Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) can be made solution processable via outer surface functionalization using N-heterocyclic carbene ligands
An in-depth look at a selected research article and its significance.

Adapting Metal-Organic Frameworks to Form Porous Liquids and Composite Membranes

Caging Fullerenes to Make Them Multifunctional
Organic cage acts as a shadow mask for regioselective functionalization

Dissolving Noble Metals without Aqua Regia
Highly concentrated solutions of aluminium salts dissolve Pd, Pt, and Au

Shortening the Synthesis of para-Quinones
Using furans as Diels–Alder diene equivalents

Could There Be Helium Compounds on Uranus and Neptune?
Calculations indicate possible ammonia–helium compounds at high pressure

Adding Complexity Using an Organic Dye
Dearomative cycloadditions using an organic photosensitizer instead of metal catalysts

New Carbon-Based Nanostructures
Regularly fused pentagon–heptagon pairs

Biomimetic Eye with a Nanowire Retina
Hemispherical perovskite nanowire array used for image-sensing

1000-Year-Old Color Puzzle Solved
Molecular structure of medieval blue watercolor dye determined

Dissolving Precipitates with Hydrothermal Molten Salts
New solvent system changes the solubility of inorganic compounds in supercritical water