Volume 34 Number 12 2005

UV-activated, oxygen intelligent ink sensors outside and inside a food package flushed with carbon dioxide, with a superimposed sensor mechanism.

Volume 34 Number 12 (Inside) 2005

Hydrophobicity entails an energy penalty that can be estimated as the work needed to make room in water

Volume 34 Number 11 2005

A plot illustrating the temporal evolution (y -axis) of the radial distribution function (colour) of a Rydberg electron wave packet localized along the radial coordinate (x-axis).

Volume 34 Number 11 (inside) 2005

Schematic of an ABCD nanoparticle, a structural paradigm for viable, synthetic non-viral vector systems to enable nucleic acid delivery applications in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo.
DOI: 10.1039/b514095c

Volume 34 Number 10 2005

The cover shows the brilliant texture of a low molecular mass gel seen under a polarizing optical microscope. Shown in the inset is a SEM of a xerogel revealing the gel morphology. The rod-like fibers are formed by spontaneous sel-assembly of small molecules.
DOI: 10.1039/B417081B

Volume 34 Number 9 2005

Three factors govern the extraction of naturally occurring Ra2+: 1) its radioactivity, 2) transport across a liquid interface and 3) highly saline waters in which it is present. 

Volume 34 Number 8 2005

The cover shows the blooming beauty of trioxazolines, which have already found increasing utility in asymmetric catalysis and molecular recognition, with increased ligand diversity, a more tunable chiral space and electronic properties
DOI: 10.1039/b408712g

Volume 34 Number 7 2005

Tapping mode SFM image of poly(p-phenyleneethynylene) supramolecular nanoribbons self-assembled on a mica surface. These orientated anisotropic architectures, consisting of ?-? stacked molecular bilayers, possess a length of several micrometers and a molecular cross-section.
DOI: 10.1039/B404021J

Volume 34 Number 6 2005

The chemistry - biology interface. The image includes the structure of rapamycin, the potent immunosuppressive natural product, and its ternary crystal structure with the two proteins: FK506-binding protein (FKBP-12) and the FKBP-rapamycin associated protein (FRAP). 

Volume 34 Number 5 2005

A picture of Hurricane Elena over the Gulf of Mexico taken from the space shuttle. The image is a graphic illustration of the atmosphere from space. The article by Monks in this issue on the gas phase chemistry of the troposphere explores how chemistry controls the chemistry of the atmosphere.
DOI: 10.1039/B307982C

Volume 34 Number 4 2005

Near-enantiomers in Nature, exact enantiomers in the molecular domain, the objects shown are chiral. How much chiralty do they have? The question is addressed for the case of transition metal compounds, using Continuous Chiralty Measures.
DOI: 10.1039/B301406c

Volume 34 Number 4 2005

Schematic of responsive functional polymer micelles assembled in solution. Polymers of this type, loaded with drugs, biopolymers or nucleic acids offer promise as the next generation of active or 'smart' therapeutics.
DOI: 10.1039/B406727d

Volume 34 Number 2 2005

PET Image: This is a human brain image using 18F-Fluorodopa. The bright area in the center of the image is the dopaminergic rich striatum and the asymmetry is a supporting indicator of early Parkinson's Disease.
DOI: 10.1039/B313872K

Volume 34 Number 1 2005

Organic Photovoltaic Cells: From the photoinduced electron transfer at the molecular level to the bulk material and its spreading in between two transparent and metal electrodes to produce , eventually, a flexible photovoltaic cell, as this one prepared at Linz University
DOI: 10.1039/B402417F