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This month sees the following articles in ChemComm that are in the top ten most accessed:-

Porous metal-organic frameworks as platforms for functional applications 
Hai-Long Jiang and Qiang Xu 
Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 3351-3370, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC05419D, Feature Article 

Iron-catalyzed direct amination of azoles using formamides or amines as nitrogen sources in air 
Jian Wang, Ji-Ting Hou, Jun Wen, Ji Zhang and Xiao-Qi Yu 
Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 3652-3654, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC05811D, Communication 

A bright tetranuclear iridium(iii) complex 
Etienne Baranoff, Enrico Orselli, Lionel Allouche, Davide Di Censo, Rosario Scopelliti, Michael Grätzel and Md. Khaja Nazeeruddin 
Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 2799-2801, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC05029F, Communication 

Light operated molecular machines 
Serena Silvi, Margherita Venturi and Alberto Credi 
Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 2483-2489, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03829F, Highlight 

Novel C  3-symmetric n-type tris(aroyleneimidazole) and its analogs: synthesis, physical properties and self-assembly 
David Hanifi, Dennis Cao, Liana M. Klivansky and Yi Liu 
Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 3454-3456, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04753H, Communication 

Triarylboron-functionalized 8-hydroxyquinolines and their aluminium(iii) complexes 
Vladimir Zlojutro, Yi Sun, Zachary M. Hudson and Suning Wang 
Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 3837-3839, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04573J, Communication 

Dinuclear Ru(ii) complexes of bis-(dipyrid-2′-yl)triazine (bis-dpt) ligands as efficient electron reservoirs 
Marie-Pierre Santoni, Garry S. Hanan, Bernold Hasenknopf, Anna Proust, Francesco Nastasi, Scolastica Serroni and Sebastiano Campagna 
Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 3586-3588, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03245J, Communication 

A near-infrared fluorescent sensor for detection of cyanide in aqueous solution and its application for bioimaging 
Xiaoqiang Chen, Seong-Won Nam, Gun-Hee Kim, Nari Song, Yongsuk Jeong, Injae Shin, Seog K. Kim, Jinheung Kim, Sungsu Park and Juyoung Yoon 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 8953-8955, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03398G, Communication 

Acene-linked conjugated polymers with ratiometric fluorescent response to 1O2 
Jingjing Zhang, Syena Sarrafpour, Robert H. Pawle and Samuel W. Thomas III 
Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 3445-3447, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC05770C, Communication 

Heating and separation using nanomagnet-functionalized metal-organic frameworks 
Martin R. Lohe, Kristina Gedrich, Thomas Freudenberg, Emanuel Kockrick, Til Dellmann and Stefan Kaskel 
Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 3075-3077, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC05278G, Communication 

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This month sees the following articles in ChemComm that are in the top ten most accessed:-

Light operated molecular machines 
Serena Silvi, Margherita Venturi and Alberto Credi 
Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03829F, Highlight 

A facile synthesis of anatase TiO2 nanosheets-based hierarchical spheres with over 90% {001} facets for dye-sensitized solar cells 
Weiguang Yang, Jianming Li, Yali Wang, Feng Zhu, Weimin Shi, Farong Wan and Dongsheng Xu 
Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03312J, Communication 

An unprecedented 2D → 3D metal–organic polyrotaxane framework constructed from cadmium and a flexible star-like ligand  
Hua Wu, Hai-Yan Liu, Ying-Ying Liu, Jin Yang, Bo Liu and Jian-Fang Ma 
Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04724D, Communication 

Arranging pseudorotaxanes octahedrally around [60]fullerene 
Sanjeev K. Dey, Florian Beuerle, Mark A. Olson and J. Fraser Stoddart 
Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 1425-1427, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03963B, Communication 

Boronic acid building blocks: tools for sensing and separation 
Ryuhei Nishiyabu, Yuji Kubo, Tony D. James and John S. Fossey 
Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 1106-1123, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02920C, Feature Article 

Campestarenes: novel shape-persistent Schiff base macrocycles with 5-fold symmetry 
Samuel Guieu, Angela K. Crane and Mark J. MacLachlan 
Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 1169-1171, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04493H, Communication 

Synthesis of Cu nanoparticles in mesoporous silica SBA-15 functionalized with carboxylic acid groups 
Ching-Shiun Chen, Chen-Chih Chen, Ching-Ting Chen and Hsien-Ming Kao 
Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04719H, Communication 

