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Chemical Communications

Urgent high quality communications from across the chemical sciences.



November 2006


Gold electrode

Hot Article: Surprising photocurrent generation

09 November 2006

Chromophores may not be involved in current generation in artificial solar energy converters


Fullerene

Hot Article: Dissolving buckyballs to treat cancer

10 November 2006

A fullerene copolymer that is highly water soluble could find use in photodynamic therapy.


H2/02 Fuel Cell

Hot Article: Inorganic ionic liquids for fuel cells

10 November 2006

Inorganic ionic liquids can be used as electrolytes in fuel cells, according to researchers from the US.


glycosyltransferases

Hot Article: An easier way to make glycans

14 November 2006

Researchers in Canada have found an alternative, cheaper way of making complex carbohydrate structures found in biological systems.


Testing a fuel cell

Hot Article: Enzyme-powered fuel cells

16 November 2006

Enzymes could replace platinum catalysts in hydrogen fuel cells, suggest scientists from UK and Germany.


Dimethylbarbituric group

Hot Article: Bimetallic catalysis

17 November 2006

UK chemists assemble three molecular building blocks into a complex organic molecule using a catalytic mixture of iridium and palladium.


Karman vortex street flow pattern

Hot Article: Vortex creates nanowires

28 November 2006

Chinese scientists have used fluid vortex patterns to grow nanoscale disks and wires.


Predicting pi-conjugation

Hot Article: Shedding light on pi-conjugation

29 November 2006

Designing molecules with particular photochemical properties could be possible, say scientists in Germany.