Site-specific and reversible covalent connection

Photochemically Stabilized DNA Assemblies

Turning a MOF into Glass
Flux melting creates new form of the common metal-organic framework (MOF) ZIF-8

Template-Free Synthesis of Mesoporous Semiconductors
Template-free synthesis of highly crystalline mesoporous TiO2 within milliseconds

Radical Difluoromethoxylation of Arenes
Redox-active difluoromethoxylating reagent for the conversion of unactivated arenes under photocatalytic conditions

Grand Prix 2018 de la Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie
Thomas Ebbesen, University of Strasbourg, France, and Susumu Kitagawa, University of Kyoto, Japan, honored

Photoredox-Catalyzed Alkenylation of Organosulfur Compounds
Benzylsulfonium salts and styrene derivatives were coupled under blue LED light

Fast, Selective Detection of Fluoride in Drinking Water
Luminescent metal–organic framework (MOF) acts as an optical sensor

New Class of Inorganic Polymer
Ring-opening polymerization of cyclic phosphonates

Regioselective Synthesis of Conjugated Dienones
Sulfoxonium ylides used for the olefination of allylarenes

Smart Gold Leaf Based on Nanomaterials
Integrating Au nanoparticles and cellulose nanofibers