Fluorescent nanoscale zinc(ii)-carboxylate coordination polymers for explosive sensing 
Chengyi Zhang, Yanke Che, Zengxing Zhang, Xiaomei Yang and Ling Zang 
Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04836D, Communication 

Copper-catalyzed aerobic oxidative synthesis of aromatic carboxylic acids 
Daoshan Yang, Haijun Yang and Hua Fu 
Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04319B, Communication 

Iodoamidation of olefins with chloramine salts and iodine in aqueous media 
Satoshi Minakata and Junpei Hayakawa 
Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03855E, Communication 

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This month sees the following articles in ChemComm that are in the top ten most accessed:-

Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution through fully conjugated poly(azomethine) networks 
Matthias Georg Schwab, Manuel Hamburger, Xinliang Feng, Jie Shu, Hans Wolfgang Spiess, Xinchen Wang, Markus Antonietti and Klaus Müllen 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 8932-8934, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04057F, Communication  

A new class of rhodamine luminophores: design, syntheses and aggregation-induced emission enhancement 
Shinichiro Kamino, Yuka Horio, Seiji Komeda, Katsuhiko Minoura, Hayato Ichikawa, Jun Horigome, Asana Tatsumi, Shinya Kaji, Takako Yamaguchi, Yoshihide Usami, Shun Hirota, Shuichi Enomoto and Yoshikazu Fujita 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 9013-9015, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03407J, Communication  

σ-Acceptor, Z-type ligands for transition metals 
Abderrahmane Amgoune and Didier Bourissou 
Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 859-871, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04109B, Feature Article  

Copper-catalyzed decarboxylative cross-coupling of alkynyl carboxylic acids with aryl halides 
Dongbing Zhao, Chao Gao, Xiaoyu Su, Yunqing He, Jingsong You and Ying Xue 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 9049-9051, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03772A, Communication 

A two step route to indoles from haloarenes – a versatile variation on the Fischer indole synthesis 
Martyn Inman and Christopher J. Moody 
Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 788-790, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04306K, Communication 

Direct and efficient N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed hydroxymethylation of aldehydes 
Nadine Kuhl and Frank Glorius 
Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 573-575, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02416C, Communication 

Activation of dihydrogen by non-metal systems 
Douglas W. Stephan 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 8526-8533, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03313H, Feature Article 

Sol-gel precursors for group 14 nanocrystals 
Joel A. Kelly, Eric J. Henderson and Jonathan G. C. Veinot 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 8704-8718, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02609C, Feature Article 

The (4+3)-cycloaddition reaction: simple allylic cations as dienophiles 
Michael Harmata 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 8886-8903, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03620J, Feature Article 

A flexible MMOF exhibiting high selectivity for CO2 over N2, CH4 and other small gases 
Jingming Zhang, Haohan Wu, Thomas J. Emge and Jing Li 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 9152-9154, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02942D, Communication 

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This month sees the following articles in ChemComm that are in the top ten most accessed:-

Supramolecular gel chemistry: developments over the last decade 
Jonathan W. Steed 
Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03293J, Highlight 

A highly selective OFF-ON fluorescent sensor for zinc in aqueous solution and living cells 
Huili Chen, Wei Gao, Miaoli Zhu, Hongfei Gao, Jinfang Xue and Yingqi Li 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 8389-8391, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02134B, Communication  

Convenient route to water-sensitive sol-gel precursors using click chemistry 
Nirmalya Moitra, Joël J. E. Moreau, Xavier Cattoën and Michel Wong Chi Man  
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 8416-8418, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03417G, Communication 

Mechanisms in aminocatalysis 
Martin Nielsen, Dennis Worgull, Theo Zweifel, Björn Gschwend, Søren Bertelsen and Karl Anker Jørgensen 
Chem. Commun., 2010, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02417A, Feature Article 

Synthesis of a novel magnetic drug delivery system composed of doxorubicin-conjugated Fe3O4 nanoparticle cores and a PEG-functionalized porous silica shell 
Feng-Hua Chen, Li-Ming Zhang, Qing-Tao Chen, Yi Zhang and Zhi-Jun Zhang 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 8633-8635, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02577A, Communication 

Generation of benzyne from benzoic acid using C-H activation 
Alastair A. Cant, Lee Roberts and Michael F. Greaney 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 8671-8673, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02547J, Communication   

Metal-catalysed cleavage of carbon-carbon bonds 
Masahiro Murakami and Takanori Matsuda 
Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02566F, Highlight 

