Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes

Current opinion: What is a nanoplastic?

With the large amount of attention being given to microplastics in the environment, several researchers have begun to consider the fragmentation of plastics down to lower scales...

Magnetic nanoparticle design for medical applications

Infinite-layer iron oxide with a square-planar coordination

Conventional high-temperature reactions limit the control of coordination polyhedra in transition-metal oxides to those obtainable within the bounds of known coordination geomet...

<i>Ab initio</i>structure determination of the Γ form of<scp>D</scp>-sorbitol (<scp>D</scp>-glucitol) by powder synchrotron X-ray diffraction

A high-resolution powder synchrotron X-ray diffraction pattern of the Γ form of D-sorbitol has been recorded at 293 K on the BM1B beamline at the ESRF (Grenoble). The starting m...