Synchrotron Radiation

Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology, RIKEN and Tohoku University have developed a silicone polymer chain that can self-assemble into a 3D periodic structure. They achieved this by using their recently reported self-assembling triptycene molecules to modify the ends of the polymer chains. The more

If you combine two or three metals together, you will get an alloy that usually looks and acts like a metal, with its atoms arranged in rigid geometric patterns. But once in a while, under just the right conditions, you get something entirely new: a futuristic alloy called metallic glass. The amorph more

Using a newly developed technique, researchers from Japan, Germany and the U.S. have identified a key step in production of hydrogen gas by a bacterial enzyme. Understanding these reactions could be important in developing a clean-fuel economy powered by hydrogen. The team studied hydrogenases - enz more

Molecules, Vol. 23, Pages 1534: Circular Dichroism in Fluorescence Emission Following the C 1s→π* Excitation and Resonant Auger Decay of Carbon Monoxide Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules23071534 Authors: Martin Pitzer Philipp Schmidt Christian Ozga Andreas Hans Philipp Reiß Ivan D. more

IJMS, Vol. 19, Pages 1748: Synchrotron Radiation X-ray Diffraction Techniques Applied to Insect Flight Muscle International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms19061748 Authors: Hiroyuki Iwamoto X-ray fiber diffraction is a powerful tool used for investigating the molecular more

It is desirable to establish a method for evaluating mechanical properties, such as modulus and strength, of micrometer and sub-micrometer thick polymer films. Bulge tests, where bulge deformation is imposed on films by the pressure of an inert gas, are suitable for satisfying this demand. However, more