High-pressure techniques allow access to novel nitride structures
High Pressure Nitride Synthesis
Novel Superacids
Strong Lewis and Brønsted superacids based on pentafluoroorthotellurates synthesized; corresponding weakly coordinating anion stabilizes carbocations
Detecting Whiskey Forgery
Paper-based spot test can identify adulterated whiskey
Black Phosphorus Nanosheets for Catalysis
Effective catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction
Studying Methanol Conversion with NMR
Investigation of the first carbon-carbon bond formation step in the methanol-to-hydrocarbons reaction
Crack-Resistant Oxide Glasses
Lithium aluminoborate glass featuring the highest crack resistance ever reported for a bulk oxide glass
Summer Reading 2017
Editors recommend entertaining science-related books for your summer break
Cobalt-Catalyzed Alkylation of Alcohols
First known example of a coupling of secondary alcohols with primary alcohols catalyzed by a cobalt pincer complex
Hydrogen Bonds Involving CF2H
Difluoromethyl can act as hydrogen bond donor and as OH group surrogate
Making Diabetes Drugs Cleaner
Identification and characterization of seven previously unknown impurities in anti-diabetic drug