A diverse range of composite materials can be formed through the multistep growth of coordination polymers

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Biofriendly approach for the synthesis of differently shaped gold nanostructures

A magnetic can be used to recycle catalytic nanoparticles that could be used for an important and widely used set of reactions

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

Modified emulsion polymerization gives excellent control of the shape and thickness of shells of core-shell nanoparticles

Silicon nanowires can be doped with surprisingly high amounts of aluminium during their growth

Hexagonal macrocycles with a diameter of 21.3 Å can be synthesized on a Cu(111) surface to produce hexagonal arrays of "nanotroughs"

Basic alkali–metal salts improve a catalyst for steam reforming of methanol

Au nanoparticles decorated with calix[4]pyrroles sense fluoride anions with high selectivity and efficacy in organic media