Materials – Page 76
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ResearchSolar panel slims down to a few atoms thick
Photovoltaic cell just 20Å wide has unusually high quantum efficiency
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Food safety test for harmful dye
Graphene electrode modified with titanium dioxide helps spot Orange II in ketchup and chilli sauces
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Inorganic nanosheet to enhance batteries
One-atom thick cobalt oxide structures show potential as electrodes for lithium ion batteries
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Carving graphene snowflakes with gases
Modifying a simple etching technique can carve fractal patterns into graphene sheets
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Biomimetic bricks inspired by mother of pearl
Development of a graphene composite with a tensile strength greater than nacre
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ResearchDroplet printing assembles soft networks
New 3D printing technique vastly scales up droplet networks, opening up new potential applications from soft robotics to drug delivery
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Ionic liquids win Great British Innovation Vote
Potential of green solvents recognised as UK technology that will shape the 21st century
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NewsJari Kinaret: Flagging up graphene
The head of Europe’s €1 billion graphene flagship talks to Chemistry World about nurturing a disruptive technology
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NewsGermany, China create nanotech centre
Collaboration will look to marine animals for bio-inspired materials to treat conditions like osteoporosis
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Harry Kroto: From light years to nanometres – and back
Harry Kroto tells us how analytical chemistry shaped the discovery of fullerenes
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FeatureTiny insights
Chemists and materials scientists are adopting a range of three-dimensional imaging techniques to reveal structural secrets. Andy Extance looks inside their work
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FeatureGreen houses
How can chemistry help reduce the energy consumption of our houses? Fiona Case shares a blueprint for the buildings of tomorrow
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ResearchSoft robots take a leap forward
Pneumatically powered soft robots can now be powered by combustion, making their movements faster
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PodcastPrussian blue
Laura Howes looks back to a time when feeling blue was a good thing - and wearing it was ‘bling’
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Graphene hits the funding jackpot
Consortium seeking European funding to investigate the material wins €1 billion in emerging technologies competition
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ResearchMopping up oil spills with marshmallows
Aerogel can suck up hydrocarbons from water, be wrung out and then reused
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NewsNanotech patent jungle set to become denser in 2013
Is a thicket of patents strangling a nascent industry?