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Issue 7 2008 Chemical Biology now published
18 June 2008
Drawing together coverage from all RSC publications, providing an overview of the latest developments in chemical biology.
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12 June 2008
Announcing two new journals for 2009, and the first online articles for Energy & Environmental Science
Hot Article: Bigger is better!
11 June 2008
Richard Compton talks to NJC about new insights in the size-dependent properties of nanomaterials.
Contents list for New Journal of Chemistry, issue 7, 2008
Front cover
New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1081
DOI: 10.1039/b810203c
Inside front cover
New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1082
DOI: 10.1039/b810204j
Contents and Chemical Science
New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1083
DOI: 10.1039/b810205h
Letters
3-Chloromethylpyridyl bipyridine fac-tricarbonyl rhenium: a thiol-reactive luminophore for fluorescence microscopy accumulates in mitochondria
Angelo J. Amoroso, Richard J. Arthur, Michael P. Coogan, Jonathan B. Court, Vanesa Fernández-Moreira, Anthony J. Hayes, David Lloyd, Coralie Millet and Simon J. A. Pope,
New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1097
DOI: 10.1039/b802215a
1 is a thiol-selective rhenium fluorophore with a long lifetime and a large Stokes shift that accumulates in the mitochondria of human breast adenocarcinoma cells, providing a 3MLCT analogue of the MitoTracker
probes.
Halogen bonding interactions with the [Mo3S7Cl6]2- cluster anion in the mixed valence salt [EDT-TTFI2]4[Mo3S7Cl6]·CH3CN
Antonio Alberola, Marc Fourmigué, Carlos J. Gómez-García, Rosa Llusar and Sonia Triguero,
New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1103
DOI: 10.1039/b800298c
Electrocrystallization of iodinated TTF molecules in presence of trinuclear [Mo3S7Cl6]2- cluster anions provides the first example of radical salts with halogen bonding interactions at the organic/inorganic interface.
Control of circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) properties by supramolecular complexation
Yoshitane Imai, Kenta Kawano, Yoko Nakano, Kakuhiro Kawaguchi, Takunori Harada, Tomohiro Sato, Michiya Fujiki, Reiko Kuroda and Yoshio Matsubara,
New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1110
DOI: 10.1039/b806586c
The sign CPL of a chiral 21-helical columnar organic fluorophore was successfully controlled by changing an achiral fluorescence component molecule and not by using a chiral component molecule with opposite chirality.
Specific recognition of fluoride anion using a metallamacrocycle incorporating a uranyl-salen unit
Massimo Cametti, Antonella Dalla Cort, Luigi Mandolini, Maija Nissinen and Kari Rissanen,
New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1113
DOI: 10.1039/b806149a
This newly synthesised neutral receptor binds fluoride anions in DMSO with a high affinity constant (K > 106 M-1) while exhibiting a negligible affinity (K 
10 M-1) towards otherwise effective competitors, such as acetate, phosphate and cyanide anions.
Papers
Electrochemical behaviour of interaction between Fe2+ with bisbipyridyl ligands in CH3CN. Application to an easy electrochemical procedure for tailoring films of Fe(bpy)32+ like cores (bpy = 2,2
-bipyridine)
Jean Lombard, Jean-Claude Leprêtre, Damien Jouvenot, Alain Deronzier and Marie-Noëlle Collomb,
New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1117
DOI: 10.1039/b803360a
A simple electrochemical procedure to tailor very robust thin films containing the Fe(bpy)32+-like core, based on the electroreductive precipitation of soluble oligomers formed by mixing Fe2+ and alkyl bridged bis-bipyridyl ligands.
Palladium(0) nanoparticles encapsulated in diamine-modified glycidyl methacrylate polymer (GMA-CHDA) applied as catalyst of Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction
Anna M. Trzeciak, Ewa Mieczy
ska, Józef J. Zió
kowski, Wiktor Bukowski, Agnieszka Bukowska, Jarosaw Noworól and Janina Okal,
New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1124
DOI: 10.1039/b717995b
Diamine-modified glycidyl methacrylate polymer was used to encapsulate Pd(0) nanoparticles 4–15 nm in diameter, applied as a catalyst of Suzuki–Miyaura reactions.
