Carbene anchors can be used to add a secure monolayer to a gold surface, and could circumvent limitations of thiol bridges
New Carbene Anchors for Gold Surfaces
250th Birthday: Nicolas-Louis Vauquelin
Nicolas-Louis Vauquelin discovered chromium and beryllium; answer to Guess the Chemist (17)
Intellectual Freedom in Academic Scientific Research under Threat
Sir John Meurig Thomas, UK, argues that scientific research motivated by intellectual curiosity is being restricted by funding bodies
Mixing Water and Oil: A Magic Process
A bottom-up process for making dodecane-in-water nanoemulsions in just ten seconds has been reported
Nanomachine Drug Delivery
A sensing–actuating nanomachine based on Janus Au–mesoporous silica nanoparticles for enzyme-controlled cargo release
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Catalyst Keeps Fruit Fresh Longer
Even at low temperatures, platinum nanoparticles on a support catalyze breakdown of ethylene
Making Molecular Switches
Catenane synthesis is studied with the aim of producing molecular switches for use in molecular memory devices
Materials for New Solid-state Electrolytes
The use of a new anion, carbamoylcyano(nitroso)methanide, for the development of novel organic ionic plastic crystals is reported
CO2 for Chemical Synthesis
Universal method for the catalytic methylation of amines with carbon dioxide