All Chemistry World articles in August 2020 – Page 2
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FeatureThe complex chemistry of fire
Despite its ubiquity in human life, chemists have still barely unlocked what’s happening amid the flames. Kit Chapman reports
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NewsHand-powered centrifuge setup can diagnose Covid-19 for just a dollar a test
$5 centrifuge based on children’s toy part of raft of cheap technologies that can detect the virus in saliva in remote locations
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ResearchMechanism maps predict chemoselectivity of NHC-catalysed transformations
Product forecasts from energy barrier calculations will help guide organocatalytic reactions
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NewsChemistry departments across the UK tackle herculean task of reopening
Face masks and hand sanitiser the norm as researchers return to work
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NewsDoes hydroxychloroquine still have a role to play in this pandemic?
Touted as a wonder drug by some its star now appears to be on the wane
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BusinessWhat are the risks of fast-tracking a Covid-19 vaccine?
Condensing timelines from years to months inevitably involves compromises
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NewsSuit of iron turns sperm cells into spermbots
Microrobots that swim under the influence of a magnetic field could one day be used to deliver drugs
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ResearchSolar powered chemical photoswitches can scavenge heat
Flipping between isomers allows harvesting and storage of ambient heat for months
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ResearchPhoto-rechargeable zinc-ion devices merge solar cell and battery tech
A low cost and stable battery that can recharge itself in sunlight could help make energy more accessible in developing rural areas
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ResearchCatalyst takes its time to deliver both enantiomers in one pot synthesis
Discovery could enable access to both enantiomers of a drug in a single synthesis
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ResearchYour new labmate does 700 reactions in eight days – and it’s a robot
Robotic chemist optimises water-splitting photocatalyst by working continuously for eight days even in complete darkness
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NewsUS environmental body ditches ban on grantees on advisory panels
After several legal defeats, the EPA has backed down on controversial policy
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ResearchPhotocatalysis in flow makes carbon bonds from nearly inert natural gases
C–H activating methane, ethane and propane in a flow reactor shows that it’s possible to use gaseous hydrocarbons as reagents in organic synthesis
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ResearchHow the products of fire control the formation of snow
Nadine Borduas-Dedekind brings an organic chemist’s arrow-pushing insight to reactions in the atmosphere
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BusinessIneos to buy BP petrochemicals businesses for $5bn
Deal covers 14 acetyls and aromatics manufacturing plants and 10 joint ventures
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ResearchLight-harvesting wheel reinvented by chemists copying bacterium
Synthetic mimic of complex at the heart of photosynthesis offers new ways to capture solar energy
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ResearchExcited state potential energy curves reignite diatomic carbon’s bond order conundrum
Molecular orbital theory-based approach backs quadruple bond
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ResearchNew bond discovered among spodium elements zinc, cadmium and mercury
Group 12 joins the σ-hole interaction family with spodium bonds
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NewsExplainer: The science of Covid-19 testing
Rapidly-deployed methods are saving lives and easing minds
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