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Chemical technology news from across RSC Publishing.
Issue 12
December, 2006, Issue 12
Application Highlights
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Shards of glass give up their secrets
13 November 2006
Glass fragments collected from a crime scene can be accurately matched using a mass spectrometry technique, according to forensic scientists in the Netherlands.
An on-chip look at taurine in energy drinks
30 November 2006
A microchip method to reliably determine taurine levels in energy drinks has been developed by scientists in the Netherlands.
Getting brighter and whiter
17 November 2006
Chemists in Taiwan have made a high performance and stable organic LED that gives out white light.
How fresh is your food?
07 November 2006
A material that changes colour when exposed to oxygen could be used to indicate whether packaged food is still fresh, its inventors claim.
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Can recycling become a PC term?
23 November 2006
An efficient method for recycling polycarbonate (PC) waste has been developed by researchers from Taiwan.
Interface detects explosives
09 November 2006
An interface that can be used to detect explosives has been developed by Swedish scientists.
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Solid future for green synthesis
15 November 2006
Solid-state reactions can be scaled up for industrial chemical production in a waste-free and environmentally benign manner, claims a German chemist.
Click on to HPLC
28 November 2006
The power of 'click chemistry' has been extended to the world of separation analysis by a team of scientists in China.
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Porous films detect TNT
21 November 2006
Fluorescent films that can sense explosives have been developed by Chinese scientists.
Essential Elements
The latest Lab on a Chip news
21 November 2006
Lab on a Chip has been introducing a number of new features in 2006.
New look for the new year...
21 November 2006
Showcasing hot science from RSC journals in Chemical Science, Chemical Technology and Chemical Biology has proved very popular with readers and authors alike.
Don't miss out on Soft Matter
21 November 2006
December marks an important time for Soft Matter, the leading journal on soft matter.
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