SGL Carbon’s porous reactors can synthesize hydrochloric and hydrofluoric acids and destroy pollutants in industrial waste gases.
Opening a new window: improving biological spectroscopy
December 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Label-free imaging of atherosclerotic plaques is achieved by an optical window between 1600-1850 nm for bond-selective deep tissue imaging.
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A New Look for Steel Research International
December 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Steel Research International, one of the oldest metallurgical and materials engineering journals, gets a new look.
Shrilk: A Chimera of Chitosan and Fibroin for Biodegradable Plastics
December 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A laminar composite of two common biomaterials – shrimp shells and silk – could be useful for packaging and biomedical applications.
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Remote controlled nanoparticles deliver the goods
December 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Iron oxide nanoparticles can be used to provide a local source of heating in a thermoresponsive sol–gel copolymer solution.
Seeking Candidates for Porous Burners
December 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The benefits of porous burner technology are amazing, but many materials science problems remain to be solved.
Luminescent Solar Concentrators – The Search for Photovoltaic Windows
December 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Luminescent solar concentrators might hold the key to turning everyday building components into energy-generating devices.
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Advanced Functional Polymers for Medicine – Free Access
December 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The complex requirements of modern medicine demand a variety of multifunctional materials. Polymers provide a versatile toolbox for such materials. Hydrolytically degradable polymers show temporal changes of mechanical properties during degradation and controlled drug release capabilities, while stimuli-sensitive polymers enable a non-invasive external stimulus to trigger a change in a material property in vivo. Polymers [...]
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Polymers for Anion Recognition and Sensing
December 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
New work highlights the unique effects that arise from incorporation of anion-binding moieties into polymeric systems.
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Thermally Stable Dendronized Polymers
December 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Researchers from the ETH Zurich present a novel synthesis method that leads to thermally stable dendronized polymers with aromatic dendrons.
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