Chemical science news from across RSC Publishing.
Interviews
Leading scientists share their opinions with Highlights in Chemical Science.
Interview: Beyond the inorganic boundaries
16 November 2009
Ian Manners talks about polymerizations, interfaces, and living in Wales
Interview: The path less followed
16 October 2009
Hubert Girault on energy storage, free-thinking and interfaces
Interview: Riding high
16 September 2009
Philip Mountford on jockeying, bribing techniques and the challenges ahead for chemistry
Interview: Bending the rules
18 August 2009
Guy Bertrand talks to Marie Cote about creating dream compounds, tennis and setting up international labs
Interview: Understanding the fundamentals
15 July 2009
Morris Robins talks to Kathleen Too about turning crystalline sugars black, discovering Epivir and Cladribine and his new career in farming
Interview: Tactical thinking
04 June 2009
Hisashi Yamamoto is inspired by chess, Buddhism and food. Joanne Thomson finds out more
Interview: Solutions and cocktails
01 May 2009
Mimi Hii talks to Christina Hodkinson about making a difference in medical diagnostics and how to ace your PhD viva
Interview: Making logical connections
01 April 2009
Henry Rzepa tells Carl Saxton about the potential for creativity in both research and teaching activities
Interview: Creating a new world
12 March 2009
Mukund Chorghade speaks to Elinor Richards about his fascination with natural products and their role in India's future
Interview: Chemistry, life and longevity
08 January 2009
Jyoti Chattopadhyaya talks to Marie Cote about chemistry's fundamental role in our lives and the secrets of a successful business
Interview: Fast cars, skydiving, new catalytic concepts...
15 December 2008
Joanne Thomson asks: are there no barriers to Scott Denmark's adventures?
Interview: Lighting a billion lives
17 November 2008
Rajendra K Pachauri speaks to Leanne Marle about shedding light on climate change and giving light to humanity
Interview: A total mismatch
14 October 2008
Penny Brothers tells Michael Brown about porphyrins and their potential role in neutron capture therapy
Interview: Chemistry is the business
06 October 2008
A V Rama Rao talks to Joanne Thomson about how science has shaped development in India
Interview: Medicinal reasons
16 July 2008
Yixin Lu talks to Vikki Allen about his dreams and the importance of medicinal chemistry
Interview: The chemistry [r]evolution
30 June 2008
Mike Doyle talks to Emma Shiells about evolution in chemistry, from Doyle's catalyst to how water saved the day
Interview: Green by name, green by nature
28 May 2008
Mike Green talks to Sarah Dixon about the role of green chemistry in industry
Interview: The secret life of molecules
18 April 2008
Christer Aakeröy talks to Freya Mearns about the language of molecules and molecular dating
Interview: In the beginning...
31 March 2008
Kenso Soai and Joanne Thomson discuss the origin of chirality in life
Interview: Model behaviour
12 February 2008
Stephen Klippenstein tells Hilary Crichton how theoretical chemistry can help solve global warming
Interview: A time for transition
24 January 2007
Peter Kündig discusses his chemistry career and new editorial role with Joanne Thomson
Interview: Relatively challenging
09 November 2007
Pekka Pyykkö talks to Caroline Moore about relativistic effects and the thrill of theoretical chemistry
Interview: A calculated approach
17 October 2007
Odile Eisenstein tells Nicola Nugent about the power of computers in chemistry
Interview: Making connections
24 September 2007
Roald Hoffmann talks to Alison Stoddart about chemical bonding and his new playground of high pressure chemistry
Interview: A catalytic lifetime
20 August 2007
Bob Grubbs talks to Alison Stoddart about the beginnings of organometallic chemistry and his search for the next catalyst
Interview: Molecular aesthetics
23 July 2007
John Arnold talks to May Copsey about the joys of molecular inorganic chemistry
Interview: Creating a stir
20 June 2007
Ben Feringa talks to Stephen Davey about chirality, molecular recognition and farming
Interview: The crystal ball game
24 May 2007
Is polymorphism crystal clear? Nicola Nugent asks Ashwini Nangia.
Interview: A material curiosity
25 April 2007
Jim Feast talks to Alison Stoddart about polymer science of the past, present and future
Interview: The truth about nano
27 March 2007
Neil Champness tells Nicola Nugent about putting molecules in their place
Interview: Theoretically speaking
22 February 2007
David Clary talks molecular quantum dynamics with Hilary Crichton
Interview: The rise and rise of green chemistry in China
12 January 2007
Buxing Han talks to Nicola Nugent about becoming a chemist, his latest research interests and chemistry in China today
Interview: The magic of chemistry
20 December 2006
David Leigh has a love of chemistry...and magic. Alison Stoddart finds out more
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