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Chemistry World November 1, 2010 Laura Howes	Molecular motors find reverse gear Ben Feringa's group at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands been working with molecular motors for years, making small organic molecules that rotate when exposed to light. However, until now these motors have only had a forward gear.
Chemistry World January 11, 2010 Hayley Birch	Locking molecular motors Dutch scientists have designed a molecular motor that can be locked using an acid and unlocked using a base.
Chemistry World February 24, 2014 Andy Extance	Molecular motors aim to pass water Water droplets whose shape mysteriously shifts when the surface underneath them is exposed to light could become nanotech-powered chemistry vessels.
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Chemistry World December 3, 2014 Cally Haynes	One rotaxane, two catalytic stories A two-site supramolecular catalyst that can be programmed to mediate different reactions depending on its conformation has been designed by researchers in the UK.
Chemistry World November 9, 2011 Phillip Broadwith	World's smallest remote control car debuts A tiny remote-controlled four-wheel drive electric vehicle has been made by chemists in the Netherlands. The single molecule car's 'wheels' can be made to turn in response to tiny electrical pulses, propelling it across a surface.
Chemistry World July 26, 2007 Tom Westgate	Counterion Does the Twist US chemists have achieved a breakthrough in the design of catalysts that selectively produce chiral compounds.
Chemistry World April 19, 2012 Simon Hadlington	Controlling an organocatalyst with pH UK chemists have designed an organocatalyst that can be mechanically switched on and off simply by changing the pH.
Technology Research News December 29, 2004	Molecular Motor Goes Both Ways Researchers have constructed a molecular motor that can spin in either direction, much like the biological molecular motors involved in many of life's processes. The motor could eventually be used in nanotechnology applications.
Technology Research News August 13, 2003	Molecule makes ring rotor Researchers from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland have interlocked large, ring-shaped molecules to make a molecular rotor that moves in only one direction. The molecule could eventually be used as a nanoscale motor or winch.
Chemistry World November 24, 2011 Elinor Richards	Blocking cancer's path A concise synthesis of the natural product rasfonin could reignite interest in this molecule as a tool to develop cancer drugs, say scientists from the Netherlands.
Chemistry World February 9, 2012 Simon Hadlington	Molecule mimics molybdenum catalyst Chemists in the US have created a molecule that closely resembles the key active portion of molybdenum disulfide, an important solid industrial catalyst that shows promise for the generation of hydrogen from water.
Chemistry World March 14, 2012 James Urquhart	Catalysis at the flick of a switch German researchers have created a molecular nanoswitch that can be reversibly and repeatedly turned on and off to control a chemical reaction.
Chemistry World March 8, 2011 Jon Cartwright	Carbon nanotubes - a boon for chiral catalysts Researchers in China have created a new catalyst that could help in the production of chiral molecules for medical drugs. The catalyst, which consists of platinum nanoparticles encapsulated in carbon nanotubes, is the most active of its type ever reported.
Technology Research News April 21, 2004 Eric Smalley	Molecule Makes Electric Motor Researchers have built molecules that can spin on command, but finding a way to harness this molecular motion to carry out work is more difficult. A molecule that has a limited range of motion opens up new possibilities.
Chemistry World January 2010 Philip Ball	Welcome to the machine Molecular machines have promised so much but are they more whimsical than technical?
Reactive Reports Issue 33 David Bradley	The Miniature Rotarians Tiny interlocking wheels are the components of a miniscule molecular rotor designed and built by UK chemists. The submicroscopic invention offers a new motor-like component for those hoping to build nanotechnology from the bottom up.
Chemistry World September 6, 2006 Michael Gross	Selective Shortcut Chemists have developed a simple catalyst that speeds up the synthesis of a chiral protected building block used in many complex syntheses.
Chemistry World October 31, 2014 Andy Extance	Acid choice flips enantioselectivity Organic chemists in Ireland have developed a pair of reactions they think are unique in producing predominantly one of two mirror-image products without a change of catalyst.
Chemistry World October 1, 2010 Hayley Birch	On-off catalyst mimics enzyme function US and Japanese researchers have created an enzyme-like catalyst whose activity can be switched on or off using small molecules.
Chemistry World December 23, 2015 Karl Collins	Scratching chiral surfaces There are numerous challenges to developing reactions that exploit chiral surfaces, or employ molecular modifiers (ligands) to create a chiral surface environment and control the stereoselectivity of a transformation.
Chemistry World February 6, 2015 Elisabeth Ratcliffe	Exploiting the chirality of DNA DNA has emerged as an innovative way of controlling the chirality of a reaction product by binding catalysts in such a way that one enantiomer is preferentially generated.
Chemistry World August 22, 2011 Jon Cartwright	Manmade molecular machine goes to work Manmade molecules can generate similar forces to natural molecular machines, and could help chemists to design artificial molecular machines for meaningful tasks.
Chemistry World October 11, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Diode breakthrough in molecular electronics Researchers from the US and Russia have shown how it is possible to measure the diode properties of a single molecule and how the orientation of the molecule between two electrodes can be controlled.
Chemistry World November 17, 2008 Simon Hadlington	Catalyst flexes for extra control US chemists have developed a new type of catalyst capable of exerting high stereochemical control over olefin metathesis reactions
Chemistry World December 21, 2009 Simon Hadlington	'Two-legged' molecular walker takes a stroll UK chemists have designed a two-legged molecule that can walk up and down a straight molecular track. The system could form the basis for artificial linear molecular motors that can transport cargoes in a way similar to molecular machines used in nature.
