Two bond or not two bond? That is a question of X-ray crystal structure interpretation, especially for cyclobutadiene

Tunable, (super)conductive plastic films made with ion beam and used for electrical resistance thermometers

Alternating stacks of planar cations and planar dipyrrole-containing anions provides concept for formation of new materials

Dip-pen nanolithography can be used to draw nanopatterns with viruses as the ink

The surfaces of nanoscopic diamonds have been chemically modified by a Diels-Alder reaction

One-step process gives cheap and versatile way of producing ultrathin coatings by simultaneous spraying of interacting substances

Innovative techniques allows the study of interfaces with great precision and could lead to rational design of catalytic materials

Photorefractive polymer used in first quasi-real-time, three dimensional holographic display

Researchers isolate the substance that causes Venus flytraps to close

Turbo-Grignard reagent with specific point of attack allows synthesis of tRNA nucleosides in presence of reactive groups