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Research
High-throughput exfoliation gets graphene fabrication rolling
A new technique transform the traditional ‘sticky-tape’ method into something scalable and efficient
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Research
Small ring insertion expands structural editing toolbox
Bicyclic ring system made by adding a bicyclobutane into a thiophene
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Research
Frustrated radical pairs cleave unactivated C–H bonds
New technique targets previously inaccessible bonds for selective C–H activation
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Nanocapsule seamed by calcium ions boasts huge internal volume
Giant metal–organic capsule assembles from C-ethylpyrogallol[4]arene and calcium ions
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Opinion
New scientific categories bring vitality
The history of vitamins shows that ‘kinds’ don’t have to exist in nature to drive scientific discoveries
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Research
Ice crystallisation initiated by ultrafast laser pulses caught on camera
Technique will aid understanding of early stages of water freezing
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Business
Recycling plastic with enzymes
Carbios can return even hard-to-recycle polyester fibres and textiles to their constituent monomers
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Feature
Fixing nitrogen fixing
Green ammonia promises a more sustainable future. Jamie Durrani talks to the researchers aiming to revolutionise the production of crucial fertiliser
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Business
Bio-based plastics compete for space
From drop-in replacements to new polymers, what role will renewable materials play in a sustainable future?
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News
First publisher abandons impractical elemental analysis standard as journals eye next move
Historical ±0.4% accuracy standard was discovered to have little evidence backing in 2022
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Research
Half-century quest to create stable beryllium–beryllium bond ends in success
Organoberyllium sandwich compound should provide answers to questions first posed a century ago
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Research
High-entropy alloy nanoparticles made with 17 different metals
Liquid gallium matrix enables mixing of elements that were otherwise immiscible
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Research
Hand-built caesium-based ‘artificial atoms’ used to create ‘synthetic’ benzene
Manufactured atoms offer chemists chance to play ‘mind games’ with matter and change bond order of molecules
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Research
Atomic force microscopy probes mechanochemical kinetics
Exerting force in one direction increases Diels–Alder reactants’ sensitivity to pressure 1000 times
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Research
First synthesis of unusual arsenic reagent reveals that it breaks periodic trend
Electron deficient arsenic intermediate challenges preconceptions of heavy main group elements
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Feature
Can biorefineries eliminate fossil fuels and petrochemicals?
Plans to develop the world’s largest vegetable oil refinery reveal diverging views on the sustainability, profitability and scale of plant-based supply chains, finds Andy Extance
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Research
Click chemistry with sound-induced mechanocatalysis
Researcher behind work says they ‘could be very close to a perfect way to conduct green chemistry’
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Research
Mechanochemistry makes gold salts that are soluble in organic solvents
No need for aqua regia, chlorine or mercury in this gold processing method
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Research
Formation of chiral centres monitored in real time
Michael addition observed at single-molecule level