Materials – Page 15
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ResearchThe human fingertip can sense single atom substitutions in a surface
Materials chemistry could make use of this phenomenon to create better touch-based interfaces
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ResearchMaking high quality, uniform nanodiamonds without the explosions
New method can make nano-diamonds for drug delivery, sensors and quantum computers without TNT
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ResearchPolymers designed to degrade upon exposure to gamma rays
Phenyl imine conjugated N–N bonds mean materials are ready for recycling
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ResearchThis computational chemist is experimentalists’ secret weapon in the hunt for new materials
Kim Jelfs discusses how software development feeds – and needs – collaboration
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ResearchAdvanced microscopy tests 60-year-old mechanism of ethylene polymerisation
Researchers have produced ‘remarkable images’ of the polyethylene production process
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ResearchNanobots snap up pollutants with their polymer ‘hands’ to clean up water
Magnetically-guided system can trap arsenic and herbicide atrazine
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ResearchCatalyst-free strategy allows Raft polymers to be unzipped for recycling
The approach exploits active end groups produced during the polymerisation process to regenerate the starting monomers in excellent yield
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NewsWorld agrees to sign up to a treaty to control plastic and chemical pollution
New advisory panel on chemicals and waste will also be set up, modelled on the IPCC
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BusinessUkraine invasion rattles global supply chains
Russia’s war against Ukraine will impact supplies of metals, noble gases and more
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OpinionDiversifying in two dimensions
Artisanal assemblies are opening up pathways to exciting and exotic phenomena
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BusinessBattery boom time
The fast-evolving market for vehicle batteries is driving commoditisation and consolidation, but also innovation
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NewsProgress made towards a global plastics treaty covering waste
The first legally binding international agreement to curb plastic pollution could be agreed to in 2024
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ResearchDouble-layer hollow spheres catalyse syngas conversion into clean fuels
New catalyst for Fischer-Tropsch process exhibits exceptional performance and selectivity
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ResearchArray of compounds found in plastics promote fat cell formation in vitro
A third of thousands of chemicals that leach from consumer polymers linked to the development of fat cells
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ResearchCurie temperature high makes organic ferroelectric pair stand out
Homochiral organic ferroelectrics get set to upgrade smart and medical devices
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OpinionJim West’s marvellous microphone
Ainissa Ramirez highlights an African American scientist who created one of the most used technologies of our modern age, but whose name is barely known by the general public
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ResearchNew phenomenon ‘quantum friction’ explains water’s bizarre properties
Theory offers explanation why water behaves oddly when flowing through nanoscale carbon-based channels
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ResearchLeft-handed nanoparticles are far better vaccine adjuvants than their mirror images
Chiral gold nanoparticles shown for the first time to elicit differing immune responses in cells and live mice
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ResearchRobotic production line gives 2D materials a twist to produce multilayer structures
Precise fabrication of heterostructures with up to 80 layers will allow exploration of these materials’ exotic properties