Materials – Page 12
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ArticleHow analytical chemistry is enabling efficient polymer recycling
Waters technologies are helping its customers to make the shift to sustainable plastic use
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ArticleDriving environmental sustainability across the polymer supply chain with a digital chemistry strategy
From synthesis to formulation, manufacturing, recycling and reprocessing, computational modelling supports every part of process
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ResearchCarbon dots help sniff out nanoplastics in the air
Electronic sensor developed that can detect airborne nanoplastics, including their types, amounts, and sizes
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ResearchActive liquid climbs walls
A two-phase liquid containing molecular motors could create a new class of soft matter
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ResearchElectrons become chiral reagent in polymer synthesis
Chiral polymer made from completely achiral chemicals using only electrons’ angular momentum
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BusinessRocket-powered carbon dioxide conversion
Barton Blakeley is lowering the carbon footprint of silica and other materials
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ResearchFirst organic magnesium electride is stable at room temperature
Molecule has potential in redox reactions, as it’s highly soluble in organic solvents and easily stored in a glovebox
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BusinessJ&J to phase out talc-based baby powder worldwide
In the face of thousands of lawsuits, firm will switch to cornstarch-based formulations
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ResearchCombining expertise to develop remote-controlled nanomaterials
Beatriz Pelaz explains how her research tackles bionanomaterials from multiple angles
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ResearchManganese coordination polymer separates xylene isomers
A highly flexible and stable material offers new opportunities for industrial xylene purification
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OpinionRobert Mokaya: ‘I have been lucky to open a lot of doors’
The innovative materials chemist on a love of making things and opening doors for others
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ResearchUnique phenomenon discovered as gel shifts to a liquid, then back to a gel and back again
Discovery could offer insight into unusual natural events
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ResearchMetallic deuterium made at pressures rivalling those found at the centre of a planet
Synthesis could aid study of high-pressure superconductors
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BusinessChemours sues over US PFAS safety limit
Fluoropolymer maker appeals new safety standard for GenX, calling it ‘scientifically unsound’
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OpinionLessons in meaning from surface science
Do the measurements we take in vacuum mean anything in real-life situations?
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ResearchMOF nurtures stem cells to differentiate into neuronal cells
Challenging task of coaxing stem-cells to differentiate could become easier thanks to metal-organic frameworks
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NewsChemistry Nobel laureate Robert Curl dies at 88
Curl’s passing means that all three scientists who won the 1996 chemistry Nobel prize for discovering fullerenes are gone
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ResearchRecord-breaking rotaxane prepared on polymer bead
Polystyrene beads decorated with 1014 rotaxane molecules
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ArticleAiding material formulation QC with a modern flexible LC platform
Learn how Waters latest HPLC platform can help modernise materials formulation QC testing regimes
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ResearchHighly stable aerogel could protect firefighters and spacecraft from extreme heat
Amorphous structure studded with nanocrystals survives stress and strain that would break an ordinary aerogel