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Cheap and sensitive test for a key prostate cancer marker

Scientists in Italy have developed a cheap and disposable sensor that can detect the presence of the prostate cancer biomarker sarcosine in urine.

Worldwide, prostate cancer is the second most common tumour in males and is responsible for more than 250,000 deaths each year. An early diagnosis – when the tumour is organ-confined – dramatically improves the success of therapy and is achieved by monitoring certain marker molecules. Read the full article in Chemistry World»


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An electrochemiluminescent-supramolecular approach to sarcosine detection for early diagnosis of prostate cancer
Giovanni Valenti, Enrico Rampazzo, Elisa Biavardi, Elena Villani, Giulio Fracasso, Massimo Marcaccio, Federico Bertani, Dunia Ramaldi, Enrico Dalcanale, Francesco Paolucci and Luca Prodi 
DOI: 10.1039/C5FD00096C, Paper

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Electrical component hitches a ride with mechanical support

A new composite material that can simultaneously withstand mechanical loads and store electrical energy has been created by scientists in the UK and Belgium. Based on activated carbon fibres, the structural supercapacitor has been formed into a full-size car boot lid that can power LEDs.


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FD 172: Multifunctional Structural Energy Storage Composite Supercapacitors
Natasha Shirshova, Hui Qian, Matthieu Houlle, Quentin Fontana, Joachim H G Steinke, Anthony R.J. Kucernak, Emile Greenhalgh, Alexander Bismarck and Milo Sebastian Peter Shaffer
Faraday Discuss., 2014, Accepted Manuscript, DOI: 10.1039/C4FD00055B

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Nucleation: an article collection and an upcoming meeting

We are delighted to highlight some excellent research recently published in a range of Royal Society of Chemistry journals on a theme of nucleation and its role in directing the assembly of materials.

Nucleation – A Transition State to the Directed Assembly of Materials is also the topic of a Faraday Discussions meeting taking place in Leeds, UK from 3 March – 1 April 2015.

Find out more about the meeting on our website and then submit your oral abstract via our submission system today. The deadline is 30 June 2014.

You can also find more details about what makes Faraday Discussions different from other meetings.

We hope you enjoy the following selection of reviews and original research:

Crystallising trimesic acid from DMSO solutions – can crystallography teach us anything about the process of crystal nucleation?
Roger J. Davey, Monika Brychczynska, Ghazala Sadiq, Geoffrey Dent and Robin G. Pritchard
CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 856-859
DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26712H

Ionic co-crystals of racetams: solid-state properties enhancement of neutral active pharmaceutical ingredients via addition of Mg2+ and Ca2+ chlorides
Fabrizia Grepioni, Johan Wouters, Dario Braga, Saverio Nanna, Baptiste Fours, Gérard Coquerel, Geraldine Longfils, Sandrine Rome, Luc Aerts and Luc Quéré
CrystEngComm, 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4CE00409D

Pre-nucleation clusters as solute precursors in crystallisation
Denis Gebauer, Matthias Kellermeier, Julian D. Gale, Lennart Bergström and Helmut Cölfen
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014, 43, 2348-2371
DOI: 10.1039/C3CS60451A

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Top 10 Faraday Discussions articles January–March 2014

Read on to find out which Faraday Discussions articles your colleagues were downloading most between January and March 2014

Spectroscopy of molecules in very high rotational states using an optical centrifuge
Liwei Yuan, Carlos Toro, Mack Bell and Amy S. Mullin
Faraday Discuss., 2011,150, 101-111
DOI: 10.1039/C0FD00021C, Paper
From themed collection Frontiers in Spectroscopy

Self-assembly of biomolecular soft matter
Samuel I. Stupp, R. Helen Zha, Liam C. Palmer, Honggang Cui and Ronit Bitton
Faraday Discuss., 2013,166, 9-30
DOI: 10.1039/C3FD00120B, Paper
From themed collection Self-Assembly of Biopolymers

Hydrogen evolution on nano-particulate transition metal sulfides
Jacob Bonde, Poul G. Moses, Thomas F. Jaramillo, Jens K. Nørskov and Ib Chorkendorff
Faraday Discuss., 2009,140, 219-231
DOI: 10.1039/B803857K, Paper
From themed collection Electrocatalysis

The liquid–liquid transition in supercooled ST2 water: a comparison between umbrella sampling and well-tempered metadynamics
Jeremy C. Palmer, Roberto Car and Pablo G. Debenedetti
Faraday Discuss., 2013,167, 77-94
DOI: 10.1039/C3FD00074E, Paper
From themed collection Mesostructure and Dynamics in Liquids and Solutions

Importance of many-body orientational correlations in the physical description of liquids
Hajime Tanaka
Faraday Discuss., 2013,167, 9-76
DOI: 10.1039/C3FD00110E, Paper
From themed collection Mesostructure and Dynamics in Liquids and Solutions

Introductory Lecture: Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy: new materials, concepts, characterization tools, and applications

Jon A. Dieringer, Adam D. McFarland, Nilam C. Shah, Douglas A. Stuart, Alyson V. Whitney, Chanda R. Yonzon, Matthew A. Young, Xiaoyu Zhang and Richard P. Van Duyne
Faraday Discuss., 2006,132, 9-26
DOI: 10.1039/B513431P, Paper
From themed collection Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Spontaneous tubulation of membranes and vesicles reveals membrane tension generated by spontaneous curvature
Reinhard Lipowsky
Faraday Discuss., 2013,161, 305-331
DOI: 10.1039/C2FD20105D, Paper
From themed collection Lipids & Membrane Biophysics

Simultaneous frequency and dissipation factor QCM measurements of biomolecular adsorption and cell adhesion
Michael Rodahl, Fredrik Höök, Claes Fredriksson, Craig A. Keller, Anatol Krozer, Peter Brzezinski, Marina Voinova and Bengt Kasemo
Faraday Discuss., 1997,107, 229-246
DOI: 10.1039/A703137H, Paper
From themed collection Interactions of Acoustic Waves With Thin Films and Interfaces

A first principles comparison of the mechanism and site requirements for the electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol and formic acid over Pt
Matthew Neurock, Michael Janik and Andrzej Wieckowski
Faraday Discuss., 2009,140, 363-378
DOI: 10.1039/B804591G, Paper
From themed collection Electrocatalysis

Viscoelastic phase separation in soft matter and foods
Hajime Tanaka
Faraday Discuss., 2012,158, 371-406
DOI: 10.1039/C2FD20028G, Paper
From themed collection Soft Matter Approaches to Structured Foods

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