Similar Articles |
|
Chemistry World November 13, 2015 Kira Welter |
First permanently porous liquid created Liquids with permanent porosity were created by combining a functionalized organic cage molecule and a bulky solvent |
Chemistry World March 27, 2013 Akshat Rathi |
Molecular cages to end crystallization nightmare X-ray crystallography has shaped modern chemistry. It is a powerful tool for molecular structural analysis. But it suffers from one big drawback: it can only analyze materials that form well-defined crystals. This may now be about to change. |
Chemistry World March 23, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
The Hole Story UK chemists are trying to create the first liquids made from holes. The strange fluids could change the way chemical plants operate, they claim. |
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 August 17, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
A MOF you can scoff Chemists have accidentally discovered a new type of metal organic framework, or MOF, which is made from edible components. |
Chemistry World August 13, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Picky MOF crystals show promise For the first time, researchers have modified metal-organic frameworks to selectively capture large organic molecules. |
Chemistry World November 14, 2014 Laura Fisher |
Will it crystallize? Scientists have developed a machine learning approach to predict whether a small organic molecule will be able to crystallize. |
Wired Erin Biba |
Molecular Frameworks, the Building Blocks of All Life The world is complicated, but not as complicated as you might think. Most organic molecules derive from a few relatively simple architectures. |
Chemistry World January 8, 2016 Tom Wilson |
Disciplines unite to strengthen MOFs Chemists can repurpose concepts from mechanical engineering when trying to develop metal -- organic frameworks, according to researchers in the UK. |
Chemistry World July 22, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
Chemists create a molecular ship in a bottle Chemists have designed a new kind of three-dimensional molecular cage that is held together by a remarkably high number of hydrogen bonds. |
Chemistry World May 5, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Keeping MOF pores open wide Chemists have developed a way of preventing metal-organic frameworks - hugely porous materials with enormous potential for storing a range of molecules and other structures - from 'clogging up' during synthesis. |
Chemistry World June 9, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Super sponges soak up gas Researchers in the US have shown that a recently discovered class of compound based on light elements can store gas at least as efficiently as the most promising metal organic framework candidates. |
Chemistry World April 28, 2011 Elinor Richards |
Hardy MOFs endure extreme conditions The most chemically and thermally stable metal-organic frameworks yet have been made by a team in the US. |
Chemistry World November 30, 2007 Lewis Brindley |
Crystal Clear Structure Prediction One team of researchers has hit the jackpot by correctly predicting the crystal structures of four organic molecules in a competition organized by the University of Cambridge. |
Chemistry World July 19, 2012 Helen Gray |
MOF gate opens selective CO2 gas storage door UK researchers have designed a metal -- organic framework that, unusually, selectively adsorbs CO 2 over ethyne by a dynamic gate-opening mechanism and has potential applications in fuel gas separation. |
Chemistry World February 18, 2011 Carol Stanier |
Speed dating for pharmaceuticals A simple analysis of hydrogen bond strengths finds the best crystallisation partners for drugs, say UK scientists. |
Chemistry World August 31, 2015 Matthew Gunther |
MOFs with a heart of glass Metal -- organic frameworks have long been the preserve of the solid state domain, but a group of scientists have now produced a molten MOF and cooled it to form a unique glass. |
Chemistry World May 26, 2015 Victoria Richards |
Crystalline sponge method strikes again Scientists from Japan report that their revolutionary crystallographic technique has determined the stereochemistries of molecules with axial and planar chiralities, where classical methods had failed. |
Chemistry World July 19, 2010 Phillip Broadwith |
Designing porous patterns Belgian chemists are finally getting to grips with how to control the way molecules arrange themselves at the solid-liquid interface. |
Chemistry World July 15, 2015 Simon Hadlington |
Tailored zeolite synthesis takes a big step forward The science of zeolites, porous aluminosilicates that are industrially important catalysts and adsorbents, has taken a major step forward after researchers were able to predict and synthesize entirely new structures. |
Chemistry World May 20, 2015 Katrina Kramer |
Taking the lead on drug discovery Researchers from the UK have developed a straightforward strategy for making compounds that have the potential to become clinical drugs. |
Chemistry World November 4, 2010 Mike Brown |
World's smallest chromatography column Single metal-organic framework crystals can be used to separate mixtures of dyes just like a miniature chromatography column, say scientists in the US. |
Chemistry World May 7, 2008 Lewis Brindley |
Super-sized molecular sponges boost carbon capture Super-sized molecular sponges that trap and store carbon dioxide have been unveiled by chemists in the US. |
Chemistry World February 14, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Molecular Sponges Mop up Carbon Dioxide US researchers have created a range of new chemical 'sponges' that could be used to soak up carbon dioxide from power stations. |
Chemistry World April 29, 2009 James Urquhart |
Huge pores in zeolite molecular sieve Researchers in Spain and Sweden have synthesized and structurally determined a new kind of crystalline molecular sieve with extra large holes and chiral properties. |
Chemistry World November 8, 2013 Rowan Frame |
