Materials
Nanotube water channelling claims challenged
Results from 2017 paper raise questions over the flow rates of water through nanotubes
Live cell imaging using an ATP-fuelled nanomachine
Biosensor runs off cells’ chemical fuel
Healthier hair in just 10 minutes with graphene dye
Graphene oxide hair dye is not only non-toxic, it also imbues hair with antistatic and thermal conductive properties
Reactions and synthesis
Bizarre bimetallic compounds break C–F bonds
First ever molecular Mg–Al bond constructed in study that reveals main group metal–metal bonds can readily react with aromatic fluorine
Titanium complex converts methane to alkenes at room temperature
New work illustrates the ‘crucial steps’ required for a process to make useful chemical feedstocks from methane
Enzymes enter new territory to perform unnatural reaction
Cyclopropanation catalysis opens door to greener chemistry
Atoms and bonds
New AFM tip reopens hydrogen bond imaging debate
Putting rigid copper oxide on probe prevents artefacts – but what is it actually measuring?
Molecular cages could uncover element 114’s true chemical nature
Flerovium-capturing sulfur cages could finally reveal where in the periodic table the superheavy element belongs
Quantum computing can go chemical with molecular qubits
Metal–organic frameworks could perform calculations to simulate molecules
