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New Journal of Chemistry.... the home of new and emerging multidisciplinary work in the chemical sciences.



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NJC Hot paper B612478J

Hot article: 1H NMR to determine the HBA ability of anions in RTILs

16 May 2008

A hydrogen bond accepting (HBA) ability scale for anions of room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) has been determined by means of 1H NMR spectroscopy and a solvatochromic UV/vis p...



NJC Hot paper B612478J

Hot article: Acceptorless and reversible dehydrogenation goes solid

16 May 2008

Hydrogenation and dehydrogenation of a cyclic alkane can now be achieved in the solid state, without any need for a hydrogen acceptor.



NJC Hot paper B612478J

Hot article: Breaking news, ethanol detected in Bordeaux

03 April 2008

French scientists in Bordeaux present a new type of indiator-displacement-assay based on perfluorocarbon for the detection of ethanol in water.



NJC Hot paper B612478J

Hot Article: New perspectives for magnetic resonance imaging

03 April 2008

French Scientists have discovered an iron(II)-based molecular system whose properties offer novel opportunities for the development of more efficient and versatile MRI contrasting ...



NJC Hot paper B612478J

Hot Article: Self-assembly of chromophoric aggregates: a photophysical investigation.

03 April 2008

Fluorescence and circular dichroism were used to highlight the role of solvent and of gelator structure in the self-assembly and chirality of fibrillar networks.



NJC Hot paper B612478J

Hot Article: Probing silicone-protein interactions

03 April 2008

Phage display technology was used to present a combinatorial library of peptides to a series of model silicone surfaces based on solid molecular cage silsesquioxanes.



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Hot article: Would hydrogen go for naked fluorides?

05 February 2008

Chemists in the UK undress fluorides in a virtual porous polymer to investigate hydrogen physisorption.



C60-C60 interactions stabilise self-assemblies

Hot Article: C60-C60 interactions stabilise self-assemblies

01 February 2008

Chemists in France demonstrate how pi-pi interactions stabilise fullerene-containing non-covalent assemblies with porphyrins.



CN-bridged coordination polymer nanoparticles

Hot Article: Size controlled nanoparticles

19 November 2007

The use of mesostructured hybrid silica hosts allowed the synthesis of size-controlled CN-bridged coordination polymer nanoparticles with anomalous magnetic properties.



Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of glassy carbon microspheres after chemical deposition of gold microparticles.

Hot Article: Mechanical Instability of Gold Nanoparticles during Mercury Amalgamation

08 October 2007

Richard Compton speaks to NJC about his recent investigations into the mechanical instabilty of gold.



Boron Carbide

Hot Article: Boron carbide revisited

01 June 2007

Roald Hoffmann tells us why boron carbide is non-stoichiometric and on the new method he and his colleagues are developing to study such solids.



singlet oxygen

Hot Article: Protecting dye from singlet oxygen attack

17 May 2007

Encapsulating a chromophore in a macrocycle protects it from attack by the singlet oxygen it produces for PDT, researchers in the UK have found.



Taking anions and cations for a ride

Hot Article: Taking anions and cations for a ride

10 May 2007

The tuned design of two heteroditopic calixarene-based receptors by an Oxford University group results in high selectivity in the binding of ion pairs.



A unique anion for a rare 2D nucleobase structure

Hot Article: A unique anion for a rare 2D nucleobase structure

02 April 2007

The flat formate anion forces the model base 9-ethylguanine to form extended 2D hydrogen-bonded sheets, researchers at Leiden University have found.



Supramolecular Chemistry mimics Nature

Hot Article: Using supramolecular chemistry to mimic Nature

19 March 2007

Tom Fyles spoke to NJC about his approach to mimic Nature to form working channels in membranes.