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

Understanding how the passivating layer on a gold surface forms could see more accurate biosensors developed

It is possible to create nanoscopic particles of platinum with precise shapes using facet-specific peptide sequences, according to US chemists

The successful generation of bare [CuO]⁺ has revealed the final piece of the puzzle about the activation of methane

Good agreement in calculations and experiment reveal how an important pre-catalyst used in olefin metathesis is activated

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Tracking bismuth uptake at the single-cell level using mass spectrometry could see new anti-ulcer drugs developed

An overview of the current issue of Angewandte Chemie

New manufacturing technique could see the elusive green LED become as powerful and cheap as its red and blue counterparts

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