All Silicon articles
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ResearchHippo dung drives savannah silicon cycle
Eating silicon-rich grass on land and spreading dung in rivers provides vital nutrients for microscopic diatoms
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Research
New analogue of cyclohexane is first cyclic silicon–aluminium compound
Rare example of bonds between common elements
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Research
Longest silicon—silicon double bond has two-faced reactivity
First hypercoordinated disilene’s extra-long silicon–silicon double bond gives it ambivalent reactivity
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Research
Low-pressure ammonia production could cut fertiliser energy cost
Lanthanum–cobalt catalyst that breaks nitrogen triple bond under mild conditions could revolutionise small-scale ammonia synthesis
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Research
Super-electrophilic ions enable selective modification of bioactive molecules
New technique will help medicinal chemists explore chemical space
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News
Game over for the original kilogram
The big K has performed admirably for over a century but all the data is in to redefine the kilogram using natural constants
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Research
Purest silicon sphere ever created will redefine the kilogram
Largest impurity is copper taking the place of one silicon atom in every three billion
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Research
Electronegativity of a single atom measured
Catalysts could be improved by mapping surface variations using new technique
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Research
Best of both worlds solar cell sets new efficiency record
Device combines silicon and perovskite technologies and exceeds previous tandem cell performances
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Research
Chemists create pnictogen-based ‘inorganic benzene’
First inorganic analogues of benzene containing silicon and group 15 elements made
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Research
Stable caesium-doped perovskites boost silicon solar cells
Caesium may help to eliminate problem of halide segregation in perovskites
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A bright future for silicon solar cell recycling
Hydrofluoric acid eliminated from silicon salvage process
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Research
Alkyne insertion imparts silicon stereochemistry
Rhodium catalyses intramolecular alkynylsilylation
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Podcast
Chemistry World podcast - January 2015
How a new nanoparticle iron supplement can treat anaemia, and a run down of chemists in the new year honours
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Business
Deadly explosion at Japanese silicon plant
Five killed and several more injured at Mitsubishi Materials site
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