All Matter articles – Page 161

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    At the top of the cascade

    2007-07-26T12:08:00Z

    David MacMillan, a leading light in organocatalysis, takes James Mitchell Crow on a tour of the field

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    The perfect host

    2007-06-29T14:03:00Z

    Could artificial enzymes finally be about to shake up catalysis? James Mitchell Crow investigates

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    The click concept

    2007-03-28T13:35:00Z

    To some, 'click chemistry' is simply a relabelling of standard organic chemistry practices. Others follow its principles almost religiously

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    The terahertz gap: into the dead zone

    2007-03-01T10:36:00Z

    New materials are opening up applications for terahertz radiation in the physical, biological and medical sciences. Joe McEntee reports

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    Metallic plastic

    2006-10-30T10:49:00Z

    Metal-containing polymers stand to benefit from the mechanical properties of polymers and the chemical properties of metals. Tom Westgate finds that recent advances in design and synthesis make these materials far more than mere chemical curiosities

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    The beauty of chemistry

    2005-04-11T12:27:00Z

    Can a chemistry experiment be beautiful? Philip Ball gives his opinion and invites us to see beauty in everything

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    Getting the numbers right - the lonely struggle of Rydberg

    2004-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Johannes Rydberg was one of the grandfathers of modern-day physics and chemistry, but persuading his peers to recognise his theories of atomic structure was not always easy. Mike Sutton delves deeper.