Bottom-up, stepwise synthesis allows construction of peripherally functionalized hexaphyrins with unsubstituted meso carbon atoms

Colorfast pigments made from amorphous arrays of silicon dioxide and carbon black

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for April 2013

The winners of the annual national and bi-national prizes of the SCF include Klaus Müllen, Santiago Alvarez Reverter, and Samir Zard

Pincer carbene ligands mediate the coupling of a coordinated acetonitrile ligand and its unusual reactivity opens application in catalysis

Narrowing the distribution of grain sizes in nickel-titanium thin films could make them stronger

A ZnO/TiO₂ heterojunction semiconductor photocatalyst in which two reactive TiO₂ {001} facets are untouched by the ZnO

Superhalogens, inorganic entities with extraordinarily high electron affinities, could theoretically ionize water clusters

Thermally stable ionic liquids prepared for the electrodeposition of metallic silver with high deposition rates

A solvent and temperature driven self assembly of nanoscopic coordination cages with uranium ions at their heart has been developed