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Solvent effects in anion recognition Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Sophie C. Patrick, Paul D. Beer, Jason J. Davis
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In an exoplanet atmosphere far, far away Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Ella Sciamma-O’Brien, Thomas Drant, Nicholas Wogan
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Pump up the ultrasound Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Alexander Rosu-Finsen
Semiconducting polymers require narrow molecular weight distributions for optimal efficiency. Synthesizing such polymers is no easy task, however a combined ultrasonication-assisted Stille polymerization reaction could be the solution to this problem.
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Picking an inter-locked cage Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Stephanie Greed
A metal templating approach can be used to generate homo- and heterointerlocked cage structures.
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Strategies to improve hydrogen activation on gold catalysts Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Nikolaos Dimitratos, Gianvito Vilé, Stefania Albonetti, Fabrizio Cavani, Jhonatan Fiorio, Núria López, Liane M. Rossi, Robert Wojcieszak
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Selenium chemistry for spatio-selective peptide and protein functionalization Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Zhenguang Zhao, Shay Laps, Jacob S. Gichtin, Norman Metanis
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Complementary probes for the electrochemical interface Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Ernest Pastor, Zan Lian, Lu Xia, David Ecija, José Ramón Galán-Mascarós, Sara Barja, Sixto Giménez, Jordi Arbiol, Núria López, F. Pelayo García de Arquer
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Is educational research science, superstition or confidence trick? Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Keith S. Taber
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DNA as a universal chemical substrate for computing and data storage Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Shuo Yang, Bas W. A. Bögels, Fei Wang, Can Xu, Hongjing Dou, Stephen Mann, Chunhai Fan, Tom F. A. de Greef
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Solar reforming as an emerging technology for circular chemical industries Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Subhajit Bhattacharjee, Stuart Linley, Erwin Reisner
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Improving the quantum cycle Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Alexander Rosu-Finsen
Providing a stable and reliable supply of electrons is crucial for the future of quantum computing processors. Here, electron withdrawing groups are added to species which improve the flow of electrons.
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Small molecule approaches to targeting RNA Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Sandra Kovachka, Marc Panosetti, Benedetto Grimaldi, Stéphane Azoulay, Audrey Di Giorgio, Maria Duca
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A framework for multiexcitonic logic Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Rohan J. Hudson, Thomas S. C. MacDonald, Jared H. Cole, Timothy W. Schmidt, Trevor A. Smith, Dane R. McCamey
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Like will reduce like Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Johannes Kreutzer
The reduction of molecular species containing arene to alkali metal cation interactions with other alkali metals has been found to contradict the expectation provided by simple considerations of relative reduction potentials.
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Lithium chooses the channel Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Stephanie Greed
By drawing inspiration from ion transport in biology, researchers have developed highly selective channels for the separation and enrichment of Li+ ions from complex aqueous solutions.
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Voltammetric drug testing makes sense at the border Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Robin Van Echelpoel, Karolien De Wael
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Expanding the catalytic landscape of metalloenzymes with lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Alessia Munzone, Vincent G. H. Eijsink, Jean-Guy Berrin, Bastien Bissaro
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Making a new resolution Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Stephen G. Davey
A route to synthetically interesting axially chiral diaryl ethers combines an asymmetric desymmetrization and a kinetic resolution.
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Making cells from bacteria Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Stephanie Greed
Cable bacteria are able to conduct electrons to interconvert oxygen and water. Here, researchers have isolated the conducting cable bacteria skeletons to demonstrate their activity in an electrochemical cell.
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A radiant start to life Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Alexander Rosu-Finsen
If intense ionizing radiation was present at a time of prebiotic life, protocells would have needed protection. Researchers have shown that peptide-containing coacervates can harbour DNA strands, which can then be coated with Mn-containing coacervates protecting the interior from radiation.
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Engineered and total biosynthesis of fungal specialized metabolites Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Russell J. Cox
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Molecular chameleons in drug discovery Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Vasanthanathan Poongavanam, Lianne H. E. Wieske, Stefan Peintner, Máté Erdélyi, Jan Kihlberg
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Tiny pores turning the tide Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Soumya Mukherjee, Neil R. Champness
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Ratcheting synthesis Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Stefan Borsley, James M. Gallagher, David A. Leigh, Benjamin M. W. Roberts
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Designing electrolytes and interphases for high-energy lithium batteries Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Hongli Wan, Jijian Xu, Chunsheng Wang
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The forgotten D of DEI Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-03
To mark the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities we have launched a collection on chemists with disabilities. Within diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts in science, this is a topic that is often overlooked.
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An industrial take on developing and deploying carbon capture at scale Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Jennifer A. Rudd
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Phosphorescence resonance energy transfer from purely organic supramolecular assembly Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Xian-Yin Dai, Man Huo, Yu Liu
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Synthetically encoded complementary oligomers Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 R. Kenton Weigel, Adithya Rangamani, Christopher A. Alabi
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Neurodiverse scientists in the workplace Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Jane Essex
The culture of scientific workplaces can cause neurodiverse scientists to face challenges. However, employing inclusive strategies and practical adjustments to the laboratory and the wider environment can help these differently skilled and equally valuable scientists thrive.
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If it moves but shouldn’t Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Alexander Rosu-Finsen
A new class of adhesive is reported where the two-component glue adheres via electrostatic interactions. The glue works efficiently in wet and dry conditions, while exhibiting reversible properties in acidic and alkaline media.