Influence of the gelator structure and solvent on the organisation and chirality of self-assembling fibrillar networks
Quoc Nghi Pham, Nicolas Brosse, Céline Frochot, Dominique Dumas, Alexandre Hocquet and Brigitte Jamart-Grégoire,
New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1131
DOI: 10.1039/b714375c
CD experiments show that the nature of the solvent can modify the chirality of self-assembled aggregates.
Effect of the length of polyoxyethylene substituents on luminescent bimetallic lanthanide bioprobes
Emmanuel Deiters, Bo Song, Anne-Sophie Chauvin, Caroline D. B. Vandevyver and Jean-Claude G. Bünzli,
New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1140
DOI: 10.1039/b800516h
The self-assembled EuIII bimetallic helicate with a new homoditopic ligand fitted with hexakis(oxyethylene) pendants displays high thermodynamic stability, no cytotoxicity, and stains the cytoplasm of HeLa cells.
Colorimetric 
naked-eye
and fluorescent sensors for anions based on amidourea functionalised 1,8-naphthalimide structures: anion recognition via either deprotonation or hydrogen bonding in DMSO
Haslin Dato Paduka Ali, Paul E. Kruger and Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson,
New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1153
DOI: 10.1039/b715533f
The sensing of anions using charge neutral colorimetric sensors is described. We demonstrate that the anion recognition has significant effect on both the absorption and the flourescence emission spectra.
Insights on the chemistry of a,c-biladienes from a CSPT investigation
Roberto Paolesse, Adriano Alimelli, Arnaldo DAmico, Mariano Venanzi, Gionata Battistini, Marco Montalti, Daniel Filippini, Ingemar Lundström and Corrado Di Natale,
New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1162
DOI: 10.1039/b800512e
A computer set and a web camera have been exploited as spectroscopic technique to characterize novel features of the a,c-biladiene chemistry.
Contrasting photoelectrochemical behaviour of two isomeric supramolecular dyes based on meso-tetra(pyridyl)porphyrin incorporating four (
3-oxo)- triruthenium(III) clusters
André Luiz Barboza Formiga, Ana Flavia Nogueira, Koiti Araki and Henrique Eisi Toma,
New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1167
DOI: 10.1039/b709888j
Two isomeric, saddle shaped and planar supramolecular dyes based on porphyrin–ruthenium clusters have been investigated, exhibiting contrasting photoelectrochemical in dye sensitized solar cells.
Synthesis of 
calixarene-like
N,N-ditosyldiaza[3.3](1,4)naphthalenophanes
Huu-Anh Tran, Julie Collins and Paris E. Georghiou,
New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1175
DOI: 10.1039/b717797f
A series of new tetrahomodiazacalix[2]naphthalenes, containing 2,3-dialkoxy-substituted naphthalene units and showing highly symmetrical and conformationally rigid calixarene-like 1,3- alternate type structures, have been synthesized and some of their properties are reported.
A versatile building block for EDOT or PEDOT functionalization
Mirela Balog, Houari Rayah, Franck Le Derf and Marc Sallé,
New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1183
DOI: 10.1039/b715568a
An EDOT-based building block bearing a thiolate function has been synthesized and exploited for a convenient access to various monomers, as well as for the direct functionalization of preformed PEDOT-based films.
Amyloid fibrils: modulation of formation and structure by copper(II)
Vincent Pradines, Alina Jurca Stroia and Peter Faller,
New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1189
DOI: 10.1039/b719556g
The role of CuII-complexation of amyloidogenic peptides on the formation and structure of aggregates were analyzed. The results mimicked various facets of biological relevant peptides/protein-aggregation. Important mechanistic features are the ability of CuII to associate the peptides by bridging coordination, the structural changes induced by CuII binding and their effect on peptide–peptide interactions.
