Materials – Page 43
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Research
Thousands of 2D materials are just waiting to be discovered
Survey of 3D materials that can be exfoliated suggests there’s plenty of other analogues to graphene out there
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Nanoclaw ‘flytraps’ catch bugs in the blood
Bendy nanowires that trap bacteria could fight life-threatening sepsis
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Sniffing out museums' decaying plastic artefacts
Analysing volatile compounds may help museums protect old celluloid film and other polymer heritage items
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Production line for gecko-inspired adhesive
Scientists devise manufacturing process for material that replicates a gecko’s remarkable stickiness
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‘Bullet-proof’ wood developed
Chemical treatment makes ‘densified’ wood 10 times tougher than its natural counterpart
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Flocks of nanorobots could form artificial muscles
Hundreds of biomolecular robots can be programmed to swarm together to create shapes
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Skin-mimic material is as tough as teeth
Self-healing material combines best of skin’s properties
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Atom thin mirrors’ reflectivity can be turned on and off
Molybdenum diselenide layer mirrors could have optoelectronic applications
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News
Chemicals strategy to lay out UK government aspirations after Brexit
Twenty-five year environment plan short on details
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Feature
Chemistry beyond Moore's Law
Can anything replace the silicon in our mobile phones and laptops? The hunt is on, reports Hayley Bennett
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Unpicking a unique molecular network
Computational modelling informs self-assembly solution
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From cement to batteries with help from a wombat
Vanessa Peterson is in the fast lane when it comes to relating atomic-scale structures to a material’s function
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Opinion
A question of reproducibility
Survey of metal–organic frameworks raises concerns about the reliability of adsorption data
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First doubly holey MOF holds catalysis promise
Macroporous particles made out of microporous material could catalyse reactions between bulky molecules
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Indigo genes dyeing to make jeans cleaner and greener
Denim dye could become more environmentally friendly with some clever chemistry
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Article
2017 in review - Atoms, bonding, materials and synthesis
2017 in review – Atoms, bonding, materials and synthesis
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Research
MOF squeezes catalyst into shape for switching reactivity
Porous material switches on nucleophilic organocatalyst’s hidden electrophilic site
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Graphene transformed into diamond under pressure
Effect unique to bilayer graphene could be exploited to make ultrathin protective coatings