Cryo-EM: a cold, hard look at biology
Super cool microscopy wins the 2017 Nobel prize in chemistry
News update
Smart stretch expands hip implant performance
Material designed to get thicker as it bends
Latest research
Virtually chemistry
Gaming-style tech is putting the fun into fundamental molecular simulations
Gold chains give DNA semiconducting powers
Sulfurous nucleic acid building blocks confer new electronic properties on DNA
First liquid MOF could get material discovery flowing
Data and modelling show framework and porous structure are retained after melting
First pentagonal 2D material unveiled
Palladium diselenide shows promise in electronics and photonics
Bright future for trace water analysis
MOF-based material has detection limit as low as traditional Karl Fischer titration
Immense oganesson projected to have no electron shells
Theory predicts that element 118 would be surrounded by a smear of electrons
Not registered yet?
Registration is free, quick and easy. You'll get more access to our content and extra features such as commenting and personalised newsletters.
Register now
Materials
First liquid MOF could get material discovery flowing
Data and modelling show framework and porous structure are retained after melting
First pentagonal 2D material unveiled
Palladium diselenide shows promise in electronics and photonics
Helium and rubber added to EU critical raw materials list
New classification sees nine materials pass threshold of supply risk, while two are downgraded
Reactions and synthesis
Organic chemistry: a very short introduction
A beginner’s guide to one of the most exciting areas of modern science
Molecules grown into largest fractal triangle
Fifth order Sierpinski triangle assembled out of iron and organic molecules on a gold surface
Single molecular machine produces four chiral products
A programmable platform for stereodivergent synthesis
Atoms and bonds
Chemists reinvent the wheel
Symmetrical gold and niobium cluster with unusually short Nb–Nb bond
Cool microscopy takes 2017 chemistry Nobel
Cryo-electron microscopy developed by Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson has transformed biochemistry
Equation to end bond order contention
Comprehensive equation derives bond orders from quantum chemistry calculations
The long read
Cryo-EM: a cold, hard look at biology
Super cool microscopy wins the 2017 Nobel prize in chemistry
Opinions and views
Forbidden but not uncommon
Quantum tunnelling is far from science fiction
Forcing fluorines into shape
Sometimes unnatural molecules can be more challenging to synthesise than natural metabolites
An opportunity ignored
Dismissing ideas that were ‘not invented here’ is like walking past a $100 bill
More research
![X ray single crystal structure of Cucurbit[7]uril binding an amphetamine](https://d1w9csuen3k837.cloudfront.net/Pictures/380x253/3/4/8/133348_X-ray-single-crystal-structure-of-2-CB-7-.jpg)
Organic chemistry: a very short introduction
We have no idea: a guide to the unknown universe
Radium and the secret of life
Strange glow: the story of radiation
Structural DNA nanotechnology
The chemistry book
The elements of power: guns, gadgets and the struggle for a sustainable future in the rare metal age
Starch-based blends, composites and nanocomposites
Early responses to the periodic system
Pericyclic reactions
- Previous
- Next
Casein
Gallium nitride
Caesium chloride
Rotaxanes
Butanone
MOFs: Metal–organic frameworks
Molybdenum disulfide
Diborane
Mauveine
Fluorescein
- Previous
- Next
We're on Twitter
Tweets about @chemistryworldA Chemistry World subscription brings you all the research, news and views from the global chemical science community.
Regularly updated and packed full of articles, podcasts and videos, there is no better way to keep in touch with the chemical sciences.
- Privacy
- Terms of use
- Accessibility
- Issues
- Subjects A-Z
- A-Z of contributors
- © Chemistry World 2017