Materials – Page 17
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New process could turn scrap metal into hi-tech steel in demand for cars and alloys
Ultra-low carbon steel created electrochemically
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Webinar
How polluting is plastic?
Find out the impact plastic waste has on the natural environment, from both the chemical, and microbial point of view, and how natural processes can be used to deal with plastic waste and convert into value-added products.
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News
Chemistry Nobel predictions range from free-radical chemistry to MOFs
Data-crunching goes up against gut feeling as the chemistry community weighs in on their favourites for the world’s top chemistry prize
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Research
Liquid crystals under pressure create squid-like camouflage
Pneumatic membranes trigger full-spectrum colour shifting on demand
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Business
Chemours under fire for trying to exempt fluorochemicals from EU regulation
European Court of Justice will rule on whether GenX chemicals should be listed as substances of very high concern
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Research
Giant molecular cage protects plastic-eating enzyme
Caged protein withstands temperatures much hotter than its usual melting point and becomes 1000 times more resistant to solvents
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Sunlight transforms plastic into tens of thousands of new compounds
Marine plastics don’t persist forever, sun exposure can break them down into extremely complex chemical compounds in just weeks
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Webinar
Sublime precursors: how modelling organometallics at surfaces drives innovation in materials processing
Explore atomic-scale simulation workflows – and learn about key precursor properties and the thermodynamics of adsorption
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Research
Heavy metal proteins are the secret weapon in ant bites
Protein-rich biomaterials containing zinc, manganese, copper and bromine allow ants, crabs and scorpions to pack more punch for their size
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Research
Eggshell-ent MOFs made from sustainable precursors
Green starting materials for calcium-based frameworks
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Water splitting electrocatalyst made from unconventional alloy containing 14 elements
Simple dealloying process creates complex nanoporous alloy
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Business
Massive fire at UK polyurethanes plant
One worker remains missing a week after Leamington Spa incident
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Research
Hardest amorphous material can scratch even diamond
Compressing buckyballs at high temperatures makes ultra-hard and strong carbon materials
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Semimetal study links spiral magnetism to Weyl fermions
Findings may help explain spatial modulations seen in the magnetism of other rare earth intermetallic compounds
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Research
How a single ingredient creates silky smooth chocolate without tempering
Natural phospholipids trigger cocoa butter crystallisation into glossy, tasty, melt-in-the-mouth chocolate
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Webinar
Digitalisation and the future of formulating in modern R&D labs
Learn how to remove barriers at work to implement a true data infrastructure tailored for your business
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Research
This smartwatch will self-destruct in 40 hours
Electronic waste recycling made easy with this dissolvable device
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Research
Giant crystal lattice is mesoporous but not a MOF
Non-covalent network has the largest unit cell among non-MOFs
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Research
Clever ring-strain engineering creates infinitely recyclable polymer – but are they ready to compete with commercial plastics?
Ultra-stable polymer that can be broken down into its feedstock could be a foot in the door to a circular plastics economy
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Webinar
Streamlining small-molecule discovery chemistry with Torx
Learn how to streamline small-molecule discovery chemistry using Torx Software