All Matter articles – Page 128
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ResearchComplex amines made easy (and cheap)
Iron-catalysed cross-coupling brings together nitroarenes and olefins in a single step in boon for drug makers
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ResearchGetting closer to secrets on the seabed
Scientists in Spain are developing a technique to analyse minerals and artefacts underwater
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ResearchMolecular pump points way to non-equilibrium chemistry
Chemical system mimics nature’s trick of accumulating molecules against a concentration gradient
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ResearchResearch shines light on perovskite solar cell manufacturing
Efficiency record for perovskites may be broken after development of new manufacturing method
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ResearchTaking the lead on drug discovery
Making compounds that promise to become useful drugs has just become a little easier
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ResearchMalaria drug could cash in on green chemistry
Minimising acid and solvent toxicity brings surprising benefits in artemisinin production
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ResearchCocaine users sweat over fingerprint analysis
Surface mass spectrometry quickly detects cocaine metabolites in fingerprints
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ResearchJellyfish skin perfect mould to cast complex nanoparticles
Hierarchical silver hybrid particles are cheap to make and have good catalytic activity
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ResearchGraphene-wrapped diamond ball bearings cut friction to virtually nothing
Discovery could help save energy and money, but still needs to overcome limitations in humid conditions
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ResearchEspresso maker brews up tasty extraction
Household appliance isolates flu drug raw material from star anise while minimising pigment contamination
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ResearchTerpene analogues bear safer pesticides
Synthetic biology route to new versions of natural products, with surprising biological activities
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Polymers curl up and take control
Single polymer chains can be shaped into globular nanoparticles to mimic nature’s catalysts
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ResearchGold-plated onion shows its strength as artificial muscle
New artificial muscle made by applying a voltage across gold-plated onion cells
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ResearchChemists snare 17-electron half-sandwich radical
Important organometallic complex finally isolated and characterised after 40-year pursuit
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ResearchCarnivorous plant adhesive helps cells stick
Chemical analysis of the glue sundews use to catch insects suggests potential for tissue engineering
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ResearchMolecular shuttle slides into the solid state
Rotaxane ‘switch’ has been successfully wedded to a metal–organic framework
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Floppy polymer defies convention to form rigid framework
Hybrid metal–organic frameworks could be engineered with a whole set of new properties
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ResearchAnton Toutov: The power of potassium
Anton Toutov discusses how using potassium to make silicon-containing organic chemicals has shaken up chemistry
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ResearchMicromotor catalyst powers up hydrogen production
Catalytic particles offer new cheaper and safer way of storing hydrogen for vehicles