artificial Hip Wear Researchers coated a polyethylene artificial hip socket with a biocompatible polymer molecule they had previously developed, and found that the joint produced fewer wear particles.  |
Reactive Reports September 2007 David Bradley |
Fire Resistant Paint A way to toughen up the latex particles used to make emulsion paints has been developed by chemists. The approach involves adding tiny slivers of clay armor to make the particles more hard wearing and fire resistant.  |
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 February 28, 2011 Hayley Birch |
Protein nanotubes trap viruses Japanese researchers have used nanotubes made from human blood proteins to trap hepatitis B virus. They say their work lays the foundations for a new chemistry of protein-based nanotubes with biomedical applications.  |
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 March 20, 2009 Jon Cartwright |
Medical Probes Get Easy to Spot Scientists in the US have created nano-scale medical probes that are visible via both magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and optical microscopy.  |
Chemistry World October 7, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
New light shed on 'photothermal' cell death Photothermal therapy - where tiny particles of a metal are introduced into a cell and heated by laser light to kill the cell - might not work in the way people think, researchers in the UK have discovered.  |