Back in ’72, the journal changed its name from Journal of the Chemical Society D: Chemical Communications to Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications.
It looked pretty different back then – someone liked green!
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Salt can induce gelation of functionalised dipeptides at high pH, say a team of scientists from the UK and France. The finding will significantly expand the utility of hydrogels, they claim.
Hydrogels are formed when molecules assemble into nanofibres, which then entangle and form a gel matrix. They can be used for a variety of applications, including drug delivery and scaffolds for tissue engineering. Peptide-based gelators are of particular interest at present, in part because they are potentially biocompatible.
Gelation is commonly triggered by pH, temperature or solvent composition. Dave Adams, at the University of Liverpool, and colleagues discovered that functionalised dipeptides that adopt a worm-like micelle structure at high pH form gels when salts are added to them. High pH is normally outside the window for gelation so the finding could be very useful for the field. Importantly, now that these gels can be made at physiological pH, they should find increased use in bioapplications.
Read more in Adams’ ChemComm communication, free to access for a limited period.
Praveen Thallapally, at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, US, and colleagues made two well-known metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) known as MOF-5 and NiDOBDC and compared their ability to capture and separate xenon with activated carbon. They found that NiDOBDC adsorbs significantly more xenon than MOF-5, and is more selective for xenon over krypton than activated carbon.
To find out more, download Dr Thallapally’s ChemComm communication.
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There are 81 articles in ChemComm‘s supramolecular chemistry web themed issue. The issue, guest edited by Philip Gale, Jonathan Sessler and Jonathan Steed, was published to celebrate the International Year of Chemistry 2011.
Jonathan Sessler and Jonathan Steed are ChemComm Associate Editors, handling supramolecular chemistry communications from North America and the rest of world respectively. Submit your next urgent communication to their editorial offices.
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In 2010 we published 93% more communications than in 2007 (more than 2000 of them). And we’ve published even more this year, one of the reasons why we’re moving to 100 issues in 2012.
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96, or 1996 to be exact, is the year when ChemComm was first published as Chemical Communications. Its previous names were Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications (1972-1995); Journal of the Chemical Society D: Chemical Communications (1969-1971); and Chemical Communications (London) (1965-1968).
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Congratulations to Rob Evans (University of Manchester, UK) who won the ChemComm poster prize at NMR-DG 2011 Postgraduate Meeting held earlier this summer at the University of Birmingham.
Rob presented his work entitled ‘Predicting Diffusion Coefficients for Small Molecules’. He receives a prize certificate and a one-year print subscription to ChemComm.
Millions of people die each year from bacterial infections. Scientists have been searching for a low-cost way to quickly identify bacteria so disease can be diagnosed and treated at an early stage.
The chemosensors could be developed into quick, cheap and reliable reporters for early identification of bacteria in both patient samples and contaminated food, say the authors.
Want to find out more? Download Kool’s ChemComm communication to read more about how the chemosensors work. You might also be interested in the group’s recent Chemical Science Edge article, where they use fluorescent DNA to sense toxic gases.
The countdown to 2012 has begun. There are only 100 days until ChemComm more than doubles its frequency to 100 issues per year.
To celebrate the countdown to this exciting change, we’ll be featuring some numerical ChemComm trivia over the coming weeks.
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100 is the number of citations Zhang-Jie Shi’s 2010 Feature article on Pd-catalyzed oxidative coupling with organometallic reagents via C–H activation has received (according to Web of ScienceSM).
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We are delighted to invite nominations for the 2nd ChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship. The lectureship, which is awarded annually, will recognise an emerging scientist in the early stages of their independent academic career.
To qualify
To be eligible for the ChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship, the candidate should have completed their PhD on or after 5th September 2003.
The candidate should also have published at least one article in ChemComm during the course of their independent career.
Award details
The recipient of the award will be invited to present a lecture at three different locations over a 12 month period. It is expected that at least one of the locations will be a conference. The recipient will receive a contribution of £1500 towards travel and accommodation costs. S/he will also be presented with a certificate and be asked to contribute a ChemComm Feature Article.
Nominations
Those wishing to make a nomination should send the following details to the ChemComm Editorial Office by 9th December 2011:
The nominator and independent referees are requested to comment on the candidate’s presenting skills.
Please note that self nomination is not permitted.
Selection procedure
The ChemComm Editorial Board will draw up a short-list of candidates based on the information provided by the referees and nominator. Short-listed candidates will be asked to provide a supporting statement justifying why they deserve the award. The recipient of the award will then be selected and endorsed by the ChemComm Editorial Board.
Previous winner
2011 Dr Scott Dalgarno (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK) – Find out about his Emerging Investigator Lecture tour in China
