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Chemistry World May 30, 2012 Jon Cartwright |
Tiny buckyball grown around metal atom An international team of researchers has observed the smallest fullerene to form spontaneously to date using metal atoms for stabilization.  |
Technology Research News June 2, 2004 |
Buckyballs Gain Smaller Kin Researchers from Xiamen University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have constructed a smaller version of the buckyball or C60 fullerene molecule, a spherical cage of carbon atoms.  |
Chemistry World July 7, 2014 Jennifer Newton |
Buckyball boron Systematic structure-searching calculations performed by scientists in China have put forward an all-boron analogue of fullerene: B 38.  |
IndustryWeek October 20, 2010 |
Buckyball Comes of Age The buckyball is a nanometer, or one-billionth of a meter, in diameter and consists of 60 carbon atom cages that form the shape of a soccer ball.  |
Technology Research News February 25, 2004 |
Nanotube mix makes liquid crystal Carbon nanotubes are rolled-up sheets of carbon atoms that can be as narrow as 0.4 nanometers, or the span of four hydrogen atoms. They have useful electrical and mechanical properties and are a leading player in nanotechnology.  |
Technology Research News August 13, 2003 |
Carbon wires expand nano toolkit Scientists looking for building blocks to form electronics and machines that are not much bigger than molecules have gained a new tool.  |
Chemistry World December 18, 2012 Caryl Richards |
Boron vapor trail leads to heterofullerenes A team of scientists has developed a simple way to synthesize heterofullerenes -- fullerenes with atoms other than carbon in their structure -- by exposing fullerene to boron vapor during their growth.  |
IndustryWeek August 1, 2005 John Teresko |
The History Of Nanotechnology Today's popular excitement about the concept of nanotechnology probably dates back to 1959.  |
Technology Research News February 11, 2004 |
DNA sorts nanotubes Researchers have come up with a way to use DNA to separate carbon nanotubes by electrical type -- metallic or semi conducting -- and by diameter. A carbon nanotubes's electrical properties and diameter are related.  |
Chemistry World May 9, 2010 Hayley Birch |
Filming fullerene formation Real-time, atomic level microscopy has revealed that the round, cage-like structures of fullerenes can form directly from sheets containing large numbers of carbon atoms.  |
Chemistry World September 1, 2015 Philip Robinson |
Dedicated followers of fashion How do we encourage the sort of ranging scientific research that tosses a few contemplative pebbles into the pond, not knowing where the ripples will find the shore?  |
Chemistry World December 2, 2010 Laura Howes |
Nanotube material retains bounce at extreme Carbon nanotubes can make a rubber like material that remains usable in a temperature range of over one thousand degrees.  |
Chemistry World May 31, 2006 Jon Evans |
Carbon Joins the Dots Carbon could soon replace cadmium as the material of choice for quantum dots, following the development of fluorescent carbon nanoparticles by scientists.  |
Chemistry World December 7, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Metal atoms in carbon nanotubes caught on film An international team of researchers has filmed individual metal atoms as they move around and react within the confines of a carbon nanotube.  |
Chemistry World February 11, 2015 Jon Evans |
Calculations predict pentagonal graphene Scientists in China have proposed the existence of a novel 2D allotrope of carbon made up of pentagons, which they have dubbed 'penta-graphene'.  |
Technology Research News February 25, 2004 |
Nanotubes boost shape recovery Researchers have mixed carbon nanotubes with polymer to make a plastic that is good at springing back into shape when heated. The shape memory polymers could be used in practical applications in five years, according to the researchers.  |
Chemistry World May 28, 2012 Hayley Birch |
Buckyballs grow by gobbling up carbon New insights into the formation of some of chemistry's most iconic molecules - the fullerenes - suggest they grow by 'eating' carbon atoms.  |
Chemistry World December 6, 2007 Lewis Brindley |
Chemists Make Fullerene Necklace Spanish scientists have strung fullerene buckyballs together to produce a polymer with unique electronic properties. The creation of these polymers has demonstrated a new approach to designing novel materials.  |
Chemistry World February 26, 2007 Lionel Milgrom |
Nanotubes Sprout Fullerene Buds A new carbon-based hybrid material is set to make an impact on the microelectronics industry. Christened 'nanobuds', the material consists of single-walled carbon nanotubes with football-shaped fullerenes stuck on their outer surfaces.  |
Technology Research News June 4, 2003 |
Study shows DNA will fill tubes Researchers from the Max Planck Institute in Germany have shown by computer simulation that it is possible to insert DNA into a carbon nanotube.  |
Chemistry World November 7, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
World's first all-carbon solar cell Researchers in the US and China have built a photovoltaic cell made entirely from carbon. The electrodes and light-active layers are made from a combination of three carbon allotropes -- nanotubes, fullerenes and graphene.  |
Science News September 16, 2000 Ivars Peterson |
Plato's Molecule The Pythagoreans believed that the dodecahedron formed the "timbers" on which the spherical bulk of the heavens was built. This Platonic solid has been an object of fascination for millennia. Now, the dodecahedron is in the news again...  |
Technology Research News December 1, 2004 Eric Smalley |
For Pure Nanotubes Add Water Washing away impurities with water turns out to be as good for growing carbon nanotubes as it is for keeping a clean house.  |
Chemistry World December 4, 2014 Jonathan Midgley |
Zeolites net new carbon allotropes Previously unknown carbon allotropes have been predicted by scientists exploring their links with well-known network topologies.  |
Chemistry World November 5, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Playing with 'Russian-doll' fullerenes Chinese chemists have made 'Russian-doll'-style fullerenes, containing three distinct molecules trapped within one another.  |