Catalysts for CO2/epoxide copolymerisation 
Michael R. Kember, Antoine Buchard and Charlotte K. Williams 
Chem. Commun., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02207A, Feature Article  

Gold nanorods for platinum based prodrug delivery 
Yuanzeng Min, Chengqiong Mao, Dechen Xu, Jun Wang and Yangzhong Liu 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 8424-8426, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03108A, Communication  

Visual and fluorogenic detection of nerve agnet simulant via Lossen rearrangement of rhodamine-hydroxmate 
Shoufa Han, Zhongwei Xue, Zhen Wang and Ting Bin Wen 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 8413-8415, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02881A, Communication  

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This month sees the following articles in ChemComm that are in the top ten most accessed:-

Lighting porphyrins and phthalocyanines for molecular photovoltaics 
M. Victoria Martínez-Díaz, Gema de la Torre and Tomás Torres 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 7090-7108, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02213F , Feature Article 

Advances in selective conversions by heterogeneous photocatalysis  
Giovanni Palmisano, Elisa García-López, Giuseppe Marcì, Vittorio Loddo, Sedat Yurdakal, Vincenzo Augugliaro and Leonardo Palmisano 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 7074-7089, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02087G , Feature Article 

A “switching on” fluorescent chemodosimeter of selectivity to Zn2+ and its application to MCF-7 cells  
Zhanxian Li, Mingming Yu, Lifeng Zhang, Ming Yu, Jinxia Liu, Liuhe Wei and Hongyan Zhang 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 7169-7171, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC01687J , Communication 

Aryne cycloaddition: highly efficient chemical modification of graphene 
Xing Zhong, Jun Jin, Shuwen Li, Zhiyong Niu, Wuquan Hu, Rong Li and Jiantai Ma  
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 7340-7342, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02389B, Communication  

Host–guest chemistry with bi- and tetra-nuclear macrocyclic metallasupramolecules 
Ying-Feng Han, Hao Li and Guo-Xin Jin 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 6879-6890, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC00770F, Feature Article  

Copper N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes as carbene transfer reagents 
Marc R. L. Furst and Catherine S. J. Cazin 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 6924-6925, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02308F, Communication

Thermosensitive gating effect and selective gas adsorption in a porous coordination nanocage  
Dan Zhao, Daqiang Yuan, Rajamani Krishna, Jasper M. van Baten and Hong-Cai Zhou 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 7352-7354, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02771E , Communication 

Controlled growth of inorganic nanocrystals: size and surface effects of nuclei  
Shuling Shen and Xun Wang 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 6891-6899, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC00900H , Feature Article 

Golf ball-shaped PLGA microparticles with internal pores fabricated by simple O/W emulsion  
Mi Ri Kim, Seungwoo Lee, Jung-Ki Park and Kuk Young Cho 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 7433-7435, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC01738H , Communication 

High-connected mesoporous metal–organic framework  
Xiaojun Gu, Zhang-Hui Lu and Qiang Xu 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 7400-7402, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02808H , Communication 

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This month sees the following articles in ChemComm that are in the top ten most accessed:-

Potassium carbonate-silica: a highly effective stationary phase for the chromatographic removal of organotin impurities 
David C. Harrowven, Dennis P. Curran, Sarah L. Kostiuk, Ian L. Wallis-Guy, Sally Whiting, Kerri J. Stenning, Bencan Tang, Emma Packard and Lana Nanson 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 6335 – 6337, DOI: 10.1039/c0cc01328e

Hybrid nanomaterials for biomedical applications 
Kathryn M. L. Taylor-Pashow, Joseph Della Rocca, Rachel C. Huxford and Wenbin Lin 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 5832 – 5849, DOI: 10.1039/c002073g, Feature Article 

A highly sensitive, selective, colorimetric and near-infrared fluorescent turn-on chemosensor for Cu2+ based on BODIPY 
Shouchun Yin, Volker Leen, Sven Van Snick, Noël Boens and Wim Dehaen 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 6329 – 6331, DOI: 10.1039/c0cc01772h 

Pd nanoparticles in silica hollow spheres with mesoporous walls: a nanoreactor with extremely high activity 
Zhe Chen, Zhi-Min Cui, Fang Niu, Lei Jiang and Wei-Guo Song 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 6524 – 6526, DOI: 10.1039/c0cc01786h 

