Issue 9 Chemical Technology

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Chemical technology news from across RSC Publishing.

Issue 9

September, 2006, Issue 9

Application Highlights

Revolution in oxygen storage catalysts

03 August 2006

Chemists in Japan have developed an oxygen storage system with almost ten times more capacity than the conventional materials used in automotive catalysts.

A complex issue

22 August 2006

Antimony leached from plastic bottles may form a novel citrate complex in citrus juices, which could affect its toxicity, report researchers in Greece.

Possibilities in protein patterning

24 August 2006

A protein patterning technique could help fight cancer, say US scientists.

Double breakthrough adds intensity to polymer

15 August 2006

A highly luminescent polymer film that glows bright blue in response to electric current has been developed by scientists in China.

Broadening the mass spectrum

01 August 2006

Canadian chemists have used ionic liquids to broaden the range of compounds that can be studied with mass spectrometry.

Liquid crystals on a chip

08 August 2006

Intelligent liquid crystals may soon be integral in lab-on-a-chip technology, according to researchers from the Netherlands and Canada.

Can ionic liquids stand the heat?

10 August 2006

Studying ionic liquids' thermal stability is important, claim chemists in Australia.

Lab on a chip overcomes splitting headache

18 August 2006

Researchers from the US have developed a microfluidic splitting technique for separating chemically distinct samples on the nanoscale.

Essential Elements

Sex, love and our chemical nature

A new book published by the RSC, Lust and Love: Is it more than chemistry? examines the age old questions of why people fall in love and what makes people attractive.

Molecular BioSystems in the spotlight

News that the National Library of Medicine has selected Molecular BioSystems, the RSC's chemical biology journal, for indexing and inclusion in their MEDLINE database brought the j...

And finally...

Lab on a Chip and Corning Incorporated and are launching a new prize, called Pioneers in Miniaturisation, to encourage research at the micro- and nano-scale.