Precise reproduction of inorganic template shape to create hollow cubic and tetrahedral polymeric capsules with excellent pH, shape, and mechanical stability after core removal
Anisotropic Micro- and Nano-Capsules
November 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Polymer Reaction Engineering: Topical Issue of Chemical Engineering and Technology
November 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
New special issue on cutting edge developments in the field of polymer reaction engineering.
What Can Nanochemistry do for Hydrogen Storage?
November 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Professor Geoffrey Ozin from the University of Toronto shares his thoughts along with those of Professor David Antonelli from the University of Glamorgan, regarding the role that nanochemistry can play in the current hydrogen storage challenge.
Nanomemory – Devices Based on Nanotubes and Nanowires
November 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
French scientists have made light-sensitive memory devices by combining carbon nanotubes and silicon nanowires.
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T. Yoshida on ‘Electrodeposition of Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Thin Films’
November 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
In this latest author commentary, Dr. Tsukasa Yoshida reveals the story behind his Feature Article in Advanced Functional Materials
Artificial ECM with chemical, electrical, and mechanical cues for stem cell differentiation
November 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A new 3D artificial extracellular matrix provides a combination of chemical, electrical, and mechanical cues to influence stem cell differentiation.
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Nanochemistry: Who Owns It ?
November 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
So who owns nanochemistry? Should “all” the credit be given to chemistry pioneers of the past 20-30 years or were the foundations of nanochemistry already laid in the field of colloid chemistry, the origin of which can be traced to a century earlier?
Nanowelded Tubes are Superstrong
November 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A team in Japan have made stronger than ever metal-carbon nanotubes junctions by nanowelding multiwalled carbon nanotubes to the contact surface.
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Nanometer Precision in Nanotube Heterojunctions
November 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Nanotubes whose properties alternate with nanometer precision can be made by a simple electrochemical process, show German scientists.
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Fluorographene: The World’s Thinnest Insulator
November 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The remarkable properties of graphene and Teflon have been combined in a new material by the winners of this year’s Nobel Prize for Physics.
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