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German Government and BASF Launch Long-Term Nanomaterial Safety Study
€5 million funding will enable externally advised project to study effect of nanomaterials on the lungs.
How to Enhance the Efficiency of Polymer Solar Cells
Structure-property correlations can be helpful in gaining higher efficiencies in polymer solar cells. Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill analyze these correlations in terms of LUMO-reducing moieties, and effectively using electron withdrawing and side-chain substituents.
Is It Ripe? Carbon Nanotubes Can Sense Fruit
Carbon nanotube-based ethylene sensor establishes fruit ripeness
Advanced Materials Top 40 for May 16, 2012
Many new entries in the Top 40 most-read papers in Advanced Materials last week, including work on graphene, organic and oxide semiconductors, plasmonics, and nanostructures.
Tuning Heteroatoms: Making Efficient Photocatalysts
An international research team have designed and developed a method for synthesizing photocatalysts with tunable heteroatom distribution.
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New Material to Effectively Clean Oil Spills
A steel mesh with a porous hydrogel layer is both superoleophobic and superhydrophilic, allowing water to drain while retaining oil.
Mato Knez receives Gaede Prize 2012
The German Vacuum Society and the German Physical Society have honored Dr. Mato Knez for his exceptional achievements in the development of new concepts for materials synthesis on the nano and microscale via atomic layer deposition.
German Government and BASF Launch Long-Term Nanomaterial Safety Study
€5 million funding will enable externally advised project to study effect of nanomaterials on the lungs.
Advanced Materials Top 40 for May 16, 2012
Many new entries in the Top 40 most-read papers in Advanced Materials last week, including work on graphene, organic and oxide semiconductors, plasmonics, and nanostructures.
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Polymer Science – The Next Generation
A special issue in Macromolecular Rapid Communications presents the diverse research of young talents working in polymer science around the globe.
New Chairman of Supervisory Board at Carl Zeiss AG
Dr. Dieter Kurz elected as new Chairman, effective immediately.
Simulated digestion: nanomaterials improve drug absorption
Materials which can improve drug absorption in the body have been developed using silicon dioxide nanoparticles.
More biocompatibility for polyurethane
Polyurethane can be made more biocompatible for medical devices by grafting chitosan on it.
Solar Photovoltaic Industry Leaders Announce Global Solar Council
Representatives of leading international companies in the solar photovoltaic industry announce the founding of the Global Solar Council.
Book Review: Biocatalysis in Polymer Chemistry
Nico Bruns from the Department of Chemistry of the University of Basel reviews Biocatalysis in Polymer Chemistry, edited by Katja Loos.
A Two-Legged Molecule: Small Molecule With Independent Movement
A small molecule able to move independently along a track has been developed by researchers at the University of Edinburgh.
SkyScan Micro-CT Product Line for 3D X-Ray Imaging
Bruker Presents SkyScan Micro-CT Product Line for 3D X-Ray Imaging in Materials Research
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