Accidental contamination of substrates and polymer films gives wrong signals

Impurities in Plastic Can Spoil Your Quantum Dot Emissions

Two-Faced Buckyballs
One-pot synthesis for Janus-type fullerenol derivatives developed

How Does Thermal Paper Work?
Printing of parking tickets and receipts has to be easy, reliable, cheap, material-efficient

Behind the Science: How Does Methylaluminoxane Work?
A. Itken-Fuder talked to S. McIndoe, University of Victoria, Canada, about the influence of additives on the mechanism of action of methylaluminoxane

Copolymer Made from Inorganic Nanoparticles
Nanoparticles coated in reactive block copolymers used as monomers

Iridium-Coumarin Anticancer Conjugates
Generating superoxide anion radicals for photodynamic therapy

A T-Shirt That Can Stop Bleeding
Zeolite-cotton hybrid material developed

Using Enzymes to Make Tryptamine Analogs
In vitro biocatalytic production using a new tryptophan decarboxylase

Metal–Organic Framework Protects Frozen Red Blood Cells
Zirconium-based nanoparticles can replace toxic organic solvents or expensive antifreeze proteins

Localized Drug Synthesis Inside Cells
Biocompatible catalyst for in vivo drug generation in cell organelles