All robots articles
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FeatureThe robots revolutionising chemistry
Researchers working with automated systems are pushing the boundaries of what chemists can achieve in the lab, reports James Mitchell Crow
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How to automate your lab
Whether it’s robots, automation or software hacks, Nessa Carson finds ways for everyone to improve how they work in the lab
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Research
Battery assembly robot brings factory consistency to the lab
System serves as a bridge between singular lab-made cells and pilot line production
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AI discovers the best general conditions yet for cross couplings, doubling yields
Algorithm works with robotic experimenter on tricky Suzuki–Miyaura reactions
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Robotic production line gives 2D materials a twist to produce multilayer structures
Precise fabrication of heterostructures with up to 80 layers will allow exploration of these materials’ exotic properties
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Stealthy robot trout could infiltrate schools of fish and monitor marine pollution
Piezoelectric robotic fish swims like the real thing and harvests energy that could power on-board sensors
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Distinguishing surface chemistry by touch
New research shows your finger can sense a single atom difference on a surface
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Universal chemistry software can turn words into chemicals
System could be the beginning of a brave new world of democratised chemistry
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IBM seeks to simplify robotic chemistry
RoboRXN system extends AI approach to extracting and checking chemistry information from patent literature to programming automation
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Your new labmate does 700 reactions in eight days – and it’s a robot
Robotic chemist optimises water-splitting photocatalyst by working continuously for eight days even in complete darkness
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Really random numbers created from crystals
Robot that monitors crystallization could lead to new ways to study stochastic processes in chemistry
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High throughput robotics score big in hunt for new porous liquids
Materials research borrows technique from drug discovery
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Opinion
The silent rise of the robots
Mechanical helpers have been creeping into our labs for decades
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Opinion
What molecules should we make with a chemputer robot?
Digitising organic synthesis could revolutionise life in the lab
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News
Automated lab at Imperial College will have robots run reactions
First national centre for reaction studies will focus on data-driven chemistry
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Opinion
In search of ultimate selectivity
A catalyst that reacts only with aryl iodides, spurning bromides and chlorides
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Screening strategy pursues photocatalytic couplings for drug discovery
High-throughput screening and flow-based scale-up combo identifies chemistry needed to functionalise drug fragments and obtain useful amounts of product
