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Chemical Technology

Chemical technology news from across RSC Publishing.



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The abacus groove in the microfluidic droplet counter

Counting the drops

21 November 2008

Korean scientists have created a microfluidic abacus that allows them to add droplets together


Chemical Technology

Issue 12 of Chemical Technology now published

19 November 2008

Drawing together the best content from all RSC publications to highlight the latest applications and technological aspects of research.


Micelle releasing contents

Drug delivery on target

17 November 2008

A peptide found in tumour cells can trigger the release of drugs from a novel nanocarrier, claim South Korean scientists


Glass microreactor and coin

Instant insight: Photochemistry goes micro

11 November 2008

Michael Oelgemöller and Emma Coyle discuss how microreactors may change synthetic organic photochemistry


Separated state of the microemulsion

Shine a light for separation

07 November 2008

UK scientists have used light to separate complex chemical mixtures


Nanoparticle dispersion inside a magnetic field

Magnetic solution for sticky problem

07 November 2008

Belgian scientists have discovered a new method to stop nanoparticles sticking together


Fingerprint

Fingerprints show their dark side

04 November 2008

A new fingerprinting method could help forensic scientists detect prints on almost any surface


Fish

Sensors go with the flow

04 November 2008

Blind cave fish inspire scientists to develop a flow sensor


Gillian Greenway

Interview: Taking the lab to the field

04 November 2008

Gillian Greenway talks to Freya Mearns about taking analytical chemistry out of the lab and into the real world


Microscale version of Girl with a Pearl Earring

Lasers draw protein pictures

30 October 2008

Scientists have recreated a famous painting on the microscale using a new protein patterning technique


Malaria-carrying mosquito

Sweet solution for on-card reagent storage

29 October 2008

Storing dry reagents on microfluidic cards could lead to easier disease diagnosis in the developing world


Nanowire joint

Scaled-down soldering

27 October 2008

Japanese researchers have created a permanent metal link between two nanowires


Thin film

New spin on electronics production

24 October 2008

Chemists have taken a significant step closer to the goal of cheap, flexible and printable organic electronic displays


Ball-mill

Back to the grind-stone

24 October 2008

Solid-solid reactions provide a greener way to useful metal complexes


Schematic representation of bacteriorhodopsin

Instant insight: Protein takes charge

23 October 2008

Yongdong Jin, at the University of Washington, Seattle, US, and colleagues explain why bacteriorhodopsin is a leading candidate for biomolecular electronics


Spiros Pergantis

Interview: The flying chemist

20 October 2008

Spiros Pergantis talks to May Copsey about metals in biology and the environment, the future of metallomics and how he nearly became a pilot


Supernova

Results that are out of this world

20 October 2008

A test for chromium in meteorites could reveal details about the evolution of the Solar System