Study of strains on the surfaces of nanoparticles which are used in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and fuel cell technology

Behaviour of O and OH on Pt(111)

Lithium and Copper React under Pressure
First lithium-copper compounds synthesized

100th Anniversary: Death of Alexander Mitscherlich
German chemist was one of the inventors of the sulfite process for the production of cellulose

Bayer-Monsanto Deal Nearly Done
U.S. Department of Justice approves Bayer’s proposed acquisition of Monsanto

How Were the First Building Blocks of Life Stabilized?
Droplets could have protected chemically unstable compounds in the primordial soup

ULTIMATE Reagent for End-Labeling Any Nucleic Acid
Regiospecific and reversible labeling with Universal Light-cleaved TerminI-Modifying And TaggablE (ULTIMATE) reagent

Cheap and Versatile Reagent For Making Trifluoromethyl Ethers
Trifluoromethyl benzoate is easy to synthesize and use

Group 15 Carbene Analogues
Divalent bismuthenium and stibenium ions with bulky substituents and weakly coordinating anions synthesized

Improved Synthesis of Functionalized Pyrimidines
Copper-catalyzed cyclization of ketones with nitriles

Optical "Tweezers" Turn Two Atoms into Molecule
Ultracold individual sodium and cesium atoms combined into NaCs molecule without the help of a surface