A magazine providing a snapshot of the latest developments across the chemical sciences.
Issue 8
Research Highlights
Molecular diodes hit new highs
UK researchers have made a molecular diode that they say could provide the answer to electronic device miniaturisation.
Biosensing benefits from ionic liquids
Enhanced biosensors are on the horizon thanks to research on ionic liquids by scientists in the US.
Molecular switch controlled by pH
A colour-changing molecular switch that can be monitored by the naked eye has been developed by chemists in Taiwan.
Analysing atmospheric aerosols
A technique for studying aerosol droplets could provide crucial information for global climate modelling.
Hexaferrocenylbenzene - the impossible molecule
Chemists in the US and Denmark have made a molecule that many had thought would be impossible to synthesise.
Arthritis drug found in mushrooms
Mushrooms could play a pivotal role in the treatment of arthritis, suggest scientists in Germany and Vietnam.
Testing time for nanoscale chemical reactors
Nanoscale transport system design will benefit from a cost saving innovation, claim researchers in the US and Japan.
Nanoparticle support for enzymes
Gold nanoparticles can stabilise enzymes at air-water interfaces, enhancing their applications as biocatalysts.
Scientists in the UK have developed a new class of luminescent probe for the biomedical imaging of zinc.
DNA as a nanoscale building material
Scientists in the US have used DNA tiles to build a range of nanostructures with potential applications in bio-nanotechnology.
Have you ever wondered why jelly wobbles? The answer lies with colloids, reports a scientist in the UK.
Complex intermediate for MRI contrast agent
UK chemists reveal experimental evidence for a postulated intermediate in MRI contrast agent formation.
Magic impurities not magic nanotubes
The electrocatalytic properties of some carbon nanotube electrodes are actually caused by impurities, report scientists in the UK.
Research revealing factors affecting bone cement setting will aid the design of cements with tuneable properties, claim UK scientists.
Essential Elements
Impact factors of RSC Journals have risen by an average of 10%, according to newly-released ISI® figures.
One small step for Soft Matter...
Soft Matter will separate from its host and become a solo publication in January 2007, it has just been announced.
The Analyst is updating its scope to place greater emphasis on detection science, it has been revealed.
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