Metal-organic framework (MOF) that employs O2 from air can oxidize substrates under ambient conditions

Ruthenium immobilized with corn starch is highly efficient and recyclable catalyst for oxidative cyanation of tertiary amines

Color switching between green and white luminescence possible with ionic liquid crystals that contain terbium

New platinum complexes that form metallogels in organic solvents also have interesting photochromic properties

Improved light harvesting in the visible region with addition of a coumarin group to iridium(III) complex

The very high bond orders in Cr–Cr revealed to be of similar reactivity to C–C multiple bonds

New experimental setup lets researchers "watch" biologically relevant radicals in action

High therapeutic potential of compounds that help hemoglobin release its oxygen load could improve cancer treatment

New ‘deconvoluted’ fullerene derivatives that preserve a section of the fullerene motif show promise for solar cells

Fluorescent probes that quickly accumulate in the cell remove the need for washing step and selectively label intracellular proteins