Issue 5 Chemical Technology

A magazine highlighting the latest applications and technological aspects of research across the chemical sciences.

Issue 5

May 2006, Issue 5

Application Highlights

South Korean scientists have used fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) to detect DNA hybridisation in a microfluidic channel.

Phased out: extracting homogeneous catalysts from solution

US researchers have demonstrated a polymeric catalyst that is easily removed from solution.

Lipid tubes go further

German and Swiss researchers have found a simple method for making very long lipid tubes for use in tailor-made microfluidic networks.

Symmetrical electricals

Inorganic chemists have developed a fuel cell that uses the same material for both of its electrodes.

Taking the heat out of flammability testing

Chemists are working with fire safety researchers to investigate high throughput techniques for speeding up the testing of fire retardant materials.

Chemistry-based computers

Chemists from Israel and China have developed a functionalised electrode that acts as a memory element for encoding and processing information.

Can cellulose rival petroleum?

Cellulose is set to become a bio-renewable feed-stock to rival petroleum-based alternatives, according to Shengdong Zhu of Wuhan Institute of Chemical Technology, China.

Detecting cancer through fluorescence

Healthy and cancerous cells lining the oesophagus fluoresce in different ways, report French researchers.

Essential Elements

Royal recognition for green technology

One of the Queen's Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education was recently awarded to Queen's University Ionic Liquids Laboratories (QUILL), Belfast, UK.

New journals free for all

Celebrating a successful first year of publication, RSC Publishing will provide free access to all readers of its two new journals, Soft Matter and Molecular BioSystems.

And finally...

Over 200 people gathered at the RSC reception in the Hilton Hotel, Atlanta on 26th March.