Chemical technology news from across RSC Publishing.
Issue 5
Instant Insight

Instant insight: Nothing but surface
17 April 2009
Alexander Czaja and colleagues discuss the possible applications of metal-organic frameworks for the chemical industry

Instant insight: Probing radioactive research
14 April 2009
Microfluidic reactors could revolutionise radiopharmaceutical synthesis, according to Siemens' Arkadij Elizarov
Interview

Interview: Seeking the killer application
08 April 2009
Abe Lee talks about the fundamentals of micro- and nanofluidics, lab-on-a-chip devices and finding the microfluidics 'killer application'
Application Highlights

Lasers blow cells over microwalls
01 April 2009
Scientists have used the unusual curving properties of laser beams to hurl microparticles and cells over walls

Chip mimics metabolism
01 April 2009
Drug metabolism studies can be conducted on smaller samples than before thanks to an on-chip electrochemical cell designed by European scientists

Bacteria generate cleaner power and water
13 March 2009
Microbial fuel cells can store away carbon dioxide as well as produce electricity, according to an international team of scientists

A new twist on actuator architecture
24 March 2009
Spiral opals change colour and shape in response to their chemical environment

Lab on ice
24 March 2009
Experimental apparatus made from ice can be used as detecting systems for solvent extraction and chromatography, claim Japanese scientists

Magnets control drug release
30 March 2009
A smart tissue-like biomaterial that can release drugs in response to a magnetic trigger has been created by UK scientists

Magnetic beads clean up phage display
24 March 2009
Microfluidic washing can improve drug candidate identification, according to US scientists
Essential Elements

Lab on a Chip goes YouTube
RSC Publishing has launched a YouTube site featuring videos from its journal Lab on a Chip
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