Images taken using an atomic force microscope have allowed researchers to observe, for the first time, the flexible and dynamic changes that occur on the surfaces of 'porous coordination polymer' crystals when guest molecules ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 4, 2018
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Scientists are getting closer to designing thermoelectric materials that efficiently harvest heat from the surrounding environment and convert it into electricity to power various devices and appliances, according to a review ...
Engineering
Nov 21, 2018
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A fragment of a single strand of DNA, built of the nucleobases cytosine and guanine, can be imprinted in a polymer—this has been shown by chemists from Warsaw, Denton and Milan. The resulting artificial negative, with a ...
Materials Science
Nov 1, 2018
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Adhesives to join components are indispensable in industry, but reliable joining is no longer sufficient. The recycling economy pushed by the EU requires proper disassembly of high-tech products, such as mobiles, into their ...
Polymers
Oct 30, 2018
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Recently, solution-processable organic semiconductors are being highlighted for their potential application in printed electronics, becoming a feasible technique to fabricate large-area flexible thin film at a low cost. The ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Oct 30, 2018
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Improvements in how samples are prepared will add range and flexibility to a method that detects the location of selected molecules within a biological sample, such as a slice of tissue.
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 24, 2018
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Your favorite foods and beverages could soon taste even better, thanks to new calculations developed at A*STAR. One significant source of flavor loss for food and beverage is from aroma molecules that are absorbed into the ...
Polymers
Aug 16, 2018
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When jewelers create a necklace, they control the order and number of each bead or jewel they use to form a desired pattern. It's been challenging for scientists to do the same thing when designing polymers—until now. In ...
Polymers
Aug 8, 2018
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In an advance that could lead to new treatments for a variety of diseases, MIT researchers have devised a new way to deliver messenger RNA (mRNA) into cells.
Materials Science
Jul 16, 2018
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While statisticians are driven by real-world problems, U of S mathematics professor Chris Soteros is motivated by the more esoteric behaviour of long-chain molecules, such as polymers and DNA, and the mathematical problems ...
Polymers
Jun 14, 2018
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