Materials – Page 77
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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?
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Cutting edge chemistry in 2012
What discoveries caused the biggest buzz in chemistry labs in 2012? Chemistry World reviews the ground breaking research and important trends in this year’s crop of chemical science papers
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FeatureOvercoming small obstacles
Fabrication methods combining printing and lithography have proven fertile. Andy Extance now asks how successful will they be outside the lab