The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for February 2011

Most Accessed Articles: February 2011

Reinventing LCDs
Using microflows rather than voltage improves liquid crystal displays (LCDs) by making refresh rate ten times faster

How Do Nuclear Plants Work?
General introduction in how nuclear plants work

Solid-Phase PCR in Real Time
First tool for real-time monitoring of solid-phase DNA amplification using the polymerase chain reaction and surface plasmon resonance

Crystallization of Energetic Materials
The explosive RDX can be produced more safely with new electrospray crystallization method that minimizes defects

EU Greenhouse Gas Reduction Policy
20 % EU greenhouse gas reduction policy best way forwardaccording to Cefic

Banana-based Water Treatment
Minced banana peels could be used to treat water discharged from mining processes, farms, and industrial wastes

Lanxess Expands High-Tech Plastics
Lanxess is expanding its global production network for high-tech plastics

Selenocyanate Contamination by Algae
Discovery that algae can produce the industrial contaminant selenocyanate could have implications for water monitoring

2010 Trends in Technical Chemistry
An overview of the latest trend report published annually in Nachrichten aus der Chemie, the GDCh magazine