Technology Research News April 7, 2004 |
Fiber spun from nanotube smoke Researchers from the University of Cambridge in England have developed a relatively simple way to manufacture continuous fibers of carbon nanotubes.  |
Reactive Reports Issue 63 David Bradley |
Natural Copy Cat While plants convert carbon dioxide into sugar and oxygen, chemists are having a more difficult time finding an efficient method for converting carbon dioxide into useful fuels.  |
Chemistry World November 2010 |
Carbyne and other myths about carbon Harry Kroto gets hot under the collar on the subject of so-called carbyne  |
Reactive Reports Issue 34 David Bradley |
Sandwiched nanotubes Ferrocene-modified carbon nanotubes can separate charge  |
Chemistry World September 6, 2012 Elinor Hughes |
A uniform junction for uniform nanotubes In a bid to make structurally uniform carbon nanotubes for applications in optoelectronics, for example, and following on from work done to make uniform carbon nanoring sidewalls, scientists in Japan have now made a uniform junction unit for branched carbon nanotubes.  |
Chemistry World July 14, 2014 Tim Wogan |
First experimental evidence of a boron fullerene The first experimental evidence for a boron fullerene has been produced by researchers in the US and China.  |
Chemistry World January 15, 2010 Kate McAlpine |
Capturing carbon with copper A team of researchers in the Netherlands have devised a trap that can pull carbon dioxide out of the air.  |
Chemistry World March 21, 2013 Neil Withers |
Harry Kroto: From light years to nanometers -- and back My emphasis in the Pittcon plenary lecture is that the discovery of C 60 started off from an interest in massive clouds of gas in interstellar space. You go from these huge objects into the nanoscale world and back again out into space.  |
Chemistry World February 21, 2012 |
Treat science as a hobby Jie Liu talks to Heather Montgomery about his scientific inspirations and the next big breakthrough in carbon nanotube research.  |
Chemistry World May 23, 2014 Jennifer Newton |
A good hair day for glowing nanoparticles Hair contains just the right balance of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen for making fluorescent nanoparticles.  |
Chemistry World July 22, 2010 Andy Extance |
Buckyballs give clue to space mystery The C60 molecule Buckminsterfullerene has been clearly identified in space for the first time, providing a possible solution to a 90-year old extraterrestrial enigma.  |
Technology Research News December 1, 2004 |
Short Nanotubes Carry Big Currents Researchers have developed a simple way to fabricate carbon nanotube devices whose length is as small as ten nanometers, and have shown that electricity can pass through the nanotubes very efficiently.  |
Reactive Reports David Bradley |
Subjective Suboxide Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide are probably the best known molecules containing just carbon and oxygen, but they do form others, such as carbon suboxide (C3O2), which is one of the most stable.  |
Chemistry World October 15, 2014 Jennifer Newton |
Liming Dai: Integrating nanochemistry into the macroscopic world Liming Dai's expertise lies across the synthesis, chemical modification and device fabrication of conjugated polymers and carbon nanomaterials for energy-related and biomedical applications.  |
Chemistry World October 15, 2015 Victoria Richards |
C 50 breaks all the rules European scientists have found that the rules of aromaticity need to be rewritten if they are to ever discover a superaromatic fullerene.  |
The Motley Fool May 12, 2005 Jack Uldrich |
Risk in Carbon Nanotubes? Nanotech's "wonder" materials might also carry a substantial downside. Until the questions surrounding carbon nanotubes can be adequately answered, investors are encouraged to temper their enthusiasm  |
Technology Research News April 21, 2004 |
Nanotube Forms Drive Shaft A researcher from the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering in Singapore has fashioned a drive shaft that is 1,000 times narrower than a human hair. The component could someday be used in machines that are smaller than bacteria.  |
Chemistry World August 11, 2014 Emma Stoye |
Swellable polymer sponges up CO 2 A porous polymer 'sponge' that absorbs carbon dioxide by swelling up has been developed by scientists in the UK.  |
Chemistry World July 22, 2008 |
Weighing Molecules with Nanotubes US scientists have made a nanoscale mass sensor which can weigh molecules with atomic precision.  |
Chemistry World July 11, 2013 Andria Nicodemou |
Turning carbon dioxide into something useful New research shows that a water-soluble catalyst developed by scientists in the US can electrocatalytically transform carbon dioxide into a useful chemical feedstock.  |
Science News May 9, 2009 |
Science Past From The Issue Of May 9, 1959 Scientists predict 25% increase in carbon dioxide by the year 2000.  |
Chemistry World October 16, 2014 Simon Hadlington |
Helium happily shares electrons to create dianions Helium invariably sits with its arms tightly folded and refuses to participate in chemistry, but turns out to be surprisingly generous when it is in the right environment, willing to donate not just one but two electrons to neighboring species.  |
Geotimes October 2005 Megan Sever |
Carbon's Complicated River Ride Researchers recently found that carbon moves from the atmosphere, through trees, soil and water, and back into the atmosphere in fewer than five years, indicating that the landscape is not providing as much long-term storage of carbon dioxide as hoped.  |
Geotimes December 2004 Jay Chapman |
Carbon Dioxide Alchemy Some scientists are experimenting with a new form of alchemy, not looking to create a substance, but rather remove one: carbon dioxide. If their process works, it could reduce the effects of the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere.  |
Chemistry World January 16, 2012 Yan Yan |
China mulls tax on carbon emissions Following more encouraging sounds from the Chinese government at the UN climate change conference in Durban, South Africa, on reducing carbon emissions a proposal to levy a carbon tax is moving up the policy agenda.  |