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A carborane anion stabilizes a highly Lewis-acidic silylium cation that catalyses the hydrodefluorination of polyfluoroalkanes

An array of soft-tipped polymer 'pens' enables the production of multiple copies of patterns with multi-length-scale features in a single experiment

Stable five-membered heteroallene rings containing phosphorus are shown to be strong ligands

Metal–organic frameworks prove to have a greater dynamic adsorption capacity than activated carbons for many harmful gases

A soft-ionization mass-spectrometry technique enables label-free imaging of fingerprints based on their chemical composition

A model shows that the heterogeneous chemistry of water-ice clouds has a key role in the composition of the martian atmosphere

Two dichromium compounds with the shortest intermetallic bond distances yet have been made with nitrogen ligands

Controllable peristaltic motion can be achieved by coupling a polymeric hydrogel with an oscillating chemical reaction

Polycyclic aromatic compounds sitting on a platinum surface lose their hydrogen atoms at 750 K and are zipped up to form fullerene molecules

Superhydrophic surfaces enable spherical opalescent arrays to be made with precise shapes

Connecting porphyrins together directly — rather than using additional spacers — results in cyclic molecular arrays with light-harvesting potential

Two formal total syntheses of the antibacterial agent platencin rely on different approaches to a crucial stereoselective Diels–Alder reaction

A catalyst that generates oxygen from water under mild conditions is formed during the electrolysis of phosphate-buffered aqueous solutions containing cobalt(II) ions

A rigid molecular scaffold can be used to bring together two arene groups in a face-to-face geometry and enables the interaction between them to be measured

Molecular rotary motors based on cyclopentane can move in one direction with megahertz frequencies at room temperature

An interlocked molecule has been synthesized that mimics the movement of muscle fibres when it is exposed to different wavelengths of light

Carborane-based metal–organic frameworks can be used to separate CO₂ from CO₂/CH₄ mixtures

The fingerprint response of conjugated chromophores enables optical discrimination between 10 metals

An interwoven coordination polymer with a so-called Borromean topology serves as a host for nitrate anions and discrete water clusters

Direct conversion of radiolabelled methyl iodide to formaldehyde offers many new opportunities for preparing ¹¹C-containing molecules