Author Archive for: David Bradley (472)

Let's Trist Again

Let's Trist Again

Magnetic switching by using light might lead to a new type of computer storage medium based on an octahedral iron salt

Silky Sunscreen

Silky Sunscreen

One of the perennially fascinating materials to be found in nature is silk; it's natural UV protective nature was investigated

Magnetic Catalytic

Magnetic Catalytic

A magnetic microgel acts as a support material for a palladium catalyst, improving efficiency and recyclability in Suzuki and Heck reactions

Synthetic Graphene Fragments

Synthetic Graphene Fragments

Synthetic routes to large, extended polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which might be considered as fragments or "cutouts" of graphene

Luminescent Clusters

Luminescent Clusters

A calixarene ligand can be used to create a new class of lanthanide clusters with potential in magnetic and luminescence studies

Energetic Materials

Energetic Materials

Highly energetic nitrogen compounds that can be readily detonated but do not explode on simple impact developed

Evolving Nanopores

Evolving Nanopores

Directed evolution techniques used to build biological nanopores with specific dimensions, thus allowing specific analytes to be targeted

Stability on the Branch Line

Stability on the Branch Line

A new explanation as to why branched alkane hydrocarbons are more stable than their unbranched isomers has been developed