A microscopic pump starts up when irradiated with UV light but its material continues to work when the stimulus is removed.
Tough films with ultralow content of hard phase
Researchers from France prepared exceptionally stiff and tough polymer films with a very low volume fraction of percolating phase.
Climate Conundrum
Sustainability – solar fuels from the sun, not fossil fuels from the earth.
From carrots to flat-screen TVs: 125 years of liquid crystals
A topical issue of Angewandte Chemie and a GDCh Colloquium in Darmstadt, Germany.
Graphene-polymer composites for barrier applications
Recent research into combining graphene, graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide with polymers for use as barrier materials is reviewed.
Magnetisation controlled at the picosecond level
A terahertz laser developed at the Paul Scherrer Institute makes it possible to control a material’s magnetisation at a timescale of picoseconds.
New trends in the design of molecularly imprinted nanoparticles
Experts from Michigan Technological University review the recent developments in molecularly imprinted nanoparticles by surface imprinting techniques.
Topical Issue "Optoacoustic Imaging and Spectroscopy for Biomedical Diagnosis"
Bio-optical methods have been an essential tool for biological observation and clinical diagnosis, and optoacoustic (photoacoustic) imaging is now emerging.
New optical sensor can detect individual nanoscale objects
Special polydimethylsiloxane-coated deformed microcavity acts as an optical “whispering gallery”.
Raman spectroscopy pixel by pixel
Raman spectroscopy provides molecular specificity through spectrally-resolved measurement of the inelastic scattering under monochromatic excitation.