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Instant insights archive 2007
Whirlwind tours of exciting research areas of chemical technology.
Instant insight: Holographic data storage
16 November 2007
Avtar Matharu and colleagues from the University of York, UK, explain how, when it comes to data, size matters
Instant insight: Organic nanofiltration
23 October 2007
Ivo Vankelecom of the Katholieke Universiteit of Leuven, Belgium, looks at the potential for solvent-resistant filtration - from the lab to the plant.
Instant insight: Science and art in harmony
24 September 2007
Marc Aucouturier and Evelyne Darque-Ceretti illustrate the benefit of a multidisciplinary approach to preserving our cultural heritage.
Instant insight: The shape of things to come
20 August 2007
Paul Midgley, Edmund Ward, Ana Hungria and John Meurig Thomas discuss using nanotomography to take a 3D glimpse at the nanoworld.
Instant insight: Molecular memory
27 July 2007
Nicolas Weibel, Sergio Grunder and Marcel Mayor, University of Basel, Switzerland look at functional molecules in electronic circuits
Instant insight: Polymers in nanobionics
28 June 2007
Gordon Wallace and Geoffrey Spinks of the University of Wollongong, Australia, take a close look at the interface between electronics and biology.
Instant insight: Back in black
24 May 2007
Markus Antonietti, Arne Thomas and Maria Titirici discuss the hydrothermal carbonization of biomass - is it a solution to the CO2 problem?
Instant insight: Nanocrystals as sensors
24 April 2007
Rebecca Somers, Moungi Bawendi and Daniel Nocera of MIT, US, explain how to solve a paradox: making quantum dots both bright and sensitive
Instant insight: Sensing at the interface
27 March 2007
Molecular recognition is the key to chemical sensing. Enrico Dalcanale and Laura Pirondini, University of Parma, Italy, explain how to avoid false positives.
Instant insight: Beyond electrostatics
28 February 2007
Frank Caruso and co-workers at the University of Melbourne, Australia, discuss how non-covalent interactions can be used for layer-by-layer surface modification
Instant insight: A sound idea
26 February 2007
Thomas Laurell, Lund University, Sweden, explains how ultrasound can be used to separate and move cells and particles in microfluidic devices.
Instant Insight: Developing diagnostics
15 January 2007
Samuel Sia, of Columbia University, US, outlines the challenges in bringing cheap diagnostic devices to developing countries.
Instant insight: Nanohighway to solar cells
19 December 2006
Hiroshi Imahori discusses electrophoresis as a means to make molecular highways for organic solar cells.
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