An electrochemical comparison of manganese dioxide microparticles versus 
and 
manganese dioxide nanorods: mechanistic and electrocatalytic behaviour
Christopher Batchelor-McAuley, Lidong Shao, Gregory G. Wildgoose, Malcolm L. H. Green and Richard G. Compton,
New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1195
DOI: 10.1039/b718862e
The comparative electrochemical behaviour of both - and -nanorods of manganese dioxide (MnO2) and microparticles of predominantly -phase manganese dioxide is investigated at pHs close to neutral.
New branched macrocyclic ligand and its side-arm, two urea-based receptors for anions: synthesis, binding studies and crystal structure
Mauro Formica, Vieri Fusi, Eleonora Macedi, Paola Paoli, Giovanni Piersanti, Patrizia Rossi, Giovanni Zappia and Pierfrancesco Orlando,
New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1204
DOI: 10.1039/b719342d
Synthesis and binding properties of two new urea based receptors in binding anions such as chloride and acetate. The effect of preorganized side-arms in binding acetate.
Assessment of roughness and chemical modification in determining the hydrophobic properties of metals
Iain A. Larmour, Graham C. Saunders and Steven E. J. Bell,
New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1215
DOI: 10.1039/b718006c
An investigation of roughness and surface energy, criteria essential for increasing hydrophobicity of industrially significant metals, allows a reappraisal of the simple etch and coat techniques thereby providing a general design protocol.
Anion-triggered electrodeposition in ferrocene-functionalised ortho-phenylenediamine-based receptors
Marta Arroyo, Peter R. Birkin, Philip A. Gale, Sergio E. García-Garrido and Mark E. Light,
New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1221
DOI: 10.1039/b715125j
Ferrocene-functionalised anion receptors based on an ortho-phenylenediamine scaffold have been shown to undergo anion-triggered electrochemical deposition. This process may offer a new way of detecting anionic species in solution.
Covalent immobilization of antibodies on electrochemically functionalized carbon surfaces
Stéphanie Dauphas, Anne Corlu, Christiane Guguen-Guillouzo, Soraya Ababou-Girard, Olivier Lavastre and Florence Geneste,
New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1228
DOI: 10.1039/b801743c
An effective and general protocol of functionalization has been successfully used to covalently anchor sensitive biomolecules such as antibodies to carbon surfaces.
Preparation and physicochemical studies of new multiple rings s-tetrazines
Yong-Hua Gong, Pierre Audebert, Gilles Clavier, Fabien Miomandre, Jie Tang, Sophie Badré, Rachel Méallet-Renault and Elliot Naidus,
New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1235
DOI: 10.1039/b717998g
Supramolecular arrangement of tetrazines can enhance fluorescence quenching.
Solvent effects in the formation of hybrid materials based on titanium alkoxide-polysiloxane precursors
Sorin Ivanovici, Christoph Rill, Thomas Koch, Michael Puchberger and Guido Kickelbick,
New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1243
DOI: 10.1039/b800161h
Depending on the solvent, i.e. ethanol or toluene, either nanoparticles or gels were obtained using polysiloxane–metal alkoxide precursors in the sol–gel process.
Binding site control in a layer-by-layer deposited chitosan–carbon nanoparticle film electrode
Liza Rassaei, Michael J. Bonné, Mika Sillanpää and Frank Marken,
New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1253
DOI: 10.1039/b800331a
pH-dependent chemisorption and physisorption processes are shown to occur with chitosan in a carbon nanoparticle composite film acting as the active binding site.
Anodic oxidation of indenofluorene. Electrodeposition of electroactive poly(indenofluorene)
Joëlle Rault-Berthelot, Cyril Poriel, Frédéric Justaud and Frédéric Barrière,
New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1259
DOI: 10.1039/b719467f
Poly(indenofluorene) films are electrochemically deposited on anode surfaces and compared with polyfluorene films.
Back cover
New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 1267
DOI: 10.1039/b810206f
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