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Urgent high quality communications from across the chemical sciences.
May 2008
Miniature devices make the cut
02 May 2008
Chemically-powered molecular scissors and tweezer-like triangles offer new ways to manipulate structures on the nanoscale
Hot article: Luminescent probes in cellular compartments
07 May 2008
Scientists in Durham, Hong Kong and Spain have shown that two-photon microscopy can be used to reveal the cell localisation of a range of terbium peptide conjugates.
Catalyst mimics nature's methane oxidation
07 May 2008
Scientists in France have developed the first mild, enzyme-inspired method to convert methane to industrially valuable products
Hot article: Surface modification of gold nanorods inside polymer beads
09 May 2008
'Gold nanorods can be made stable and soluble in both polar and non-polar solvents', say US scientists.
Hot article: Effects of sticky ends
13 May 2008
Japanese scientists have investigated the self-assembled synthesis of DNA nanostructures using direct observation of charge transfer kinetics.
Hot article: Palladium catalysed ring expansion
15 May 2008
Scientists in China have prepared functionalised (arylcyclobutenyl)carbinols and hydrogenated furans in good yields and selectivities under mild conditions.
Hot article: Fullerene size matters
15 May 2008
How does the reactivity of metallofullerenes correlate with the size of the cage?
Hot article: Gold-catalysed hydroamination
21 May 2008
Researchers in America have employed a gold catalyst in the intramolecular hydroamination of unactivated C=C bonds with alkylamines.
Hot article: Functionalisation of siloles
22 May 2008
Japanese researchers synthesise 3-allyl-1-silaindenes by gold-catalysed intramolecular trans-allylsilylation reaction of alkynes.
Hot article: Sensor for screening protease specificity
28 May 2008
A hydrogel-based sensor for screening protease specificity has been developed by scientists in the UK.
Hot article: Breaking C-C triple bonds in enynes
30 May 2008
Japanese researchers have selectively cleaved C-C double and triple bonds in enynes using interactions between alkynes and electrophilic metal salts.
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