Retinal degeneration can be prevented by ethanol extracts of a plant widely cultivated in East Asia

Asian Plant for Better Vision

Thiazolothiazole-Containing Ambipolar Organic Semiconductor
A thiazolothiazole-containing ambipolar semiconductor with high hole and electron mobilities was synthesized

Let Bacteria Do the Job
Proof-of-principle for a low-cost recycling method for the production of acetone, butanol, and ethanol by clostridia strains

Copper Foam to Create Silicium 3D Anodes
Si anodes embedded in Cu foam show high surface capacities in lithium-ion batteries

Polymers Based on Pyromellitic Diimide
Tuning electronic mobility in donor-acceptor conjugated polymers

Treating Autism in the Womb?
Abnormal concentration of chloride ions in the neurons of autistic-like animals found to be associated to inhibiting a signaling shift

Unusual Coupling of Nitriles
Unusual coupling reactions result from treatment of Group 4 metallocene alkyne complexes with ferrocenyl nitriles

Aggregation-Induced Emission in Tetraphenylethene Derivatives
A new luminogen that shows the aggregation-induced emission effect as well as a thermochromic color switch is reported

Cationic Square Planar Pt(II) Complexes
Novel cationic square planar platinum complexes display environmentally sensitive Pt···Pt intermolecular interactions

A Sweet Case Study
Method for the discovery of amphiphiles uses high-throughput (HT) methods to synthesise and characterise amphiphilic compounds