All articles by Phillip Broadwith – Page 27
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Research
Building nanographene by organic synthesis
Japanese chemists are looking to direct cross-coupling of C–H bonds to build graphene from the bottom up
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FeatureDyeing for a place in the sun
Can dye-sensitised solar cells compete with silicon and emerging alternatives? Phillip Broadwith investigates
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Flerovium and Livermorium take seats at the periodic table
Names for elements 114 and 116 ratified by Iupac
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NewsPhoto-finish for Olympicene
UK chemists have synthesised and imaged a molecule that closely resembles the Olympic rings
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Research
Borosulfate breaks through
German chemists have created what they say is the first of a new kind of free borosulfate anion cluster
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Research
Keep stirring that Suzuki
Reactor shape can influence the behaviour of organotrifluoroborate compounds in Suzuki cross-coupling reactions, say chemists in the UK
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News
Static's secret rests with material exchange
Transfer of nanoscale fragments found to be far more important than previously thought for producing static charges
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Research
Static's secret rests with material exchange
Transfer of nanoscale fragments found to be far more important than previously thought for producing static charges
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News
Germanium-oxygen double bond takes centre stage
World's first germanone created using bulky ligands to stabilise highly reactive bond
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Germanium–oxygen double bond takes centre stage
World's first germanone created using bulky ligands to stabilise highly reactive bond
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PodcastEthylene glycol
From polyester fibres to antifreeze, this little molecule makes it all possible
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News
Polymer thermometer picks out cells hotspots
A fluorescent polymer can be used to take the temperature of organelles within a cell
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News
Magnetic levitation to measure protein binding
Diseases could be diagnosed cheaply in the developing world using a simple device that measures density with magnets
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NewsGraphene slips deeper into lungs than predicted
Researchers discover that once graphene enters the lungs the immune system has trouble getting rid of it
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Bending carbonyl reactivity rules
A method for reducing a ketone or ester in the presence of an aldehyde bypasses the standard carbonyl reactivity hierarchy
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How to measure solar cell efficiency correctly
A UK researcher aims to level the playing field for solar cell efficiency claims with a set of simple guidelines
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NewsNanopore sequencing bags its first genome
Oxford Nanopore sequences a viral genome and aims to launch its sequencing platforms within the year
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