Bulky substituents shown to restrict conformational space in lanthanide complexes and thereby affect isophthalate affinity

Anion Binding Controlled by Remote Substituents

Chromophore-Linked Substrate
A chromophore-linked substrate, CLS405, was developed and used to probe metallo-β-lactamase activity and inhibition

Anion Sensing by Surface-Assembled Rotaxanes
Rotaxanes incorporating an electrochemically and optically active reporter group self-assemble into molecular films that sense Cl anions

High-Power Energy Source
New SnO2-based nanomaterials, prepared by a facile vacuum-assisted impregnation method, as anodes for lithium-ion batteries

Growing Gallium Nitride Crystals
Understanding the ammonothermal method for growing GaN crystals

Early Detection of Cancer
Fluorophore-labeled cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors for the noninvasive detection of tumors

Synthetic Rubber
Understanding of the effects of the ancillary ligand and the co-catalyst on isoprene polymerization

Home-Spun Fibers
Electrospun hierarchical CaCo2O4 nanofibers are promising materials for lithium-ion batteries

New Technique for Analyzing Transition-Metal Catalysts
Finding out which is the carbonyl ligand on your catalyst just got easier thanks to X-ray emission spectroscopy

Amide Hydrogenation in Flow Reactor
Amines are produced by amide hydrogenation over a bimetallic platinum-rhenium catalyst in a high-throughput vertical flow reactor