Hiding that unsightly scratch to your partner’s car could soon be quicker and cheaper with self-healing polymer activated by light

Healing With Light

William Lipscomb (1919 – 2011)
Nobel Chemist, William Lipscomb, passed away last week

Two Platinums Fight Cancer Better than One
Dinuclear platinum complex shows remarkable activity against cancer strain typically resistant to chemotherapy

Self-Organized Graphene Patterns
Self-assembly approach to making surface patterns in graphene oxide could see their use in electronic devices become cheaper

Stopping Amyloid Fibrillation with Nanoparticles
Can amyloid fibrillation associated with degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s be stopped by nanoparticles that act like proteins?

Molybdenum Catalysts for Fuel Cells
Molybdenum-based catalysts found to be cheaper and faster for hydrogen production than platinum-based catalysts

Single Peptide-Surface Interaction
Investigations into how peptides bind to surfaces show that weak, non-covalent interactions may be the key to new biomimetic materials

C–P Coupling by Decarboxylation
A versatile protocol for construction of C—P bonds opens the way for a range of new coupling partners to be used

Brighter Future for OLEDs
Could a one-atom thick sheet of chlorine revolutionize the next generation of flat-panel displays and lighting technology?

Rise of the Micromachines
Self-propelled microrockets that pickup and transport pancreatic tumor cells under physiological conditions have been developed