Chemical technology news from across RSC Publishing.
Issue 6
June, 2007, Issue 6
Instant Insight
Instant insight: Back in black
24 May 2007
Markus Antonietti, Arne Thomas and Maria Titirici discuss the hydrothermal carbonization of biomass - is it a solution to the CO2 problem?
Interview
Interview: Health and natural hazards
29 May 2007
José A. Centeno talks to Kathryn Lees about how Mother Nature affects our health.
Application Highlights
Mild green ionic liquids
03 May 2007
Washing with eutectic solvents cleans up biodiesel - and produces glycerol.
The clean art of conservation
15 May 2007
Supercritical carbon dioxide cleans up ancient textiles without damaging them
Hot-wiring enzymes for fuel cells
10 May 2007
Using anthracene to link laccase to electrodes delivers electrons straight to the active site.
Bridging the industry-laboratory gap
01 May 2007
Lab tests of single crystal catalysts bear little relation to their use in industry - until now.
On-chip solubility screening
22 May 2007
On-chip method screens many compounds' solubility rapidly and cheaply
The drive to reform methanol
11 May 2007
Decomposing hydrogen peroxide to power hydrogen production from methanol improves fuel cell efficiency.
Tunable photonics with high refractive index
18 May 2007
Scientists in Hong Kong have created a polymer with a refractive index that can be tuned as high as 1.81.
Essential Elements
Research from across four institutions, in two countries, and involving eight researchers has become the first RSC Open Science paper.
Books on chemistry in industry
The highly successful Biomolecular Sciences Book Series now includes seven titles that provide an authoritative insight to research at the chemistry-biology interface.
Pioneering RSC work on RSS feeds
RSC Publishing enhances RSS feeds with structured subject and compound information.
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