Top 25 most-read ChemComm articles in 2013

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Facile preparation and upconversion luminescence of graphene quantum dots
Jianhua Shen, Yihua Zhu, Cheng Chen, Xiaoling Yang and Chunzhong Li
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04812G

Graphene quantum dots: emergent nanolights for bioimaging, sensors, catalysis and photovoltaic devices
Jianhua Shen, Yihua Zhu, Xiaoling Yang and Chunzhong Li
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC00110A

A route to drastic increase of CO2 uptake in Zr metal organic framework UiO-66
Cher Hon Lau, Ravichandar Babarao and Matthew R. Hill
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC40470F

Reduction of graphene oxide viaL-ascorbic acid
Jiali Zhang, Haijun Yang, Guangxia Shen, Ping Cheng, Jingyan Zhang and Shouwu Guo
DOI: 10.1039/B917705A

Porous salts based on the pamoate ion
Helene Wahl, Delia A. Haynes and Tanya le Roex
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC14753J

Strongly green-photoluminescent graphene quantum dots for bioimaging applications
Shoujun Zhu, Junhu Zhang, Chunyan Qiao, Shijia Tang, Yunfeng Li, Wenjing Yuan, Bo Li, Lu Tian, Fang Liu, Rui Hu, Hainan Gao, Haotong Wei, Hao Zhang, Hongchen Sun and Bai Yang
DOI: 10.1039/C1CC11122A

Improvement of dye-sensitized solar cells toward the broader light harvesting of the solar spectrum
Suresh Kannan Balasingam, Minoh Lee, Man Gu Kang and Yongseok Jun
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC37616D

An overview of the synthesis of ordered mesoporous materials
Wei Li and Dongyuan Zhao
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC36964H

Exploration of the medical periodic table: towards new targets
Nicolas P. E. Barry and Peter J. Sadler
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC41143E

A seeded synthetic strategy for uniform polymer and carbon nanospheres with tunable sizes for high performance electrochemical energy storage
Jiasheng Qian, Mingxian Liu, Lihua Gan, Pranav K. Tripathi, Dazhang Zhu, Zijie Xu, Zhixian Hao, Longwu Chen and Dominic S. Wright
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC41113C

The chemistry of pristine graphene
Laura Rodríguez-Pérez, M a Ángeles Herranz and Nazario Martín
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC38950B

Size control and quantum confinement in Cu2ZnSnS4 nanocrystals
Ankur Khare, Andrew W. Wills, Lauren M. Ammerman, David J. Norris and Eray S. Aydil
DOI: 10.1039/C1CC14687D

Wet chemical synthesis of silver nanorods and nanowires of controllable aspect ratio
Nikhil R. Jana, Latha Gearheart and Catherine J. Murphy
DOI: 10.1039/B100521I

Silicon nanoparticles–graphene paper composites for Li ion battery anodes
Jeong K. Lee, Kurt B. Smith, Cary M. Hayner and Harold H. Kung
DOI: 10.1039/B919738A

Yolk/shell nanoparticles: new platforms for nanoreactors, drug delivery and lithium-ion batteries
Jian Liu, Shi Zhang Qiao, Jun Song Chen, Xiong Wen (David) Lou, Xianran Xing and Gao Qing (Max) Lu
DOI: 10.1039/C1CC13658E

Efficient solar photoelectrosynthesis of methanol from carbon dioxide using hybrid CuO–Cu2O semiconductor nanorod arrays
Ghazaleh Ghadimkhani, Norma R. de Tacconi, Wilaiwan Chanmanee, Csaba Janaky and Krishnan Rajeshwar
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC38068D

Crystal facet engineering of semiconductor photocatalysts: motivations, advances and unique properties
Gang Liu, Jimmy C. Yu, Gao Qing (Max) Lu and Hui-Ming Cheng
DOI: 10.1039/C1CC10665A

Selective detection of NO2 and C2H5OH using a Co3O4-decorated ZnO nanowire network sensor
Chan Woong Na, Hyung-Sik Woo, Il-Doo Kim and Jong-Heun Lee
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC05256F

Metal-free, highly efficient organocatalytic amination of benzylic C–H bonds

Qicai Xue, Jin Xie, Huamin Li, Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC41558A

Acid-degradable polymers for drug delivery: a decade of innovation
Sandra Binauld and Martina H. Stenzel
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC36589H

Hybrid nanomaterials for biomedical applications
Kathryn M. L. Taylor-Pashow, Joseph Della Rocca, Rachel C. Huxford and Wenbin Lin
DOI: 10.1039/C002073G

Highly selective CO2 capture on N-doped carbon produced by chemical activation of polypyrrole functionalized graphene sheets
Vimlesh Chandra, Seong Uk Yu, Seon Ho Kim, Yo Seob Yoon, Dong Young Kim, Ah Hyun Kwon, M. Meyyappan and Kwang S. Kim
DOI: 10.1039/C1CC15599G

Switchable viscosity triggered by CO2 using smart worm-like micelles
Xin Su, Michael F. Cunningham and Philip G. Jessop
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC37816K

Multifunctional catalysis by Pd-polyoxometalate: one-step conversion of acetone to methyl isobutyl ketone
Robert D. Hetterley, Elena F. Kozhevnikova and Ivan V. Kozhevnikov
DOI: 10.1039/B515325E

Synthesis of MoS2 nanosheet–graphene nanosheet hybrid materials for stable lithium storage    
Xiaosi Zhou, Li-Jun Wan and Yu-Guo Guo
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC38780A


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