Professor Dominic Tildesley is now president of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK

New RSC President

Mass Production of Synthetic Diamond
A new chemical vapor deposition system boosts single-crystal diamond production to 100 grams a day
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Lanthanide-Containing [2]Rotaxanes
The first anion-templated synthesis of a lanthanide-containing interlocked molecule is demonstrated

Si−Ru Complex Probes DNA Mismatches
A silicon−ruthenium hybrid complex can selectively detect cytosine−cytosine and cytosine−thymine mismatches in DNA

Metal−Organic Frameworks: The New Jack of All Trades for (Inorganic) Chemists
Roland A. Fischer, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, discusses the IUPAC definition of a MOF

A Silicon Twist
Simple route to polyamino-substituted 1H-siloles - important components of LED and other electronic materials

Chemical Poems: Indium
Poems based on the natural properties of each of the elements of the periodic table

Chemistry of Caipirinha
Caipirinha is not only the World Cup 2014 cocktail, but Brazil's national cocktail

Guess the Chemist (31)
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?

Carlos F. Barbas III (1964 – 2014)
Professor Carlos F. Barbas III, The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), USA, passed away last Tuesday