Highly active catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction were synthesized by using KCl nanocrystals as sacrificial templates

Self-Templated Electrocatalysts

Direct Cross-Coupling of Organolithium Reagents
Cut Out the Middle Man! Cross-coupling of organolithium reagents with aryl and vinyl triflates

Gold Nanowire Forests as Sensors
Gold nanowire forests serve as excellent substrates for surfaced enhanched Raman scattering (SERS)

EurJOC Lecture at ORCHEM 2014
Professor Helma Wennemers, ETH Zürich, Switzerland is the 2014 recipient of the EurJOC Lecture

Easily Changing an Organic Dye
The organic dye peryline bisimide PB-1 was modified in a single step, changing its alignment and dichroic properties

A Step Closer to Artificial Photosynthesis?
Photochemical, electrochemical, and photoelectrochemical water oxidation

Detecting Chemical Warfare Agents
A colorimetric probe selectively detects a sarin and soman nerve gas mimic

A New Class of Single-Molecule Magnets
New single-molecule magnets make functionalization and processing easier while retaining high blocking temperatures

Carbohydrate Orientation
Incorporation of a photosensitive azobenzene linker for controllable carbohydrate orientation

Reasons to Avoid Heavy Metals in Photosystems
Nature avoids heavy metals in photosystems for toxicity reasons; maybe also for the sake of the efficiency of the antenna effect