The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for March 2011

Most Accessed Articles: March 2011

Efficient Synthesis of Bielschowskysin Core
Synthesis of the core ring structure of marine natural product with anti-malarial properties achieved in five steps

Activated Methane: Greenhouse Gas Turns to Feedstock
The successful generation of bare [CuO]+ has revealed the final piece of the puzzle about the activation of methane

Angewandte Chemie 19/2011 – Porphyrins and More
An overview of the current issue of Angewandte Chemie

2D Beats 3D
Ceria, present in catalytic converters, stores more oxygen in its 2D platelet form than its 3D nanocrystalline form

Microbubbles and Microelectrolysis Decompose Pollutant
Combination of microelectrolysis and oxygen microbubbles proves effective for the degradation of phenol

New Concept For Multilayer Films
New way to make self-assembled multilayer films use electrochemistry to trigger click reaction between polymers

Improved Model for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Improved tank in series model for solid oxide fuel cells cuts computational time and predicts potentiostatic operation parameters

Templated Fullerene Synthesis
Can fullerenes be synthesized from simple and abundant precursors with the help of templates?

Stopping Amyloid Fibrillation with Nanoparticles
Can amyloid fibrillation associated with degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s be stopped by nanoparticles that act like proteins?