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ResearchFirst benzene-mimicking molecule made entirely from palladium
Palladium hexagon is a rare example of all-metal aromatic nanocluster
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Research
Rhenium plays starring role in bond movie
Controllable energy input from transmission electron microscope captures atoms dissociating and recombining
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Podcast
Cobalt oxide
From ancient Egyptian pottery to distinctive blue bottles, cobalt oxide has been providing ‘chemically and artistically perfect’ pigments for centuries
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Research
Semiconductive properties see subvalent silver oxide contravene textbook rules
Extreme synthetic conditions create material with a seemingly implausible electron count
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Research
Rare subvalent compound sits on the fence between semiconductors and intermetallics
Liquid indium solvent and sulfur-poor conditions allow scientists to create a new subchalcogenide
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Research
Trigold anion is first example of strange twisted aromaticity
A blue tin–gold cluster is the first to show in-plane σ-Möbius aromaticity
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Research
Transition metal complex with geometry predicted over 100 years ago raises eyebrows
A hexagonal planar complex containing rare palladium–magnesium bonds has been reported for the first time
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Research
Large gold nanoclusters are surprisingly stable paramagnets
An odd electron makes the magnetism
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Research
New compounds make dissolving gold simpler and safer
Polypseudohalogen-based ionic liquid offers innovative way to recycle electronics
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Research
Fullerene cage stabilises first yttrium–yttrium single bond
Rare experimental evidence of direct metal–metal bonding between the often-overlooked rare earth elements
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Research
Warnings that dirty stirrer bars can act as phantom catalysts
Metal contaminants that can’t be removed by cleaning can be a serious problem for sensitive reactions
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Opinion
The dangers of dimethylmercury
Looking back at how the death of Karen Wetterhahn changed lab safety
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Research
Catalytically, is copper the new gold?
Approach for depositing copper on silica support influences how easily it oxidises, and in turn the reactions it catalyses
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Research
Molecular shapeshifting observed at ultrafast speeds
Study reveals that structural transformations occur just as fast as molecular vibrations
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Research
Alkaline earth carbonyls break the rules
Complexes of Ca, Sr and Ba adopt a transition metal-like 18-electron configuration, rather than the octet more usually found in main group compounds
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Research
AI teaches itself to identify materials – and predict new ones too
Neural network trained up on 50,000 crystal structures shows promise rapidly navigating chemical element combinations
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News
Noble gas’s days of fixed atomic weight argon
Chemistry’s standardisation body introduces atomic weight interval for argon and updates weights of another 13 elements
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Research
Tin–cobalt compound used as oligomerisation catalyst
First example of a four-coordinate tin radical made by photolysis of a metal–metal bond
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Research
Unlimited combinations possible for new range of atom thick materials
Molten salts allow synthesis of 35 unknown 2D transition metal chalcogenides with many more possible
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Research
73 new exotic nuclei discovered at Japanese institute
Hunt for remaining 4000 predicted nuclides goes on but new technology is needed to find them all
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