A litmus-type sensor system for the detection of volatile organic compounds is developed using a common office inkjet printer.
Month: February 2013
Joseph DeSimone: liberal arts education shapes science startup founders
Joseph DeSimone talks to us about materials science startups and how liberal arts eduction shapes an entrepreneur.
Topological Insulators – From Materials Design to Reality
Claudia Felser, Shoucheng Zhang, and Binghai Yan catch a snapshot of the materials and applications aspect in the field of topological insulators.
Nanomaterials kaleidoscope: building a nanochemistry periodic table
In a new piece, Prof. Geoffrey Ozin makes his case for a new kind of combinatorial strategy for nanomaterials based on the idea of nanochemistry DNA.
Recent Trends in the Chemistry of Shape-Memory Polymers
Andreas Lendlein and coworkers investigate current approaches to shape-memory polymers, e.g., tailoring segment chemistry to integrate additional functions.
Nanoscale biomaterials: cutting edge bone therapy
New work seeks to control the growth mechanisms of calcium phosphate nanobiomaterials of monetite.
Swimming Microbots: Self-propelling Catalytic Micromotors Follow a pH Gradient
Scientists have developed autonomous catalytic microrobots that swim towards a specified target with a speed of 20 body length per second.
Through the Looking Glass Transition: Structure–Property Relationships in Ionic Liquids
Glass transition temperature has been used as a guide to thermal stability in ionic liquids.
Combinatorial Screening and Inkjet Printing: A Library of Novel Conjugated Low-Bandgap Polymers
Researchers from Jena have systematically studied the thin-film properties of a novel class of conjugated polymers.
All-organic gas barrier thin films fabricated from graphene oxide/polymer
“Nanobrick wall” blocks oxygen and carbon dioxide transmission, and has high hydrogen selectivity.
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