First photo-ionic version of a triode – made up of the active components anthracene unit, amine group, crown ether – synthesized
An in-depth look at a selected research article and its significance.

Chemist's Three-Part Logical Thinking

Theoretical Chloride Clusters to Help Chemical Engineers and Geochemists
The stepwise solvation mechanism of free gaseous dichloride anion pairs was found to be quite interesting in many respects

Building Anticancer Drugs Without Side Effects
Late-stage divergent synthetic route allows the synthesis of analogues of bleomycin, a common anticancer drug

Finding a New Solution to Chemical Problems
Switchable-hydrophilicity solvents (SHSs) are potenial alternatives to the commonly used volatile organic solvents (VOCs)

Anything C Can Do, Can BN Do Better?
With state-of-the-art theoretical calculations a tetragonal phase of BN which is dynamically stable and metallic has been proposed

Molecular Dockers Move Microscopic Cargoes
A cargo transport system that works at the microscopic level and triggered by light has been devised and constructed

Silky Sunscreen
One of the perennially fascinating materials to be found in nature is silk; it's natural UV protective nature was investigated

Fullerenols: Fulfilling our Future Energy Needs
Carbon to catalyze low-carbon, hydrogen economy

Sniffing Out Sulfur Insights
A compound found in peanuts and coffee, and used as a common food additive, was studied spectroscopically to reveal conformational details

Is Graphene Really a 2D Material?
The need to make more quantitative use of the total electronic charge density distribution is demonstrated by a long unsolved problem