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

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

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Chemotactic Attraction
Two differently shaped catalytic motors can sense chemical gradients in microfluidic channels

What is the Right TD-DFT Functional?
The choice of exchange correlation function in time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) has a great impact on accuracy

Physical Chemistry Prizes Awarded at the 112th Bunsentagung
The German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry presented several awards at their annual conference in Karlsruhe

Cytotoxicity of Graphene Oxide
Are graphene oxide production methods interchangeable? A study into their cytotoxicity examines this dilemma

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

Wonderlab Comic – Save My Phone!
Richpunzel resorts to extreme measures to dry her new phone after an accident