All Matter articles – Page 64
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ResearchCoulomb explosion uncovers laser-driven chirality
Blowing formic acid apart like a firework sheds light on asymmetric photochemical synthesis
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ResearchCopper mixes with alcohol abuse drug for anticancer action
Chemical model reveals how alcoholism drug disulfiram joins copper to kill cancer cells with oxidation overload
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ResearchSynthesis-searching software’s superior scoring sharpens selections
Realistic costs and diverse suggestions make Chematica more insightful
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Research16 benzene rings make up bulkiest ever acene
Largest perphenylacene behaves like tetracene in an inert hydrocarbon sheath
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PodcastPolyethylene glycol or PEG
The simple polymer that preserves and protects ancient artifacts, and saved a historical Swedish shipwreck from complete collapse
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Research'Self-destructing' solvents control crystallisation
‘Deep eutomic’ mixtures allow easy access to unusual pharmaceutical polymorphs
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ResearchInventors of bullet-proof wood create fire-proof wood
Chemical and mechanical treatment produces denser wood that maintains its strength and resists burning
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ResearchLiquid metal turns back time on fossil fuel burning
Electrochemical reduction with liquid metal electrode converts carbon dioxide back into carbon
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ResearchThe protein crystallisation influencer
Naomi Chayen discusses her career manipulating phase diagrams to produce high-quality protein crystals
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ResearchChameleon compounds from the cocrystal continuum
Indecisive crystals exploited to find new thermochromic materials
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FeatureThe end of phlogiston and the discovery of oxygen
Pure air, dephlogisticated air or a new element? Josephy Priestley and Antoine Lavoisier get to grips with new gases in this month’s comic
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PodcastFerrous sulfate
The iron compound that has been turning oak gall extract into indelible ink for centuries, but is now eating though our ancient manuscripts and musical scores
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ResearchPencil graphite helps make gold nanoparticles golden
Scientists convince free electrons from gold nanoparticles to behave like those of bulk gold
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Research‘Predator particles’ give mice infrared vision
Upconversion nanoparticles that bind to rods and cones shift invisible light to look green
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OpinionWe’re going to need a bigger flask
Scaling up reactions is easy to get wrong in a variety of ways
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ResearchThe five reactions on every organic chemist’s wish list
Synthesis has some catching-up to do to create the reactions every drug discovery chemist dreams of
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ResearchApp quantifies chemicals in thin layer chromatography
Most basic analytical procedure gets a smartphone makeover for quantitative measurements