Porous nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes with a high specific capacitance have potential for supercapacitors and lithium/sulfur batteries

Nanotubes for Energy-Storage

Bond-Length Alternation in Overcrowded Borazines
X-ray crystallography and state-of-the art computations were applied to the question of bond-length alternation in overcrowded borazines

sp3-Carbon-Based Liquid Crystals
The liquid-crystalline phase of poly(ethylidene acetate) is described and explained by the formation of triple-helix aggregates

Hybrid Nanoscale Ligand
A new salen–C60 dyad forms complexes with transition metals, thereby tuning the optical, redox, and catalytic properties

Porous Organic Polymer Captures CO2
A moisture-stable porous organic polymer containing carboxy and triazole groups reversibly and selectively captures carbon dioxide

One-Pot Approach to α,β-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids
Carboxylation of alkynes with carbon dioxide in a one-pot approach could become a practical route to unsaturated carboxylic acids

Redox-Switchable Catalyst for Ring-Closing Metathesis
Homogeneous, redox-switchable, N-heterocyclic carbene/ferrocenyl-based catalysts for ring-closing metathesis reactions

Iron Complex with Photophysical Reversibility
True light-induced bistabiltiy in a spin-crossover molecular solid as a prototype for cooperative molecular switching

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

Diamonds—An Electrodes' Best Friend
Diamond nanoelectrode arrays can be used to study adsorption phenomena at the liquid–solid interface