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ChemComm 2006 Cover Gallery
Eye-catching cover images are created by authors of ChemComm articles, in collaboration with the ChemComm design team. The pictures adorn the covers of the print journal, feature in the online contents list and in the online cover gallery. Authors who wish to have their artwork featured on a journal cover should contact the Editor for further information.
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Large triple-stranded helical channels incorporate chirally ordered streams of water clusters, meanwhile interweaved quadruplestranded helical chains lead to the small achiral channels.
DOI: 10.1039/B611994H
[Cu(HF2)(pyz)2]BF4 is a thermally robust coordination polymer comprised of bifluoride and pyrazine linkages that antiferromagnetically orders at a low temperature.
DOI: 10.1039/B608791D
Silver nanotubes, [Ag(pyrimidine)2]3[BF4][NTf2]2, were isolated from a complex mixture of ionic liquid, metal salt, and co-solvent, where the cosolvent provided metal ion solubility, the [BF4]-anions templated the coordination polymer, and the [NTf2]-anions insulated the nanotubes, decreasing electrostatic repulsions, and leaving very little void space in the structure.
DOI: 10.1039/B608496F
Templated ligands:a novel concept to construct heterobidentate ligands for asymmetric transition metal catalysis.
DOI: 10.1039/B609321C
A supramolecular organic/inorganic hybrid based on surfactant-encapsulated polyoxometalate exhibiting dual output luminescent logic function.
DOI: 10.1039/b606343h
Just like a rose uses both its color and its perfume to attract a bee into its cavity, an oligopyrrolic macrocycle uses bimodal recognition (i.e., both covalent and hydrogen bonding) to ''attract'' its targeted dioxovanadium cation.
DOI: 10.1039/B608143F
The cover shows a laser beam (green) exciting a dye labelled DNA probe that only emits SERRS (yellow) when in contact with the silver nanoparticle.
DOI: 10.1039/b607904k
The cover picture depicts the formation of metastable orthorhombic AgInS2 nanocrystals by decomposing [(Ph3P)2AgIn(SCOPh)4] in dodecanethiol and oleic acid at 125-200 °C.
DOI: 10.1039/B607855A
The mosaic forming the familiar periodic table symbol for silicon consists of images highlighting the optical and microscopic properties of freestanding Si nanocrystals.
DOI: 10.1039/b607476f
The image represents structural and optical aspects of the pressure-induced transformation of a mononuclear, square planar Pd(II) complex into a chain polymer containing the metal in a distorted octahedral environment.
DOI: 10.1039/B606736K
Self-assembled nanostructures with tridentate cyclometalated platinum(II) complexes.
DOI: 10.1039/B607422G
Enantioselective allylations applied to two resin-bound aldehydes were the basis for the synthesis of a diasteromer library derived from the natural product cryptocarya diacetate.
DOI: 10.1039/B607816H
The folding behaviour of torsion balance molecules is rationalised by considering the H-bond properties of the solvent (chloroform or benzene).
DOI: 10.1039/B608165G
An unprecedented anion templated interweaving orthogonal assembling strategy is used to synthesize a chloride selective [2]catenane in very high yield.
DOI: 10.1039/b606503a
The schematic illustration depicts the microtubules gliding across the kinesincoated glass surface. UV-irradiation ceased the movement, through the activation of the caged inhibitory peptide.
DOI: 10.1039/B606538D
Holograms can be engineered to change image or colour in response to different stimuli. Through modification of the polymer, holograms based on phenylboronic acids can be made selective towards glucose over other saccharides.
DOI: 10.1039/B605778K
A new labeling reagent and color assay system in water to detect binding between target molecules and library members.
DOI: 10.1039/B604723H
Fluorinated mesogens can be prepared through a supramolecular approach based on halogen bonding. Surprisingly, the microphase separation associated with perfluoroalkyl chains is absent in the mesophase.
DOI: 10.1039/B605101D
An artist's view of the evolution of multiple levels of porosity arising through successive stages of leaching in a composite inorganic material.
DOI: 10.1039/b602153k
A perfect fit!! For the first time, a small molecule, non-peptidic, inhibitor of botulinum neurotoxin A protease displays neurotoxicity protection in a cellular model. The identification and characterization of this novel class of inhibitors is detailed.
DOI: 10.1039/b603099h
Chemistry in a washing machine: dynamic mixtures obtained by reversible reaction of perfumery aldehydes and ketones with acylhydrazides allow modulation of the evaporation of the volatiles from dry fabric.
DOI: 10.1039/b602312f
Structure and function design of eight-fold interpenetrated photoluminecent metal-organic frameworks with trimeric copper(I)-pyrazolate as secondary building block.
DOI: 10.1039/B601009A
The image shows the ability of isotactic N-acrylamide oligomers to assume self-assembled sheet structures, reminiscent of protein b-sheets.
DOI: 10.1039/B601317A
New model compounds could shed light on the structural and electronic features of the Oxygen Evolving Centre responsible for splitting water in Photosynthesis.
