Spectroscopy – Page 6
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ResearchStudy confirms long-distance quantum tunnelling in thiourea
Validation for unusual proton-transfer process first observed 15 years ago
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ResearchNanoparticle–NMR technique targets recreational drugs
After constantly playing catch-up, new tool could give analytical chemists the edge in fight to identify new psychoactive substances
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ResearchEarly colour photos reveal photographer's chemical craft
High power analysis unmasks chemicals used to create 19th century images
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ResearchCall to erase aqueous sulfide ions from chemistry
Spectroscopic developments question the existence of aqueous sulfide ions
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FeatureHandheld spectrometers
Andy Extance discovers how portable infrared absorption and Raman scattering analysis tools are inspiring new uses – even within people’s homes
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ResearchPrecision approach may have spotted coldest liquid water droplets ever made
Supercooled droplets come in at chilly -43ºC with highly accurate temperature measurements
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ResearchOld and new spectroscopic techniques team up to decipher intricate alkaloids
Cutting-edge strategies set to increase our access to chemical space after researchers use them to verify unprecedented structures
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CareersTake a tour of the Diamond Light Source
The synchrotron researchers exploring the world in atomic detail
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ResearchPutting a new spin on things
In the next part of our future of chemistry series we look at how diamond defects could transform everything from NMR to fighting cancer
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OpinionThat’s stereochemistry
Recognising the tetrahedral nature of carbon changed science as well as explaining it
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ResearchMicrowaving black phosphorus reveals novel properties
Electromagnetic studies offer new potential uses for this elusive allotrope
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ResearchA light in shining armour
Spectroscopic technique illuminates blueing process in a 16th century gauntlet
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WebinarMass spectrometry for chemists – direct analysis of TLC plates, solids and gases
Learn how to reduce sample preparation time for fast mass analysis with the Advion expression CMS
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NewsWhat can we learn from asteroids?
Flying space rocks could hold the answer to the origins of life
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ResearchDNA helix has chiral water ‘spine’
Spectroscopy reveals how water molecules form a chiral superstructure in DNA’s minor groove
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ResearchAnion confounds expectations with its electron-loving nature
A boron cluster is the first example of a dipole-distinguishing electrophilic anion
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FeatureRaiders of the lost pigments
The old sculptures in museums have lost their original colour, but chemistry can help us discover how they used to look
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ResearchAn end to incorrect NMR structures?
An adapted protein NMR technique could avoid the structures of complex molecules having to be revisited
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ResearchUltrafast lasers promise to make lead ‘look like’ gold
Theoretical study suggests atomic mimicry could reshape spectroscopy, information processing – and even chemical reactivity