June 2011
Vol 48, No 4. Selected articles and reviews available online to all. Full issue available online to subscribers.
News
Forest School are top of the bench
A team from Forest School, Essex, won this year's RSC Top of the Bench competition
On-demand webcasts at The Reaction
A series of fascinating webcasts on a diverse range of chemistry-related topics
Chemistry trails
Peter Borrows takes us on another excursion into local chemistry. In this issue: water, water, everywhere, but...
Soundbite molecules - seaweed
Simon Cotton looks at compounds in the news or relating to our everyday lives. In this issue: seaweed
Web watch
Will Haywood, science teacher at Bulwell Academy, Nottingham, looks at some websites that may be of interest to chemistry teachers. In this issue: A-level support and comic element...
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The Elements
Features
The evolution of catalytic converters
From early smog problems to modern concerns about air pollution, catalysts pave the way in controlling the emissions from combustion engines
Symmetry of buckminsterfullerene
Both Euler's formula and Descartes' theorem can be used to show how buckyballs are made from closed cages of carbon pentagons and hexagons
Biomimetics
The next generation of functional materials will need to include aniostropic (directionally dependent) crystals. But how has nature been the source of inspiration for these?
Discovering iodine
From a chance discovery by a French saltpetre manufacturer, iodine celebrates 200 years of use in industry and medical science in 2011
Distillates
Health benefits of blended fruit juice
A look at recent chemical science research, contributed by the chemistry world team
Tuning into solar power with nanoantennas
A look at recent chemical science research, contributed by the chemistry world team
Zinc complexes as antimicrobial wound dressings
A look at recent chemical science research, contributed by the chemistry world team
Carbon nanotubes in large panel displays
A look at recent chemical science research, contributed by the chemistry world team
Reviews
Endpoint
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