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Technology solutions to support blind students in the chemistry laboratory Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Cary A. Supalo, Siegbert Schmid, Jasodhara Bhattacharya, Alice Motion
For blind and low vision chemists to participate independently in the chemistry laboratory we must employ principles of universal design and embrace new technologies mirroring those available outside the lab. By designing a first-year chemistry course that provides non-visual access, we are taking the first step to empower more blind and low vision people to be successful in chemistry careers.
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Towards accessible science laboratories in Japan Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Shigehiro Namiki
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Opportunities with calcium Grignard reagents and other heavy alkaline-earth organometallics Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Sjoerd Harder, Jens Langer
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The experiment is the limit Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-10-25 Christina E. M. Schindler, Daniel Kuhn, Ingo V. Hartung
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The cycle that sculpted evolution Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Markus Ralser
A review of Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death, where Nick Lane explores the Krebs cycle, a metabolic pathway that is central to biochemistry.
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Halogen chemistry of solid electrolytes in all-solid-state batteries Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-10-13 Bijiao He, Fang Zhang, Yan Xin, Chao Xu, Xu Hu, Xin Wu, Yang Yang, Huajun Tian
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On the origins of the conflict between Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-10-12 Stephen Neidle
Why was the relationship between Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins so fraught? A great deal has been written on the contributions of Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins to determining the double helix structure of DNA. I attempt here to shed some light not on this issue but on their relationship, with the help of university and college records.
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Advances in heterogeneous single-cluster catalysis Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-10-09 Xinzhe Li, Sharon Mitchell, Yiyun Fang, Jun Li, Javier Perez-Ramirez, Jiong Lu
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Carbon on the move Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-10-09 Stephanie Greed
In the interstellar medium, complex organic molecules are believed to form on icy dust grains in dark molecular clouds. Research now shows that carbon atoms, previously considered immobile, can diffuse across ice surfaces to take part in reactions with other adsorbed species.
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Remote autonomous titration Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Michael DeGrandpre
Michael DeGrandpre explains the development and workings of a submersible autonomous moored instrument for alkalinity measurements in marine and freshwater environments.
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Applications of macrocycle-based solid-state host–guest chemistry Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-10-02 Huangtianzhi Zhu, Liya Chen, Bin Sun, Mengbin Wang, Hao Li, J. Fraser Stoddart, Feihe Huang
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A mercurial test Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-25 Alexander Rosu-Finsen
The mercury drop test is widely used to distinguish between heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis. However, testing the test revealed the unexpected issue of mercury reacting with protected and unprotected catalysts alike, leading to the reliance of this test being questioned.
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Room-temperature phosphorescent materials derived from natural resources Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-25 Xiongfei Luo, Bing Tian, Yingxiang Zhai, Hongda Guo, Shouxin Liu, Jian Li, Shujun Li, Tony D. James, Zhijun Chen
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Electrochemical cell for neutron scattering Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Emily R. Draper
Emily Draper explains how to design and build electrochemical equipment for neutron scattering experiments with simple, at-hand components and techniques.
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Strategic application of C–H oxidation in natural product total synthesis Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Ian Bakanas, Robert F. Lusi, Stefan Wiesler, Jack Hayward Cooke, Richmond Sarpong
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Lipopeptides as tools in catalysis, supramolecular, materials and medicinal chemistry Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-19 Cesar Vicente-Garcia, Ignacio Colomer
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Identifying an algal love potion Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-13 Stephen G. Davey
The structure of pheromone, produced by microalgae in vanishingly small quantities as part of a signalling cascade that controls sexual reproduction, has been determined.
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Tricycles from bicycles Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-13 Stephanie Greed
Researchers have found a new route to complex polycyclic indoline structures from indoles and bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes using a Lewis acid catalyst.
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NMR deconvolution in the blink of an AI Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-08-30 Martin Priessner
NMR spectroscopic data can now be fed to algorithms capable of deconvoluting the peaks in the search for its structure. Feeding the software with experimental and modelled data means that accurate fits can be produced in little time.
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Setting the zirconocene for radical selectivity Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Haibo Wu, Emanuele Silvi
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Platform chemicals from plastics Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Stephen G. Davey
A general method to depolymerize plastic waste from resin codes 2–7 — including multilayered packaging and oil-contaminated packaging — and produce platform chemicals has been described.
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Molecular pyramids — from tetrahedranes to [6]pyramidanes Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-08-23 Qiu Sun, Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld, Gerald Kehr, Gerhard Erker
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From autocatalysis to survival of the fittest in self-reproducing lipid systems Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-08-23 Michael G. Howlett, Stephen P. Fletcher
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Light my fire Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Alexander Rosu-Finsen
The volatility of certain ionic liquids can be controlled electrochemically by applying a voltage to break their aromatic components. Cathodic reduction creates combustible species, but once the power is switched off and aromaticity restored, the liquid is thermally stable again.
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Let’s twist again Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-08-16 Stephanie Greed
Drawing inspiration from helical structures in nature, researchers have developed a cobalt-based complex able to twist and untwist, converting between nanohelix and nanowire structures.
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Looking at your lab through a new lens Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-08-14 Christina Goudreau Collison, Lea Vacca Michel
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Ab initio quantum chemistry with neural-network wavefunctions Nat. Rev. Chem. (IF 36.3) Pub Date : 2023-08-09 Jan Hermann, James Spencer, Kenny Choo, Antonio Mezzacapo, W. M. C. Foulkes, David Pfau, Giuseppe Carleo, Frank Noé