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SnS Nanoplatelets for Solar Cells
Newly synthesized well-calibrated square SnS nanoplatelets could substitute toxic CdS as buffer material in thin film solar cells
New Material: 2D Stanene
Atom thick layer of stanene fabricated; unusually electronic phenomena theoretically predicted
Deepest Detection of Active Life
At almost 2.5 km beneath the sea floor, microbial life produces methane from coal
One-pot Odourless Synthesis of Thioesters
Efficient, versatile, odourless protocol for a one-pot preparation of thioesters from non-thiolic precursors under mild conditions
Short Wavelength Plasmons in Nanotubes
Luttinger-liquid plasmon observed in metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes
New Receptor Controls Blood Pressure
The shear stresses of the flowing blood activates a receptor; ultimately this leads to a reduction in blood pressure
Cyclometalation of Phosphanes at Iridium
Intramolecular reductive elimination caused by the strong π-acceptor ligands CO and NO+
Carbocationic Rearrangements of 1-Styrylpropargyl Alcohols
Many different structural motifs resulte from novel cascades of reactions
Arylamine Tribenzopentaphenes
Better hole mobility for arylamine tribenzopentaphenes as potential organic semiconductors