Dip-pen nanolithography can be used to draw nanopatterns with viruses as the ink

Writing with a Nanoquill

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Somorjai Talks About Surface Chemistry and Catalysis
Gabor A. Somorjai is talking about his book 'Introduction to Surface Chemistry and Catalysis'

Lotus Effect at High Pressures
High-pressure-driven flows destabilize lotus effect of superhydrophobic surfaces, but new method sustains three times the liquid pressure

Combating Old Man Winter
Physics helps to get rid of snow and ice in the winter ΜΆ but chemistry is more efficient

Mess-ter Comic β Initiation
A comic series by Sophie Lin: In part 4 she searches for the initiator of her polymerization

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
The highest honour awarded in German research has been awarded

Interviews with Chemistry Europe Presidents
In this series of interviews, presidents of the national societies of Chemistry Europe talk about their society, personal motivation, and plans for the future

Stuck like Glue
All joined together: a new class of AABB supramolecular polymers is achieved

Affect of PEG on Surface Peptides
Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) spacers linking peptides to surfaces for diagnostic purposes are assumed to be conformationally inert