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Reactive Reports Issue 57 David Bradley |
Smart Materials Self Repair Dumb materials succumb to rust, but smart materials might be able to heal themselves, thanks to researchers in Europe.  |
Chemistry World November 5, 2010 Mike Brown |
Nanofibres defuse explosives Researchers have used carbon nanofibres to separate components of a highly sensitive explosive system to make it much safer to use.  |
Chemistry World December 8, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
Molecular Suitcases Created by Corrosion Hollow spheres, cubes and cylinders could be useful as inorganic 'molecular suitcases' to carry drugs or catalysts.  |
Chemistry World October 10, 2007 Ned Stafford |
Catalytic Converters go Nano Mazda Motor Corporation has unveiled a new generation of catalytic converters that use 70 to 90 per cent less of the precious metals which help to purify exhaust emissions.  |
Chemistry World December 7, 2011 Anne Horan |
Catalyst clears up corrosion UK scientists have developed a cheap way of cleaning tarnished metals in industry to prevent corrosion using a UV activated photocatalyst ink. The dirty surface can then simply be washed away with water.  |
Chemistry World March 28, 2013 Simon Hadlington |
Copper catalysis sees the light Researchers in the US have shown that the oxide coating on copper nanoparticles can be stripped away by light, exposing the metallic, catalytic copper core.  |
Technology Research News April 23, 2003 |
Juiced liquid jolts metal into shapes One strategy for constructing microscopic devices is finding ways to make materials assemble themselves. Researchers from Argonne National Laboratory and the Russian Academy of Sciences have found a way to use electricity to drive metal microparticles into patterns.  |
Chemistry World September 29, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Super-thin nanowires made inside nanotubes Japanese researchers have made ultra-thin metal wires by growing them inside carbon nanotubes.  |
National Defense April 2010 Grace V. Jean |
Making Metals Lighter, But Stronger Than Steel The military is looking for ways to engineer lighter materials that off the same protective qualities of steel and iron.  |
Chemistry World June 17, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
Nanoboxes given optoelectronic function Scientists in the US have folded a nanoscale wafer of aluminium oxide, with a pattern of gold on its surface, into a hollow cube, creating a tiny optoelectronic device.  |
Chemistry World June 11, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Polymer, Heal Thyself Researchers have taken a leaf out of nature's book to develop a polymer-based system that can heal itself when it becomes damaged.  |
Chemistry World September 8, 2009 Ned Stafford |
Tackling graffiti A new coating was developed at the Fraunhofer Institute and the Center of polymer and carbon materials of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Gliwice and Zabrze, Poland.  |
Chemistry World December 4, 2008 Lewis Brindley |
Nacre-inspired composite is toughest ever ceramic A hybrid composite inspired by the structures of bone and mother-of-pearl is the toughest ceramic-based material ever made, say US scientists.  |
Wired January 2001 David Pescovitz |
Stuff Love The latest new materials, from a stronger-than-cement plastic concrete that floats on water to a polymeric coating that completely prevents rust...  |
Chemistry World March 11, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
Building nano-scale electronic contacts An international team of researchers has discovered a way of firmly 'welding' carbon nanotubes to metal particles that could lead to new nano-scale electronic contacts.  |
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 12, 2007 Michael Gross |
Nano-Pumpkins Fitted for Drug Delivery Chemists have created hollow molecular spheres by polymerizing a simple, flat building block without the help of any scaffolding or template to create the three-dimensional shape.  |
Chemistry World June 30, 2011 Heather Montgomery |
Rust busting self-healing materials Scientists in Singapore have prepared a coating for metals that heals itself after being scratched to prevent corrosion of the metal underneath.  |
Chemistry World March 13, 2006 Simon Hadlington |
New Way to Produce Heavy Rare Earth Metals Chemists have for the first time demonstrated the electrochemical reduction of a solid oxide of a heavy rare earth metal into its metallic state.  |
Science News November 19, 2005 |
From the November 16, 1935, issue Bears in Yellowstone head into hibernation... New method makes aluminum plating on steel possible... Einstein's relativity theory to be tested in sun's eclipse...  |
Chemistry World November 4, 2014 Emma Stoye |
Pressure-sensitive coating makes swallowed batteries safer Scientists have developed a protective coating for button cell batteries that stops curious children that swallow them from being injured.  |
Chemistry World July 26, 2007 Lewis Brindley |
Novel Aerogels to Absorb Toxic Heavy Metals Scientists in the US have developed a new family of aerogels that preferentially soak up heavy metals from contaminated solutions.  |
Chemistry World March 1, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
World's Blackest Material Unveiled Researchers have unveiled the least shiny material ever made, a chunk of pure darkness that has the most anti-reflective coating known to science.  |
Technology Research News May 7, 2003 |
Researchers fill virus with metal One way to construct materials atom by atom is to conscript machinery nature has already devised.  |
Food Processing July 2010 |
New Food Rollout: July 2010 Yummy treats to help beat the heat.  |
Chemistry World March 18, 2011 Holly Sheahan |
Cool roof coating inspired by the poplar leaf The coating could be used on the outside of buildings to counteract the heating effect of carbon dioxide emissions, reducing the energy needed to cool the building from the inside.  |
Chemistry World August 2, 2013 Hayley Birch |
Sound solution to nanoparticle handling problems Researchers are using ultrasound to bond nanoparticles -- essentially sticking together particles too small to be seen with sounds too high-pitched to be heard.  |
National Defense May 2009 Robert H. Williams |
Smart Coat Finds Rust Before It Can Be Seen The discovery potentially could save the Pentagon and the airline industry tens of billions of dollars a year.  |
Food Engineering February 9, 2006 |
Inspection keeps food products Detection system can sense 0.8 mm metal particles in raw and processed meats in a fast-moving line.  |