Big data approach to solar cells After 150 million theoretical calculations, scientists at Harvard University in the US reveal results that could cut down the time and cost of experimental tests to find better organic electronic materials for solar cells. |
Chemistry World September 29, 2015 |
Navigating chemical space How big is chemistry? I don't mean how important is it, or how many people do it, but rather, how many molecules are there that we could make? |
Chemistry World May 29, 2006 |
Cash Injection for Zeolite Crystal Growth A fundamental study into crystal growth has grabbed the attention of global industrial oil companies. The porous aluminosilicate structures are used in catalysis for turning oil into petrol, and the details of how they grow on the atomic scale remain a mystery. |
Chemistry World June 26, 2009 James Urquhart |
White phosphorus tamed White phosphorous, a highly reactive and potentially toxic form of the element, can be stabilized in air indefinitely when imprisoned inside a self-assembling molecular cage. |
Chemistry World April 22, 2014 Stephen McCarthy |
Molecules mimic mesmerizing mathematics Computer modelling has shown for the first time how organic molecules could assemble into molecular quasicrystals, raising the possibility of new materials with exotic properties. |
Chemistry World October 11, 2007 Jonathan Edwards |
'Tuneable' Polymer Can Separate Anything An international team of scientists have made a polymer with pores which can be fine-tuned to speedily separate different small molecules -- with applications ranging from carbon capture to fuel cells. |
Reactive Reports May 2007 David Bradley |
Meeting of Molecular Movie Stars New footage confirms Linus Pauling's theory of chemical bonding proposed half a century ago, and could help explain molecular recognition processes important throughout supramolecular chemistry and molecular biology. |
Chemistry World May 15, 2006 Jon Evans |
Selective DNA Crystals A molecular biologist has developed a molecular sieve using a DNA crystal with nanoscale channels. |
Technology Research News April 9, 2003 |
Liquid crystals go 3D Researchers from Sheffield University in England and the University of Pennsylvania have unlocked some of the secrets of liquid crystals, materials that self-assemble into lattices of geometric shapes that are neither solid nor liquid, but somewhere between. |
Chemistry World July 6, 2015 Tim Wogan |
Novel compounds make light work of trapping carbon dioxide A new set of compounds that can be reversibly switched between crystalline and amorphous isomers by light has been developed by researchers in Italy. |
Chemistry World April 30, 2015 Simon Hadlington |
Floppy polymer defies convention to form rigid framework Chemists in the US have turned received wisdom on its head by using floppy, linear polymers to construct a rigid, crystalline, three-dimensional metal -- organic framework. |
Chemistry World September 6, 2010 Phillip Broadwith |
Are you sure that structure is right? UK chemists have developed a computer program that can work out how likely a chemical structure is to be correct, or identify the right structure from a range of possibilities. |
Technology Research News January 12, 2005 |
Branchy Molecules Make Precise Pores Researchers have found a way to coax a material containing microscopic pores to assemble from two very different types of molecules. The material could be used as packaging material for microscopic electronics, to store gases, and to deliver tiny amounts of drugs to very specific places. |
Chemistry World September 30, 2010 James Urquhart |
Weightlifting crystals Japanese researchers have created a co-crystal that reversibly bends like human muscle when exposed to ultraviolet and visible light. |
Chemistry World July 15, 2011 Jon Cartwright |
Making Room for Larger Pores in Zeolites Surfactants can be used to build zeolites with hierarchical structures and large pores. |
Chemistry World March 9, 2006 Katharine Sanderson |
Covalent Bonds Crack Under the Strain Chemists must consider engineering principles when designing molecules following news that tough carbon-to-carbon bonds break easily under mechanical strain. |
Reactive Reports Issue 51 David Bradley |
Protein Crystals Trapped Researchers have developed a new technique for crystallizing proteins, which could open up a whole range of materials to this powerful analytical technique. |
Chemistry World December 16, 2013 Tim Wogan |
Calculations predict stable eight nitrogen molecule Nitrogen could form an N 8 molecular crystal at low temperatures, according to density functional theory calculations done by Israeli and US researchers. |
Chemistry World January 27, 2014 Michael Parkin |
One minute synthesis for microporous materials Researchers in Japan have developed the fastest known synthetic route for preparing crystalline microporous solids. |
Chemistry World September 18, 2012 Phillip Broadwith |
Caffeine crystals with an elastic bent Indian chemists have discovered a highly elastic but crystalline material made from caffeine. The crystals maintain their elasticity down to -100 C. |
Chemistry World July 3, 2014 Tami Spector |
Of atoms and aesthetics Molecular aesthetics means many things to a few people. For some it means tangible aspects of compounds; for others yet, the ways that chemists represent molecules. |
Chemistry World May 4, 2010 Lewis Brindley |
Nanomachinery gets a spring in its step Molecular springs that always twist the same way are the latest addition to the nanomachinery toolbox. |
Chemistry World February 23, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
MOFs make light work of it UK researchers have discovered a new use for metal-organic frameworks -- as potential lighting devices. |
Chemistry World November 28, 2013 |
Put the chemistry back in medicinal chemistry Today, synthetic skill is valued and appreciated much less in medicinal chemistry than in chemical development, though it is equally important for both. Much of the blame lies with the mismeasurement of productivity. |
Chemistry World December 8, 2011 Sarah Farley |
Capturing Compounds in Cages for Chemical Control Scientists from the UK have used a molecular capsule to control the reactivity of an organic compound. |