Amy Middleton-Gear

Research
Crystal expansion makes light work of moving microbeads
2016-11-28T11:06:00
Researchers exploit thermal expansion rather than light-responsive molecules to move microbeads in a liquid crystal
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Glowing polymer highlights mercury in fish
2016-09-26T11:12:00
Portable fluorescent probe allows quick and easy detection of toxic pollutant
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New test accelerates herpes detection
2014-10-16T00:00:00
Peptide-coated superparamagnetic beads latch onto herpes simplex virus-1 in rapid diagnostic assay
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Neutralising heparin without complications
2014-02-12T00:00:00
Self-assembling structures mop up heparin but don’t linger if they’re not needed
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Photography is the new spectrometry
2013-12-24T00:00:00
Data equivalent to multiple emission spectra extracted from a single photograph
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Bioluminescence powers photosynthesis
2013-10-14T00:00:00
Blue bioluminescence generated from luminol steps in as a sunlight substitute
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Homogeneous catalyst made to act more like an enzyme
2013-08-02T00:00:00
Supramolecular encapsulation imposes electronic and steric restrictions to make catalyst more selective
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Stirring microwave synthesis
2013-06-19T00:00:00
New magnetic stir bar designed for narrow microwave synthesis vessels
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Sieving silica sieves from biomass ash
2013-04-16T00:00:00
Scientists convert waste from combustion into mesoporous silica
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Blink and you'll miss it
2013-03-05T00:00:00
A new method for single molecule tracking of fluorescent molecules promises a more accurate and efficient approach
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Ohmic heating for efficient green synthesis
2013-02-20T00:00:00
New method of heating on-water organic reactions uses the direct application of electricity
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Early Alzheimer’s diagnosis compound
2012-12-19T00:00:00
A tracer that binds to Alzheimer’s plaques and shows up on medical imaging techniques
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Plant power!
2012-10-23T00:00:00
Organocatalysis to convert newspaper and cotton into a fossil fuel alternative
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Catalyst delivery and recovery using MOFs
2012-04-19T00:00:00
A new catalyst delivery system using a metal-organic framework