Physical chemistry – Page 41
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Tough self-cleaning coating sticks it to stains
Superhydrophobic ‘paint’ can be sprayed or dip-coated onto cotton, glass and metal and survives sandpaper abrasion
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ResearchProgram ready to weed out tough drug leads
Model could help drug firms avoid synthetically complex dead ends and speed drug discovery
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ResearchComputational chemists unpick adenine–thymine bias
Quantum insights into mechanisms behind tautomer-driven DNA evolution
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ResearchComputational tool leaves electrides with nowhere to hide
Electride criteria pave way for new research into these fascinating materials
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Ring closing highlights hydrogen bonding
Hydrogen bonding environment visualised with fluorescent probe
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ResearchNanoporous methane storage – an impossible target?
Identifying performance limits for nanoporous materials highlights that current methane storage goals might be unrealistic
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ResearchCalculations predict pentagonal graphene
New carbon allotrope could have interesting physical and electrical properties
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ResearchPhotosynthesis takes the high road
Study aims for definitive answer to oxidation state questions in biological water splitting
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ResearchCatching water with imitation beetle bumps
Inkjet printing crafts a superhydrophobic surface that mimics the fog harvesting ability of the Namib Desert beetle
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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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FeatureThe resolution revolution
Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy earned three of its creators a Nobel prize this year. Emma Stoye focuses in on their story
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ResearchAssessing covalency in the hydrogen bond zoo
Orbital-resolved contributions provide a fresh perspective on hydrogen bonds with covalent characteristics
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FeatureBetter cleaning through chemistry
Chemistry World’s competition winner, Tessa Fiorini, investigates the complexities and chemistries behind seemingly simple products
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ResearchComputer simulations point to formamide as prebiotic intermediate in ‘Miller’ mixtures
Electric field may have provided more than just energy for primordial chemistry
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OpinionDoes life play dice?
Philip Ball wonders whether life evolved to exploit quantum phenomena, or if it’s just in our nature
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