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Enhanced photocatalytic activity in composites of TiO2 nanotubes and CdS nanoparticles.
DOI: 10.1039/B617027G
Enzymatically triggered self-assembly of poly(ethylene glycol)-attached oligopeptide into well-organized beta-sheet nanofibers.
DOI: 10.1039/B616577J
In search of watersoluble chalcogenometallate semiconductor compounds, a series of compounds with first discrete M/Sn/Te anions [M4Sn4Te17]10- or a polymeric derivative {[Hg4Sn3Te13]6-}n of the ternary anionic structure- all featuring optical absorption energies in the semiconductor range-have been synthesized by reacting K+ (or Rb+) or Cs+ salts of [SnTe4]4- with MCl2 (M = Mn, Zn, Cd, Hg) in H2O.
DOI: 10.1039/B616000J
A schematic illustration of the transition to a hexagonal columnar liquid-crystalline phase due to acid-induced spiro-merocyanine isomerisation of a spiropyran derivative that forms isotropic liquids.
DOI: 10.1039/B615775K
Structure of the first double S-heterocyclic annelated perylene bisimide and columnar arrangement of its 1 : 2 complexes with pyrene.
DOI: 10.1039/B615385M
New fluorescent magnetic nanocomposites, based on magnetite nanoparticles, a polyhedral silsesquioxane and a porphyrin derivative as potential agents for MRI and biological cell imaging.
DOI: 10.1039/B615054N
A fluorescent sensor incorporating a quinoline group and a D-glucosamine group was designed for detection of Hg2+ in natural water.
DOI: 10.1039/b614754m
A chiral nematic phase for a liquid crystal substituted [60]fullerene separating from the liquid. Superimposed above is the proposed molecular 'boojom' structure of the fullerene.
DOI: 10.1039/b614320m
Self-assembly of highly symmetrical square-planar halide complexes of phosphine-stabilised stibenium salts.
DOI: 10.1039/B611727A
Promoting one reaction pathway for regiocontrol of the Heck reaction using ionic liquids.
DOI: 10.1039/B611430J
The composition of a self-assembled monolayer formed from a multicomponent solution alters over time, but can be reversed by monolayer disruption.
DOI: 10.1039/B610919P
The image shows a schematic representation of the highly fluorescent thin films prepared by electropolymerization from an electroactive precursor and their application for LEDs.
DOI: 10.1039/B610643A
The addition of K+ ions promotes the rearrangement of a hexanuclear [(cymene)Ru(pyridine-3,5- dicarboxylate)]6 complex into a dodecanuclear coordination cage with an icosahedral geometry.
DOI: 10.1039/b610223a
A DESI source adapted to examine samples up to 3 metres from the mass spectrometer via a long ion transfer tube is used to ionize traces of RDX molecules in Composition C-4 by spraying reactant Cl- ions onto the surface of the contaminated box forming stable adducts with RDX which are then transported back to the distant mass spectrometer, which is isolated from the sampling room via a protective shield.
DOI: 10.1039/B608899F
Cascade thia-zip reaction enables the first total synthesis of macrocyclic cysteine-knot microprotein MCoTI-II; background: flower of M. cochinchinensis, the plant from which MCoTI-II is derived.
DOI: 10.1039/B608762K
High performance solution processed organic thin film field-effect transistors based on benzene-fused bis(tetrathiafulvalene) compounds.
DOI: 10.1039/B608335H
A schematic illustration of the copolymerisation of ethylene with norbornene by nonbridged half-titanocene over historic architecture (Kasuga Taisha Shrine, Nara, The World Heritage).
DOI: 10.1039/B607976H
1D arrangement of discotic crystalline molecule-modified Au nanoparticles.
DOI: 10.1039/B607648N
Photo-responsive molecular wires of lipophilic Fe(II) 1,2,4-triazole complexes in organic media and their controlled self-assembly.
DOI: 10.1039/B607310G
Cooperative self-assembly of nanocrystal micelle building blocks with silicate under controlled kinetics leads to the formation of ordered nanocrystal/silica particles with a well-organized external topology.
DOI: 10.1039/B606932K
An enantiopure diamidobinaphthyl dilithium salt dimer (symbolised by two right hands in the background) catalyses the asymmetric hydroamination of aminoalkenes.
DOI: 10.1039/B606514G
Polymer microarrays for selective binding and immobilisation of primary cells.
DOI: 10.1039/B606075G
A synthetic glyconucleotide binds to a second messenger receptor core releasing Ca2+ more effectively than the natural ligand; cells loaded with fluorescent dye in 96-wells facilitate determination of the dose-response curve (yellow).
DOI: 10.1039/B605832A
Hyperpolarized xenon demonstrates the presence of nanoporosity in a layered hectorite-clay intercalated by organic pillars that sustain the architecture like columns in an ancient temple.
DOI: 10.1039/b605544n
Controllable nanoionic liquids; confinement is a unique physical approach.
DOI: 10.1039/b604824m
Rapid detection of the herbicide alachlor directly from a corn leaf using desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) coupled to a portable mass spectrometer.
DOI: 10.1039/b604523p
Fluorescently labeled zinc coordination complexes can selectively stain the surfaces of bacterial cells, in preference to mammalian cells.
DOI: 10.1039/b604108f
Phase switching of coordinationally unsaturated pseudo-Jahn-Teller centers within the hysteresis region of the low-temperature phase transition is triggered by photoexcitation.
DOI: 10.1039/b603741k
Isonicotinamide N-oxide helical architecture and a barbiturate pyridine N-oxide cocrystal bridge crystal engineering principles to pharmaceutical development in heterosynthon chemistry.
DOI: 10.1039/b603423n
View of a photoswitchable bis(azobenzene) silicon phthalocyanine triad over the Palm Grove of Elche, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, at both sunrise and sunset.
DOI: 10.1039/b603054h
A five-step one-pot reaction leading to a new family of heterocyclic compounds with novel physical properties and the ability to bind to DNA has been discovered.
DOI: 10.1039/b602680j
Optical resolutions of 1,1'- binaphthyl-2,2'-dicarboxylic acid (ee 98%) and 2-hexanol (ee 62%) achieved by simple successive crystallization using (1R,2R)-diphenylethylenediamine.
DOI: 10.1039/b602149m
Reactant sodium ions sprayed onto the surface of an envelope contaminated with a trace amount of triacetone triperoxide (TATP) release the TATP into the air as stable complexes of m/z 245 (TATP +Na)+ and they are pulled into the mass spectrometer for analysis.
DOI: 10.1039/B601782G
Thioketones are suitable agents for controlling free radical polymerization processes: the polymerizations carry living characteristics induced by a persistent radical effect.
DOI: 10.1039/b601505k
Key intermediate of the first enantioselective total synthesis of the potent lipid peroxidation inhibitor neocarazostatin B.
DOI: 10.1039/b601004k
Reactant benzeneboronate ions PhB(OH)3 - impact solid glucose and release covalently-bound cyclic boronate ions in a heterogeneous ion/molecule reaction which occurs in air.
DOI: 10.1039/B600729P
A novel approach for the isolation of Ostwald's intermediate metastable polymorphs by utilizing the inclusion complexation with 2,6-di-O-methyl-b-cyclodextrin is presented.
DOI: 10.1039/b600256k
A dinuclear iron(II) complex-based one-dimensional coordination polymer shows a steep one-step [HS-HS] to [LS-LS] spin transition.
DOI: 10.1039/B516949F
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