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Chemical Technology

Chemical technology news from across RSC Publishing.



Issue 4


Instant Insight

A schematic of the current flow through a semiconductor

Instant insight: Organic field-effect transistors

18 March 2008

Marta Mas-Torrent and Concepció Rovira look at how small molecules can be used as processable semiconductors


Interview

Jinwoo Cheon

Interview: Flying high with nanomedicine

14 March 2008

Jinwoo Cheon tells Stephen Davey how nanoparticles can be used in medical diagnostics.


Application Highlights

Artificial cilia

Miniature mixing inspired by nature

06 March 2008

Dutch scientists have copied nature to develop a faster and more efficient method for mixing small volumes of liquid.


Tablet making

Big impact for small reactors

14 February 2008

Microreactors show their potential as a tool for industry in a fast and efficient amide synthesis.


The bacterium-sensing chip

Detecting a microbe among millions

06 March 2008

A sensor that can discriminate between closely related bacteria has been developed by material scientists in the US.


Reverse-glass painting

Watching paint die

04 March 2008

The decline of decaying paintings could be reversed thanks to a new technique from German scientists


Electron micrograph of niobium metal

Metals without the meltdown

13 February 2008

Scientists have found a practical, cheap and environmentally friendly way of producing the industrially important metal niobium.


Glass-coated microchannel

Glass-coated microchannels

28 February 2008

Scientists in the US have developed a simple method of coating the channels of microfluidic devices to make them more resistant to chemicals.


Stretching device

To sort, simply stretch

11 March 2008

Researchers in Sweden have come up with a straightforward method for sorting particles in microfluidics - simply stretching the microchannel


Additional Web Content

A cobalt complex and a car with an inflated air bag

High impact safety measures

25 March 2008

Chemists in France have synthesised new compounds from old, for an alternative for air bag inflation.


Essential Elements

Oxygen symbol

A winning combination

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