DOI: 10.1039/B518026K
The cover depicts the molecule oxomaritidine together with the specially commissioned work called Flowing I-V by the Cambridge artist Charlotte Cornish.
DOI: 10.1039/B600382F
Synthesis and structure of the new complex hydride Li4BH4(NH2)3 solved from synchrotron X-ray and neutron powder diffraction data.
DOI: 10.1039/B518243C
Two oxidation states of a phenol-substituted porphyrin flank a surface-assembly of the molecules. The 'shades' of the molecules reflect their respective colours in the bulk state. All is against the background of a typical redbeamed Japanese temple passageway.
DOI: 10.1039/B517668A
Gold nanoparticles embedded urea gels adopt sheet-likenanostructures, reminiscent of the stacking of buildings in the New York City skyline.
DOI: 10.1039/B518289A
An electroactive and photoisomerizable monolayer linked to an electrode acts as a Write-Read-Erase system and as a Set-Reset memory device.
DOI: 10.1039/B518378B
Single enzyme kinetics of a TLL-BSA hetero-dimer, in which the BSA acts as a protein foot, was measured using confocal fluorescent microscopy.
DOI: 10.1039/B516551B
Ru-doped mesoporous Ta oxide converts N2 and H2 in ammonia under mild conditions through a novel mechanism involving N2 cleavage on low valent Ta sites.
DOI: 10.1039/b517415e
Supramolecular n-Borromean rings of different dimensions can be engineered through a modular approach based on the self assembly of fluorinated tectons via halogen bonding.
DOI: 10.1039/b516730b
The figure shows the structure of a molecular capsule with a transition metal inside the cavity, which potentially can be used for homogeneous catalysis.
DOI: 10.1039/b518274c
Two novel organic superconductors k H - and k L - (DMEDO-TSeF) 2 [Au(CN) 4 ] (THF) have been developed, where DMEDO-TSeF is the second example following TMTSF after an interval of 25 years as a sulfur-free donor providing an organic superconductor.
DOI: 10.1039/b516940b
Zeolites go organic: A fragment of the rho-ZMOF - yellow spheres represent the largest (18.2 ) that would fit in the a-cavities. Background: rho-ZMOF crystals, as-synthesized transparent and red after Acridine Orange exchange.
DOI: 10.1039/b600188m
Alkane coordination, CO/CO2 activation, and nitrogen-atom transfer using uranium complexes.
DOI: 10.1039/b513755c
A schematic illustration of the assembled structural changes of liquid crystalline complexes based on a triphenylphosphine oxide from columnar simple stack to cubic and to columnar sandwich induced by metal cation-phosphine oxide interactions.
DOI: 10.1039/b514520a
A derivative of cinchonine, a compound found in the bark of the South American cinchona tree, can be used as an effective organocatalyst for the selective synthesis of b-amino acid derivatives.
DOI: 10.1039/b515725k
Radicals masquerading as electrophiles. Depicting both radical (SOMO-LUMO) and electrophilic (LUMO-HOMO) transition state interactions when a silyl radical reacts with methanimine.
DOI: 10.1039/b515330a
Praseodymium ions induce a host-guest complex based on p-sulfonatocalix[4]arene to form helical strands, which assemble in parallel to generate a zeolite-like superhelical array.
DOI: 10.1039/B515580K
Asymmetric discrimination of cyclohexa-2,5-dienyl-1-methylaldehyde with 1,2-diaryl-1,2-diamine gave a tetrahydroindoline analogue.
DOI: 10.1039/b512161b
Charge assisted hydrogen bonding in the ionic complex [(h6-hydroquinone)Rh-(P(OPh)3)2]+BF4- results in a solid state structure featuring hydrophobic channels of aromatic phenyl rings.
DOI: 10.1039/B514543k
From carbon nanotubes to aligned microtubes: in situ self-assembly in the presence of oxidizing agent.
DOI: 10.1039/b510183b
This light absorbing p-conjugated oligomer-tetrafullerene nanoarray undergoes an intramolecular energy transfer and has been used to fabricate photovoltaic device with poly(3-hexylthiophene).
DOI: 10.1039/b510234k
A schematic illustration of the experimental set-up used to explore the morphological change of polyaniline during chemical polymerization and TEM images of the morphological evolution of polyaniline from nanofibers to agglomerates as the reaction proceeds.
DOI: 10.1039/b510956f
Porphyrins are not planar! Specifically designed highly substituted tetrapyrroles reveal an amazing conformational flexibility of the macrocycle and illustrate their functional versatility in nature.
DOI: 10.1039/B511389J
Charged with the energy of electrostatic repulsion, a mechanically-interlocked [2]rotaxane can overcome its barrier to freedom within two minutes.
DOI: 10.1039/B511575B
Visualisation of the way in which dendritic building blocks can be programmed to self assemble into a chiral fibrillar nanostructure.
DOI: 10.1039/B507416A
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