Library of potential low molecular weight hydrogelators synthesized; will guide production of novel inexpensive, easy to use water purification platforms
pH Tunable Hydrogelators for Water Purification
A. Müller Receives Staudinger Prize
Axel Müller, University of Bayreuth, receives the Hermann-Staudinger Prize of the GDCh
pH Tunable Hydrogelators for Water Purification
Dramatic dye uptake by newly synthesized hydrogelator which will guide the production of novel inexpensive and easy to use water purification platforms
Bert Meijer To Give TCR Lecture
Bert Meijer, Eindhoven University of Technology, will give The Chemical Record Lecture at the Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan
What, Another Nobel Prize in Chemistry to a Nonchemist?
Roald Hoffmann discusses the purpose of the Nobel Prizes and why areas like biochemistry should be recognized
Efficient Apoptosis Inducer
(–)-7S-OH-lentiginosine has been efficiently synthesized and is an apoptosis inducer that has low cytotoxicity toward healthy cells
Angewandte Chemie 8/2012: Hard and Soft
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
Breaking the Nicotinamide Habit
Combining chromate reductase with Rh catalyst gives simple route to reduced conjugated C=C bonds without the need for nicotinamide cofactor
Heterogeneous Catalysis Using MOFs
Incorporating highly active Pd nanoparticles in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) gives heterogeneous catalyst for Heck reactions
Accurate Monitoring of Thrombin Activity
Use of fluorophore increases the sensitivity and accuracy of the thrombin generation test for estimating blood's clotting ability