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Highlights in Chemical Technology

Chemical technology news from across RSC Publishing.



Issue 4


April, 2007, Issue 4

Instant Insight

Detection of chemical vapours

Instant insight: Sensing at the interface

27 March 2007

Molecular recognition is the key to chemical sensing. Enrico Dalcanale and Laura Pirondini, University of Parma, Italy, explain how to avoid false positives.


Interview

Rustem Ismagilov

Interview: Making sense of complexity

29 March 2007

Rustem Ismagilov talks to Neil Withers about all things microfluidic...and economics.


Application Highlights

An NMR spectrum superimposed on a NMR spectrometer

Removing interactions simplifies spectra

06 March 2007

UK researchers have improved a technique that simplifies the NMR spectra of mixtures, enabling the spectrum of each individual component to be seen


A splitting droplet

Splitting the droplet

07 March 2007

Have you ever accidentally put milk in a cup of tea and wished you could take it out again?


bacteria

Reducing the legacy of pollutants

28 March 2007

A new system for treating harmful persistent organic pollutants has been developed by researchers based in Birmingham, UK.


A paper-like polymer based rechargeable battery

Flexible battery power

15 March 2007

Japanese scientists have made a paper-like, polymer-based rechargeable battery.


The portable, self-contained analytical system

Clean fuel?

19 March 2007

Equipment for the continuous monitoring of trace elements in gas from a biofuel gasification reactor has been developed by UK and German scientists.


A plume of smoke, rising from a chimney stack

Time is called on alcoholic plumes

13 March 2007

US chemists have come up with a way of detecting the amounts of toxic and volatile chemicals given off from industrial chimneys.


Better labels for proteomics

Better labels for proteomics

21 March 2007

Researchers in the US have developed a new reagent for studying proteins.


Essential Elements

Project Prospect's a big hit

Launched at the beginning of February, Project Prospect is an exciting new initiative from RSC Publishing.

Analytical Abstracts: new and improved

Analytical Abstracts has been thoroughly redeveloped to increase usability, making it an ideal web resource for researchers in analytical and bioanalytical science.

And finally...

The Sheraton Hotel in Brussels, Belgium, was the setting for the third triennial RSC Editors' Symposium, held from 17th-19th February.

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