More realistic exposure scenario for wearing Ag- and TiO2-engineered nanoparticle-containing textiles

New McKinsey report identifies five catalysts for growth and describes their possible impacts till 2020

Au nanoparticles deposited onto a poly(ethylene glycol) substrate quickly coarsen depending on their location on the polymer film

Diamond nanoelectrode arrays can be used to study adsorption phenomena at the liquid–solid interface

New cathode material for sodium-ion batteries—a low-cost alternative to lithium—approaches the theoretical capacity for Na batteries

Organocatalytic continuous-flow Michael additions give great selectivity and good product diversity

A supramolecular cubooctahedron packed with 240 boron atoms has been synthesized using coordination-driven assembly

Method to direct-write a low viscosity liquid metal at room temperature into a variety of stable free-standing 3D microstructures

Martyn Poliakoff, UK, and freelance filmmaker Brady Haran discuss how YouTube can be used to inspire the next generation of chemists

2-benzoxopinones were synthesized by a dual activation strategy, involving N-heterocyclic carbene catalysis and a second Lewis base