New understanding of dynamics of cutting carbon nanotubes could lead to better-quality nanotubes for use in electronics

Cutting Nanotubes with Compression

Cracking Zeolite Design
Zeolite Y crystals with hierarchical porosity have been synthesized and display close to ideal hydrocracking selectivity

New Route to Bleaching Agent
Production of chlorine dioxide for water treatment and paper bleaching achieved at ambient pressure and temperature

Tunable Plastic Thermometers
Tunable, (super)conductive plastic films made with ion beam and used for electrical resistance thermometers

J. M. Thomas Delivers Third Gerhard Ertl Lecture
Sir John Meurig Thomas, University of Cambridge, UK, has delivered the third annual Gerhard Ertl Lecture in Berlin, Germany

Continuous Flow Reactor for Coupling Reactions
Copper flow reactor removes need for additional reagents for Cu-based coupling reactions

More Soluble, Less Toxic Cellular Probes
Biocompatibility and water solubility of cellular probes have been improved with iridium complexes with carbohydrates attached

Screening Catalytic Conversion of Glycerol
Thermogravimetric setup useful for fast screening of catalysts in the dehydration of glycerol

Graphene Model
Professor H.-J. Quadbeck-Seeger, Germany, diplays the beauty of chemical structures with new molecular models - graphene shown

Improved Li Batteries
The world’s smallest battery, with an anode of a single nanowire, has been created inside a TEM to study its charging in detail