A novel drug delivery mechanism based on polymeric meshes uses air as a barrier to control the rate at which drug is released
Tuning Up for Drug Release
Efficient Microrectification Equipment
Microrectification apparatus for separation of liquid mixtures on the analytical and preparative scale can be operated intermittently or continuously
What Do Solvents Do?
Stereoselectively deuterated group can probe the behavior of solvent molecules during self-assembly processes
Graphitic Carbon Nanocapsules
Simple and high-yielding solid-state pyrolysis route for large-scale preparation of graphitic carbon nanocapsules (GCNs)
Plant Hormone Synthesis Pathway
Findings could prove fruitful for agricultural researchers attempting to improve crop robustness and productivity
Gold Promotes Green Coupling
Gold nanoparticles promote the aerobic oxidative coupling of amines to alcohols or aldehydes to make useful amides
Whisky Biofuel Production
Spin-out company aims to commercialize process for producing biofuel from whisky by-products
Controlling Nanotechnology
New approach to creating hierarchical polymer components on a surface for developing novel devices
Advanced Biofuels a Reality by 2013
DSM and POET joint venture is to make cellulosic bio-ethanol competitive with corn ethanol
120 Years of Top Inorganic Chemistry — Alfred Werner
Alfred Werner's work on the spatial arrangements of atoms in inorganic complexes is celebrated as part of ZAAC's 120th anniversary