Chemistry World May 18, 2011 James Urquhart	Throwing light on molecular logic gates The multifunctional molecule, which can be reconfigured by light, could be used in data storage devices and biomedicine, including nanoparticle tracking and drug delivery.
Chemistry World September 7, 2009	Bolt-on MOF catalysts Chemists in the US have shown that a class of hugely porous materials called metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) can have catalytic functions bolted onto the structure after it has been constructed to produce efficient catalysts that can be easily recovered and cycled many times.
Chemistry World June 1, 2006 Michael Gross	New Twists on Catalysis Chemists around the world have discovered several new twists to improve the performance of asymmetric catalysts in hydrogenation reactions.
Chemistry World January 5, 2016 Simon Hadlington	Molecular robot opens the way to nano-assembly lines UK chemists have devised a nanoscale robot that can grasp a cargo molecule, pick it up, place it in a new position some distance away and release it.
Chemistry World October 18, 2011 Steve Down	Cofactor Control of Catalysis Enantioselectivity Scientists have used cofactors to control the enantioselectivity of supramolecular transition metal catalysts, enabling the asymmetric hydrogenation of a series of acrylates and related compounds with remarkably high selectivities.
Technology Research News November 17, 2004	Lasers Drive Nano Locomotive A researcher has designed a laser-powered molecular locomotive that runs along a molecular track and can generate a pulling force ten times greater than that of kinesin, a biological molecular motor.
Chemistry World April 19, 2009 Hayley Birch	Chiral metals shape up for catalysis Dutch and Israeli scientists have found a way to induce the chirality usually only found in organic materials in palladium.
Chemistry World December 17, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Single catalyst gives two products from racemic mixture Chemists in the US have demonstrated a remarkable reaction in which a single catalyst can transform a racemic mixture - molecules identical in every way except for their chirality - into two distinct enantiomerically pure products.
Chemistry World September 22, 2015 Andy Extance	Firming COFs up takes Michael reaction catalysis forward By making formerly fragile covalent organic frameworks resistant to harsh conditions, researchers have created what they think could be a powerful new catalyst concept.
Chemistry World October 14, 2009 James Urquhart	New route to amino acids US scientists have found a new way of making a class of non-natural amino acids that are widely used as components of pharmaceuticals and chiral catalysts.
Chemistry World January 5, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Password Protection Goes Molecular Israeli scientists have invented the ultimate in small-scale security: a molecule that acts like an electronic keypad lock.
Chemistry World December 13, 2011 Jon Cartwright	Scientists unveil tiniest switch Researchers in Germany claim to have created the world's smallest molecular switch, relying on the movement of just a single proton.
Chemistry World February 18, 2009 Nina Notman	Single Nanocatalyst Behaviour Revealed Before you can design the perfect nanoparticle catalyst, you first need to understand the fundamental science that governs their reactivity. U.S. Scientists have said they have done just that.
Chemistry World April 28, 2010 Mike Brown	Producing hydrogen from sea water A new catalyst that generates hydrogen from sea water has been developed by scientists in the US.
Chemistry World December 20, 2011 Laura Howes	Cutting edge chemistry in 2011 With the help of an expert panel of journal editors Chemistry World reviews the ground breaking research and important trends in this year's crop of chemical science papers.
Chemistry World May 15, 2012 Harriet Brewerton	Chiral Confusion Scientists in Israel have shown that non-biological chiral crystals are much more abundant than previously thought and their findings could clear up a possible confusion over the term 'chiral'.
Chemistry World November 3, 2014 Debbie Houghton	Engineered metalloenzyme catalyses Friedel -- Crafts reaction Reprogramming the genetic code of bacteria to incorporate an unnatural amino acid has allowed scientists in the Netherlands to create a new metalloenzyme capable of catalyzing an enantioselective reaction.
Chemistry World May 30, 2013 Andy Extance	Catalyst duo exerts powerful stereocontrol Chemists from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, have teamed chiral catalysts in pairs to selectively drive a reaction towards desired stereoisomeric products with high selectivity.
Chemistry World July 16, 2013 Harriet Brewerton	Accelerating stereochemical analysis A chemosensor has been developed by scientists in the US to speed up the quantitative stereochemical analysis of chiral amino alcohols and diamines.
Chemistry World February 28, 2012 Nina Notman	Observing Charge Distribution in Molecules The distribution of charge across a single molecule has been imaged for the first time by Swiss scientists. It is hoped that this work may eventually lead to electronic devices consisting of organic molecules.
Chemistry World September 4, 2008 Fred Campbell	Two catalysts better than one US researchers have cracked a long standing problem in chemical synthesis - the catalytic alpha-alkylation of aldehydes - by combining two catalysts in one pot.
Chemistry World January 10, 2013 Laura Howes	Rotaxane mimics ribosome to spin out peptides The field of molecular machines has taken a new bio-inspired turn to assemble another molecule, in this case linking up individual amino acids into a peptide.
Chemistry World September 3, 2015 Elisabeth Ratcliffe	Electric switch makes helix change hands Application of an electric field in the direction opposite to that of the macrodipole reverses the handedness of the structure.
Chemistry World June 16, 2010 Simon Hadlington	Rotaxane molecule seen in action Researchers from the US and Japan have directly observed the ring of a rotaxane molecule shuttling along its spindle. The behaviour of the rotaxane is influenced by its molecular environment, something that is significant if the molecules are to be used as molecular machines.