Photo Chemistry – Pagina 2

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    Iron embroidery

    2023-05-03T11:51:00Z

    Source: Ludovic Troian-Gautier, C&EN Nature offers the most beautiful crystal structures. But beauty is certainly not absent from the lab, as shown by these iron(II) photosensitisers.

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    Threads of beauty

    2023-04-14T09:55:00Z

    Analytical polymer chemistry can be quite colourful, as shown in this X-ray diffraction pattern of a nylon fibre.

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    About the birds and the genes

    2023-02-24T08:44:00Z

    Chinese researchers show which gene in monkeyflowers has been altered so that the flowers no longer produce yellow pigment.

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    Synthetic painting

    2023-02-22T10:25:00Z

    Organic chemistry is not always exciting when it comes to using colour: white powders, colourless liquids. But it can also produce beautiful pictures.

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    What does a brain ‘sound’ like?

    2023-01-13T09:14:00Z

    We know ultrasounds as grainy grey pictures, but with the latest imaging techniques, they can look like this.

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    Traitor macrophages light up

    2022-12-06T10:01:00Z

    Floris van Dalen, PhD student at RadboudUMC, took this image of mouse macrophages acting as a model for TAMs.

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    Enlightening nerves

    2022-10-18T14:23:00Z

    Most biological cells are not very special to see unless you pass some fluorescent compounds through them. These brain cells also have an unusual shape.

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    Soap bubble solar cell

    2022-10-07T07:48:00Z

    You can see solar panels appearing on more and more rooftops. But Saudi scientists printed a solar cell on a bubble.

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    Chem brûlée

    2022-07-19T11:35:00Z

    Most mixtures that chemists create in the lab may not always look special or appetising. But every once in a while, you would be tempted to take a bite of your product.

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    Light at the end of the tunnel

    2022-03-31T12:57:00Z

    Everyone’s bowels are different. One person’s gut reacts violently to certain foods or medications, while another’s doesn’t suffer at all.

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    ‘Highest resolution ever’

    2022-01-06T13:05:00Z

    With AFM, researchers at UCL get close to the reality of the surface of a bacterium.