Materials – Page 70
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ResearchSmart bandage gives wound treatment the green light
Easy to use dressing monitors oxygen levels in healing tissue
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ResearchIonic liquid-gas interfaces: more than a surface glance
Low-energy ion scattering reveals ionic liquid surface make-up
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NewsInventors of blue LED win physics Nobel
Japanese trio awarded Nobel prize in physics for work that led to the development of the elusive blue light emitting diode
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ResearchLignin boosts sunscreen performance
Researchers in China and Canada have found that commercial sunscreens with added lignin block more UV rays
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FeatureBetter cleaning through chemistry
Chemistry World’s competition winner, Tessa Fiorini, investigates the complexities and chemistries behind seemingly simple products
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PodcastTantalum pentoxide
Lars Öhrström explains how tantalum(V)oxide banished ‘the brick’ and allows your mobile phone to fit in your pocket
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BusinessBayer to sever polymer arm
German chemical giant’s exit from the materials world will help fund its crop and healthcare ambitions
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NewsFirst flexible graphene display paves the way for folding electronics
Team behind the bendy e-reader display hope to have a full colour graphene-based smartphone style screen within a year
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ResearchGermanium enters 2D scene
Meet germanene, the latest addition to the family of elements that have a two-dimensional allotrope
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PodcastChemistry World podcast - September 2014
We speak to Paul Clarke about the challenges of natural product synthesis and discuss the pros and cons of perovskite solar cells
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ResearchWaste office paper comes to a sticky end
Paper cannot be recycled into new paper indefinitely, so scientists are searching for alternative options
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ResearchFlexible solar cell woven into fabric
Solar cell textiles could one day power wearable electronics
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FeatureThe power of perovskites
Andy Extance finds out how the efficiency of perovskite solar cells has risen so quickly
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ResearchStefano Farris: Food packaging chemistry
Stefano Farris discusses how his research could help reduce the amount of plastic used to wrap ham, cheese and pasta
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PodcastMagnesium oxide
You may have created it in a fiery flash or taken it to soothe a burning stomach. Simon Cotton on magnesium oxide
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ResearchSwellable polymer sponges up CO2
‘Knitted benzene’ polymer network outperforms commercial carbon dioxide sorbents under harsh conditions
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