Somewhere in East Asia, a banned CFC propellant is illegally produced and released

Who Releases the Ozone Killer Trichlorofluoromethane?

Wood to Supercapacitors
Highly conductive electrode materials from ultrathin carbon nanofiber aerogels derived from nanofibrillated cellulose

High Capacity by Double Activation
Potassium vanadophosphate as multi-electron cathode material for sodium-ion batteries (NIBs)

Light-Induced Cyclization of a Daisy-Chain Rotaxane
Synthesized "double-lasso" macrocycle shows reversible muscle-like extension/contraction

Controlled Nano-Assembly
Universal pH-regulated assembly of DNA nanostructures

Biomimetic Synthetic Receptor for Fucose
Selectively recognizing the sugar fucose in water

Metal-Organic Framework Contracts upon Heating
First example of 3D negative thermal expansion in a low-symmetry MOF

1st Chemistry – An Innovation Forum
A short but impressive event

Nitration of Arenes under Mild Conditions
Solvent effects help to avoid the use of sulfonitric mixed acid

Mercurated Triplex-Forming Oligonucleotides
Single organomercurated base can stabilize triple-stranded DNA - great potential for use in regulation of gene expression