All Atoms and bonds articles – Page 52
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ResearchSuper-dipoles linked to chloroform’s outstanding solvent properties
Polar stacks facilitate dissolution by polarising electron clouds of nearby solutes
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ResearchLight drives unusual rotaxane-to-catenane transformation
Chemists ring the changes of mechanically-interlocked molecules
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ResearchHydrogen superconductivity hammered out on diamond anvil
Humble hydrogen sulfide may be the best superconductor produced yet, but only under extreme pressures
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Researchσ meets π for a hole lot of bonding
Co-operating holes provide unique interaction opportunities
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ResearchZeolites net new carbon allotropes
Six new forms of carbon predicted using known topologies from the zeolite field
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PodcastChemistry World podcast - December 2014
How nitrogen can make green explosives and why molecular communication might produce chatty nanobots
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ResearchOne rotaxane, two catalytic stories
Molecular machine generates different products from a common set of building blocks
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FeatureLet the molecules do the talking
Using molecules rather than electronics or optics to send messages sounds far-fetched, but it’s common in nature. Nina Notman dials up some compounds and investigates
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Nanostripe controversy in new twist
Creator of striped nanoparticles insists questions over structures have already been answered and accuses critics of a ‘personal war’
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ResearchBoron and beryllium finally shake hands
Never-before-seen bond observed between periodic table neighbours
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ReviewThe elements: the new guide to the building blocks of our universe
A stroll through the periodic table
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ResearchHydrogen bond pictures come under close scrutiny
For atomic force microscopy images claiming to show intermolecular interactions, appearances may be deceiving
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ResearchStressed ligands switch catalysis selectivity
Switchable ligand flips between strained and relaxed forms altering reaction enantioselectivity
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PodcastSelenium dioxide
It smells of ‘rotting horseradish’ but gives glass a magnificent red colour – Brian Clegg shines a light on selenium dioxide
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ResearchExpanding the supramolecular toolbox
Meet the biphen[n]arenes, a new family of macrocyclic arenes