Covalent Si–C grafting of a silatrane cage to a carbon-based interface gives a truly conjugated benzyl-type system

Organosilicon Electrodes

Solid H2O2 Alternatives
Solid H2O2 equivalents for selective oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides and ketones much safer and convenient to handle

Cs+ Ion Removal
A microporous vanadosilicate is highly effective at removing Cs ions from groundwater, seawater, and nuclear waste solutions

New Class of Photocatalysts: Molecular Cerium Vanadium Oxide Clusters
Two new di-cerium-containing vanadium oxide clusters show promising visible-light photooxidative activity

New RSC President
Professor Dominic Tildesley is now president of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK

Mass Production of Synthetic Diamond
A new chemical vapor deposition system boosts single-crystal diamond production to 100 grams a day
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Lanthanide-Containing [2]Rotaxanes
The first anion-templated synthesis of a lanthanide-containing interlocked molecule is demonstrated

Si−Ru Complex Probes DNA Mismatches
A silicon−ruthenium hybrid complex can selectively detect cytosine−cytosine and cytosine−thymine mismatches in DNA

Metal−Organic Frameworks: The New Jack of All Trades for (Inorganic) Chemists
Roland A. Fischer, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, discusses the IUPAC definition of a MOF

A Silicon Twist
Simple route to polyamino-substituted 1H-siloles - important components of LED and other electronic materials