Rhodium nanoparticle catalysts for carbon dioxide hydrogenation can produce either methane or CO

Change in Catalyst Support Can Switch Reactivity

Healing Defects in 2D Materials
Formation and healing of defects in atomically thin GaSe and InSe

"Crab-on-a-Tree" Coating for Food Packaging
Sustainable, optically transparent coating acts as oxygen barrier

Ultrathin Antibacterial Coatings for Bone Implants
Layered material made from graphene oxide and lysozyme

Enone Synthesis Uses Reductive Nickel Catalysis
Coupling between acid fluorides and vinyl triflates

Total Synthesis of Principinol D
Complex natural product prepared using a convergent fragment-coupling approach

Impurities in Plastic Can Spoil Your Quantum Dot Emissions
Accidental contamination of substrates and polymer films gives wrong signals

New Type of Electrophile for Suzuki–Miyaura Reactions
Stable, readily available α-oxo-vinylsulfones for cross-coupling reactions

Copolymer Made from Inorganic Nanoparticles
Nanoparticles coated in reactive block copolymers used as monomers

Metal–Organic Framework Protects Frozen Red Blood Cells
Zirconium-based nanoparticles can replace toxic organic solvents or expensive antifreeze proteins