All Matter articles – Page 99
-
ResearchReactive intermediates tamed in natural product synthesis
Benzynes perform remarkably selective reactions with natural products that lead to uniquely complex compounds
-
ResearchGraphene-coated contact lenses bring eye electronics a step closer
Lenses can protect eyes from radiation, water loss and even include an integral LED
-
ResearchMaterial mimics natural enamel's structure
Scientists overcome obstacles to produce first copy of one of nature’s strongest and toughest materials
-
ResearchEvaporation drives dancing droplet breakdown
Changes in surface tension cause alcohol–water droplet on oil to burst into thousands of tiny droplets
-
-
PodcastMolybdenum disulfide
Brian Clegg discovers the compound that makes the world’s smallest transistors
-
ResearchUltrafast lasers promise to make lead ‘look like’ gold
Theoretical study suggests atomic mimicry could reshape spectroscopy, information processing – and even chemical reactivity
-
ResearchTheory put into practice as new class of superbase created
Carbon–phosphorus double bonds give extra basic molecule its super strength
-
ArticlePittcon 2017
The big beast of analytical conferences – Pittcon – rolls into Chicago this March
-
OpinionHow to expand the Cahn–Ingold–Prelog rules for supramolecules
A single change could solve the problem of noncovalent interactions
-
ResearchAlgorithm on the nose when it comes to predicting molecules' smells
Crowdsourced model offers new insight into our sense of smell
-
FeatureThe chemist with x-ray vision
Mike Sutton tells the tale of John Kendrew and his work on the structure of myoglobin
-
OpinionPolymer amphiphiles could help reveal the origins of life
Spontaneous shapes and reactions to light may explain how protocells form
-
ResearchPolymers undergo molecular metamorphosis
Post-synthesis shape changes can be driven by temperature
-
ResearchProtein-bound gold enables in-mouse catalysis
First metal-catalysed reaction inside a living organism could lead the way to targeted drug synthesis
-
ResearchDo hydrogen bonds have covalent character?
Scientists wrangle over disagreement between charge transfer measurements
-
ResearchFirst uranium–rhodium bond shows that shorter is not stronger
Complex with one of the shortest uranium–transition metal bonds ever reported is unstable in solution
-
ResearchMicro-macaroni mops up bacteria
Soft platinum-protein micromotors can capture objects as they propel themselves around a surface
-
OpinionIn search of solvation
Process chemistry opens up a whole new world when it comes to solvent choice
-
ResearchTriangulene molecule synthesised after six decades
AFM images reveal peculiar biradical aromatic created by single atom manipulation