A calixarene ligand can be used to create a new class of lanthanide clusters with potential in magnetic and luminescence studies

Highly energetic nitrogen compounds that can be readily detonated but do not explode on simple impact developed

Robust 3D printing approach for printing materials with easy-to-modify surfaces to eliminate the need for multiple 3D printers

Silica-titania nanofibers could provide a tougher filter for cleaning up water contaminated with sewage or industrial pollutants

A new method to selectively hydrogenate imine bonds by using an iridium complex has been developed

A mass production technique for reducing brilliant white titanium dioxide to black for applications in solar energy conversion has been devised

Joseph Wang, University of California, USA, has been awarded the Spiers Memorial Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

The chemical synthesis of a masked analogue of a fish antifreeze protein has been developed

Philip Mountford, Oxford University, UK, has been awarded for his work on metal–ligand multiple bonding and polymerization catalysts

A polymer endowed with metal-catecholate functional groups can absorb toxic chemicals from the air