Materials – Page 26
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ResearchMicroscopy reveals mantis shrimp’s shock-absorbing secrets
Impact-resistant layer is a combination of stiff inorganic and soft organic material
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ResearchAtoms in mixed-metal MOFs found to adopt predictable patterns
Multi-metallic materials could be encoded with instructions for synthesis or separation
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ResearchHow does hair blunt steel blades?
Electron microscopy reveals how hairs chip and crack stainless steel blades while shaving
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ResearchKnotted molecules can transfer chirality from the nano to the macroscale
Simply unknotting a molecule added to liquid crystals can invert their chirality
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ResearchMolecular ferroelectric is one cool crystal
Scientists find powerful new type of electrocaloric material
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ResearchRed–orange–yellow reclaims polymorph record with help from molecular cousin
Mixed crystal seeding with molecular mimic yields two new Roy polymorphs, making it (again) the compound with the most crystal structures
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BusinessDow to cut 2000 jobs worldwide
Cuts prompted by slowdown in high value construction and automotive materials
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ResearchIntroducing the tubulararenes, a new class of strained aromatic compounds
Electroactive container molecules built from the bottom-up
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ResearchMacrocycles slide freely across carbon nanotubes
Simulations suggest macrocycles show superlubricity at room temperature
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BusinessReducing food waste by touch
Mimica’s tactile food labels know better than best-before dates
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BusinessIneos to buy BP petrochemicals businesses for $5bn
Deal covers 14 acetyls and aromatics manufacturing plants and 10 joint ventures
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OpinionChemists amid coronavirus: Omar Farha
An MOF pioneer has just reopened his lab at Northwestern University after more than two months, with new social distancing precautions
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ArticleThe race for a sporting breakthrough
Good methods and process understanding are key to overcoming the challenges of designing high performance sportswear materials
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ResearchUltrasound makes nano-waves, generating ‘green’ radicals
Chemical engineers use high-frequency soundwaves to dissociate water without catalysts or electrolytes
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ResearchFirst reaction on carbon nanobelts creates largest ever iptycene
Diels-Alder reactivity signals that carbon nanobelts could be useful building blocks for large macrocyclic carbon-based structures
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ResearchBeautiful molecules ring up with a purpose
How Stephen Goldup used his experience in organic synthesis to find a supramolecular niche
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ResearchPost-silicon age dawns as carbon nanotube transistors made in chip factories
Moore’s law could hold true for many years to come with a little help from nanotubes
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ArticleSustainable solutions for plastics: the future role of lignins
Could lignins provide a sustainable alternative to petroleum in plastics development?