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Hot article: Cycloaddition of TM Hydrazides
30 September 2008
A collaboration from the UK, Australia and France have synthesised cycloaddition products of transition metal hydrazides with alkynes and heteroalkynes.
Hot article: Star polymers via a thiol-ene click reaction
29 September 2008
US researchers have synthesised three-arm star polymers by thiol-ene click reactions of RAFT-generated polymers and a trifunctional acrylate.
Cracking charge density
25 September 2008
UK scientists answer the all important question: how many electrons are there on each atom in a molecule?
Hot article: Aptamer glues Thrombin into nanostructures
25 September 2008
Scientists in Israel describe the self-assembly of thrombin nanowires using alpha and beta bis-aptamers.
Hot article: Silica micro-tube networks
24 September 2008
Scientists in Beijing have prepared functional silica micro-tube networks that could have applications in molecular imprinting, catalysis or micro-reactors.
Hot article: Unprecedented self-penetrating net
24 September 2008
Scientists in China have prepared new metal-organic materials that are magnetic and exhibit an unprecedented 3,4-connected self-penetrating net.
Hot article: Photoluminescent well-organised films
22 September 2008
Scientists in Japan describe the film fabrication of layered rare earth hydroxides that show anion-exchange and photoluminescent properties.
Hot article: Cryospray Mass Spectrometry identifies a unique nanostructure in solution
19 September 2008
A collaboration of scientists from the UK, Greece and the US have used self-assembly in solution to create a new class of nano-cluster
Cells take direction from virus
18 September 2008
Liquid crystalline scaffold imparts order on cell arrangement
Chemical Communications reaches over 5 for its 2007 Impact Factor!
19 June 2008
Newly released ISI citation data shows that Chemical Communications has its highest impact factor to date!
Hot Article: Marine natural product synthesis
18 September 2008
A concise total synthesis of the marine macrolide (+)-neopeltolide has been completed by scientists in the UK.
Inhibiting the spread of superbugs
11 September 2008
UK chemists have found a small molecule with the potential to overcome the spread of the deadly infection MRSA
Designing natural product hybrids with anticancer activity
04 September 2008
A potent hybrid of two anticancer natural products has been designed and synthesised by UK chemists.
Nanoparticles hunt down cancer cells
03 September 2008
Cancer cells can be detected then destroyed using a nanostructure designed by South Korean researchers
Probing mercury contamination
02 September 2008
Detecting mercury pollution could become a lot easier, thanks to a new visual technique developed by scientists in China
Mismatched DNA analysis by eye
02 September 2008
Colourful approach to detecting DNA variations takes the heat
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