A magazine providing a snapshot of the latest developments across the chemical sciences.
Issue 2
Research Highlights
Water: the solvent for organic chemists?
Aqueous reactions could be the answer to the future of organic chemistry, say scientists in Canada and the US.
Plastic bottles continuously leach antimony into drinking water, geochemists in Germany claim.
Polymer surface modification during processing
Being able to change a material's surface properties during its manufacturing process will provide commercial benefits and open up new applications according to UK researchers.
Herbivore-induced crop protection
Identifying plant-produced volatile organic compounds that influence insect behaviour could lead to eco-friendly pesticides.
Is water the answer to nature's handedness?
Water molecules cause biological systems to prefer left-handed chiral centres, say scientists from Israel and the US.
Mechanistic insights into triterpene synthesis
Quantum mechanics could help explain a long-held mystery surrounding triterpene compounds.
Synthetic complex mimics nature in proton reduction
Renewable energy systems will benefit from complex that mimics natural process, say Swedish researchers.
Internal structure of aqueous-organic nanodroplets
Experimental evidence of the internal structure of aqueous-organic nanodroplets might give greater understanding of the structure and behaviour of nanosized atmospheric droplets.
Using custom-made polymers to detect neurotransmitters
Materials that recognise neurotransmitter molecules, important for neurological disorders research, have been made.
Arsenic exposure through drinking water in Hungary, Romania and Slovakia has been monitored by European researchers.
Simple route to new polymerisation catalyst
A novel complex of an alkali metal and a 5f-rare earth element has been made by French chemists.
New dendrimer for amino acid detection
A novel carbosilane dendrimer can tell the difference between the enantiomers of an amino acid.
Understanding biomimetic supramolecular assembly
Research into non-covalent interactions of nucleobases might hold the key to the development of materials for medical and molecular science applications.
Same components, two elaborate structures
Two different molecular cages, made from the same metal salt and bridging ligand, could aid the development of controlled self-assembly.
Essential Elements
2006 is set to be a special year for JAAS
New affiliates for photoscience journal
Two new societies have named PPS as their official journal
Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry
Additional Web Content
Following photosynthetic energy pathways
Researchers in the Netherlands and Russia have come a step closer to understanding how certain photosynthetic molecules convert solar energy.
Rising levels of antimony contamination in the northern hemisphere could be due to increased industrial usage, say scientists.
Soluble graphitic nanoplatelets
Nanotechnologists have overcome a long-standing barrier to nanoparticle dispersion that could revolutionise the development of carbon nanomaterials for composites.
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