Nanoscience
The latest chemistry news and research on nanoscience, including nanotechnology, nanoanalysis, nanomaterials and nanoparticles, from the Royal Society of Chemistry's magazine, Chemistry World
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BusinessUK firm reaches tonne scale MOF manufacturing
Promethean Particles’s continuous flow process can produce carbon-capturing material at 100kg/hr
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Opinion‘Making MOFs is the most fun I have ever had in the lab’
A personal connection to the 2025 Nobel prize in chemistry
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ResearchOne-step method uses clever precursor molecule to make graphene with regular irregularities
Films that include five and seven-membered rings offer new functionality for nanoelectronics, gas sensors and catalysts
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ResearchFake microscopy images generated by AI are indistinguishable from the real thing
Materials scientists warn that raw data and replication studies are needed to tackle the looming threat of near-undetectable AI fraud
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ResearchPorphyrin ring pushes the size limit for fully aromatic molecules
Nanoring structure features 18 porphyrin units linked together by butadiyne units
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ResearchElectron irradiation converts hydrocarbon crystals into nanodiamonds
Flawless nanodiamond synthesis that wasn’t thought possible accomplished by transforming adamantane
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ResearchScientists turn to candles to make complex multi-metal nanoparticles
Method could be a simple and cheap way to make electrocatalysts with up to 25 metals
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ResearchMolecular motor stitches together catenane rings
The light-powered system produces interlocked rings, without the need for templating strategies
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ResearchCaterpillars become ‘crazy option for synthetic chemists’ to make oxygen-doped nanocarbons
In-insect synthesis could offer new routes to reach hard-to-make molecules
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ResearchNanocomplex becomes a master of shape-shifting to target tumour cells
Switching from nanofibres in the blood to virus-like particles in a tumour environment brings drugs to where they are needed
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ResearchCarbon nanotubes made from waste carbon dioxide produce surprising plasma when microwaved
Carbonate electrolysis seems to incorporate transition metals into carbon nanotubes, which sees them absorb microwave energy more efficiently
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NewsMolecular machines won a Nobel prize nine years ago, but we still can’t decide what one is
World authority on chemistry nomenclature aims to clean up molecular machine terminology
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OpinionTake two polls to help Iupac define molecular machines
An Iupac committee wants your input to guide its recommendations for key terms in the field
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OpinionPaul Alivisatos: ‘Physical chemistry brought me back into the fold’
The nanomaterials pioneer talks about coming from a family of immigrants, wandering as an undergraduate and finding his compass
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OpinionHow natural nanomotors could propel new drug delivery systems
Biological cells including bacteria, sperm cells and microalgae show promise for precision treatments
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ResearchThis nanotechnology expert works with both plant and brain cells
Could Markita Landry’s research group be any more interdisciplinary?
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ResearchGold monolayers could provide platform for studying properties of 2D metals
Nearly-freestanding structures might provide a way to study the 2D catalytic properties of gold
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ResearchSpaghetti-like nanofibres made by electrospinning wheat flour
Team calculate their ‘nanopasta’ is ‘approximately a thousand times’ thinner than threads of god
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ResearchGraphene oxide sponge soaks up gold from electronic waste
Composite many times more effective at capturing gold than existing materials
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NewsAward-winning chemist threatens to sue critic
Tensions flare in latest dispute over spherical nucleic acid technology