Immunosensor for the detection of cancer biomarker based on percolated graphene thin film 
Minghui Yang and Shaoqin Gong 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 5796 – 5798, DOI: 10.1039/c0cc00675k 

High-yield exfoliation of three-dimensional graphite into two-dimensional graphene-like sheets 
Eun-Kyoung Choi, In-Yup Jeon, Seo-Yoon Bae, Hwa-Jung Lee, Hyeon Suk Shin, Liming Dai and Jong-Beom Baek 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 6320 – 6322, DOI: 10.1039/c0cc00753f 

A photoelectrochemical device for visible light driven water splitting by a molecular ruthenium catalyst assembled on dye-sensitized nanostructured TiO2 
Lin Li, Lele Duan, Yunhua Xu, Mikhail Gorlov, Anders Hagfeldt and Licheng Sun 
Chem. Commun., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/c0cc01828g 

High quality graphene with large flakes exfoliated by oleyl amine 
Jian Zheng, Chong-an Di, Yunqi Liu, Hongtao Liu, Yunlong Guo, Chunyan Du, Ti Wu, Gui Yu and Daoben Zhu 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 5728 – 5730, DOI: 10.1039/c0cc00954g 

Synthesis and characterization of gold-deposited red, green and blue fluorescent silica nanoparticles for biosensor application 
Kyoung G. Lee, Rinbok Wi, Tae Jung Park, Sun Hong Yoon, Jaebeom Lee, Seok Jae Lee and Do Hyun Kim 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 6374 – 6376, DOI: 10.1039/c0cc00762e 

Monodispersed molecular donors for bulk hetero-junction solar cells: from molecular properties to device performances 
Silvia Colella, Marco Mazzeo, Roberto Grisorio, Eduardo Fabiano, Giovanna Melcarne, Sonia Carallo, M. Daniela Angione, Luisa Torsi, Gian Paolo Suranna, Fabio della Sala, Piero Mastrorilli and Giuseppe Gigli 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 6273 – 6275, DOI: 10.1039/c0cc01229g 

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This month sees the following articles in ChemComm that are in the top ten most accessed:-

Organic photovoltaics: a chemical approach 
Juan Luis Delgado, Pierre-Antoine Bouit, Salvatore Filippone, M Ángeles Herranz and Nazario Martín 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 4853-4865, DOI: 10.1039/C003088K

High performance organic semiconductors for field-effect transistors 
Huanli Dong, Chengliang Wang and Wenping Hu 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 5211-5222, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC00947D

A microporous luminescent metal-organic framework for highly selective and sensitive sensing of Cu2+ in aqueous solution 
Yunqing Xiao, Yuanjing Cui, Qian Zheng, Shengchang Xiang, Guodong Qian and Banglin Chen 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 5503-5505, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC00148A

Metal-catalyzed direct alkylations of (hetero)arenes via C-H bond cleavages with unactivated alkyl halides 
Lutz Ackermann 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 4866-4877, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC00778A

Synthesis and properties of nano zeolitic imidazolate frameworks 
Satish K. Nune, Praveen K. Thallapally, Alice Dohnalkova, Chongmin Wang, Jun Liu and Gregory J. Exarhos 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 4878-4880, DOI: 10.1039/C002088E

Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling of carboxylic acids with nitroethane via combination of decarboxylation and dehydrogenation 
Min Zhang, Jun Zhou, Jian Kan, Min Wang, Weiping Su and Maochun Hong 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 5455-5457, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC01029D

Evidence of preferential p-stacking: a study of intermolecular and intramolecular charge transfer complexes 
N. S. Saleesh Kumar, Maneesh D. Gujrati and James N. Wilson 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 5464-5466, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC00249F

Layered double hydroxide films: synthesis, properties and applications 
Xiaoxiao Guo, Fazhi Zhang, David G. Evans and Xue Duan 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 5197-5210, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC00313A

Responsive polyelectrolyte complexes for triggered release of nucleic acid therapeutics 
Mahmoud Soliman, Stephanie Allen, Martyn C. Davies and Cameron Alexander 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 5421-5433, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC00794C

Introduction of cavities up to 4 nm into a hierarchically-assembled metal-organic framework using an angular, tetratopic ligand 
Wenjuan Zhuang, Shengqian Ma, Xi-Sen Wang, Daqiang Yuan, Jian-Rong Li, Dan Zhao and Hong-Cai Zhou 
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 5223-5225, DOI: 10.1039/C0CC00779J

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