Derek Knight, Senior Scientific Advisor, talks about the fascination and challenges of his job and what makes regulatory sciences so exciting
Career: As A Chemist at the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
Heterojunction Nanostructures for Self-Powered UV Photodetectors
Excellent electrochemical and photovoltaic properties are exhibited by SnO2-based hybrid materials that are grown on carbon cloth
Sonication-Induced Gelation
Self-assembly of functional dyes into extended gel nanostructures can be judiciously manipulated by the use of ultrasound
Nanotubes for Energy-Storage
Porous nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes with a high specific capacitance have potential for supercapacitors and lithium/sulfur batteries
Microgels for Glucose-Dependent Insulin Release
A group of American scientists developed microgels that release insulin in response to changing blood glucose levels
Picture Competition 2013
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Hybrid Nanoscale Ligand
A new salen–C60 dyad forms complexes with transition metals, thereby tuning the optical, redox, and catalytic properties
Fun with Chemistry: Vote & Submit Chemistry Jokes 2013
Vote how much you like a joke and submit your own; it will be added to the form and the best one will win a prize
Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Show the Way
Iron oxide nanoparticles precisely direct stem cells to damage tissues, thereby increasing their therapeutic potential
Titanium Dioxide for Sensitive Immunosensors
Titanium dioxide nanolayers as electrodes and titanium dioxide nanoparticles for enhanced immunosensing using electrochemiluminescence