New route to hydrogenase cofactor azadithiolate provides a simple way to make model enzymes for H2 fuel production

Hydrogenase Cofactor Simply Synthesized

Anion Binding Indicates Catalyst Activity
Anion binding constants of a series of diamine-functionalized organocatalysts provides useful tool to probe catalytic activity

Finding Hidden Chirality
The importance of an often overlooked source of chirality, atropisomerism, depends upon the barriers to rotation

Improvement of COX-1 Inhibitors
Novel cyclooxygenase-1 inhibitors show promise as analgesics, with none of the previous side effects

Treating Resistant Infections with Silver
Silver N-heterocyclic carbenes are promising candidates for new topical antibacterial drugs due to high activity against resistant S. aureus

Intelligent Metal-Storage Nanocapsules
New metal-storage nanocapsules created from self-assembly of dendrimers with soft aliphatic units

Vanadium Complexes of Reduced Schiff Bases
Reduced Schiff base ligands less susceptible to hydrolysis and form more stable V complexes than corresponding Schiff bases

Gold and DNA Join Forces to Detect Mercury
Ultrasensitive mercury detection made possible with gold nanowire-on-film surface-enhanced Raman sensor

Solar Cells: Enhanced Power Conversion
Multiple energy relay dyes incorporated into dye-sensitized solar cells enhance solar-to-electric power conversion by 35 %

Cucurbituril Nanovalves for Controlled Release
Guest molecules can be released on demand with enzyme-inspired nanovalves for sensing probes or drug delivery