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We show that small quantities of 1,3:2,4-di(4- chlorobenzylidene) sorbitol dispersed in poly(ε- caprolactone) provide a very effective ...
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The experiment undertaken on I16 showed strong evidence of twinning, from the ‘speckled’ Bragg peaks of manganites crystallites. This was ...
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Better understanding of the distribution of elastic and plastic strains in deformed polycrystalline, multiphase materials is important for ...
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Chirality, the property of an object to exist as distinguishable mirror image forms (known as enantiomers), is ubiquitous. Intriguingly, the ...
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We have demonstrated the use of a new technique for determining absolute crystal chirality by resonant X-ray diffraction of circularly polarized ...
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Diamond Light Source has been used to profile a new zeolitic microporous solid, created via a process that had previously been thought impossible. ...
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Electronic devices are getting smaller all the time, and the challenge is to make the individual components as small as possible without affecting ...
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In 2006 the Stardust mission returned to Earth with the first bona fide samples of a short period comet 81P/Wild2. Micron – sized dust samples ...
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The vast majority of the electronic devices today are based on silicon technology and their performance and operation depend on the movement and ...
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Great Britain is an island nation, with over 11,000 miles of coastline*. But the coastline is continually changing, due to the process of coastal ...
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Metal-on-metal hip replacement is a treatment for “wear and tear” arthritis (osteoarthritis) – one of the commonest diseases in the world. These ...
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Battlefield use of depleted uranium (DU) weapons has generated considerable controversy because of the potential long-term effects on the ...
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Framework structures are molecular cages which are capable of selectively trapping atoms, ions and molecules within the cage. Materials that adopt ...
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Peptoids are analogues of α-peptides where the backbone is achiral due to the proteinogenic side chains being relocated from the α-C to the amide ...
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The two prototypical members of the Fibroblast growth factors (FGF) family, FGF-1 and-2, have fundamentally distinct binding requirements and the ...
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Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) are molecular structures, constructed from metal cations linked by organic molecules. They have recently shown ...
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Cancer comes in many forms, but it is characterised by cells rapidly dividing out of control. Chemotherapy refers to a group of drugs which use a ...
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Extending our knowledge of how magnetic materials behave on an atomic scale has led to considerable technological advances, particularly in the ...
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Researchers into from Imperial College London and Harvard University have used Diamond to solve a 20-year-old puzzle about how HIV establishes ...
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MX beamlines are extremely powerful instruments for solving the structure of proteins. There are nearly 100 operational Macromolecular ...
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