Dalton Transactions Blog

Professor Nils Metzler-Nolte has recently joined the Dalton Transactions editorial board as an Associate Editor. Based at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, where he holds the Chair of Bioinorganic Chemistry, his research interests include model systems for bioorganometallic enzymes, medicinal organometallic chemistry, and biocompatible nanoparticles. His group runs the full program of inorganic and organometallic chemical synthesis, from characterization through to cell culture and biochemical investigations.

Some of his most recent papers include:

Structural and biological implications of the binding of Leu-enkephalin and its metal derivatives to opioid receptors
Dalton Trans., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3DT50635E

Small organometallic compounds as antibacterial agents
Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 6350-6358
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT12460B

Synthesis, characterisation and bioimaging of a fluorescent rhenium-containing PNA bioconjugate
Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 2304-2313
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT12114J

If you speak German, you can also watch Professor Nils talk about his research in this short video.

The RSC has recently announced the recipients of the RSC 2012 Awards. These prestigious awards recognise the outstanding work of scientists working in all branches of the chemical sciences.

Dalton Transactions Editorial Board Chair, Philip Mountford was awarded with the Frankland Award for “his seminal work on metal-ligand multiple bonding of the early transition elements and applications to the design of new polymerisation catalysts and to novel chemistry of main group and lanthanide compounds.”

Dalton Transactions Editorial Board member, Polly Arnold, received one of the Corday-Morgan Prizes for her “outstanding contributions to the application of organometallic uranium chemistry to small molecule activation.”

Whilst the Ludwig Mond Award was given to Dalton Transactions Advisory Board member and Chem Soc Rev Associate Editor, Douglas Stephan.

For details on other prize winners, visit the RSC website.

From the Dalton Transactions Editorial Office, a big well done to Philip, Polly and Doug!

We are delighted to announce Professor Masahiro Yamashita has joined the Dalton Transactions Editorial Board as Associate Editor. Professor Yamashita is based at Tohoku University, Japan, where his research is focused on single molecule and single chain magnets; non-linear optics in nanowire coordination compounds; and organic-inorganic hybrid superconductors. Professor Yamashita was guest editor for last year’s New Talent: Asia themed issue and is also guest editing an upcoming Dalton Transactions themed issue in molecular magnets so watch this space…

Masahiro Yamashita

See some of Masahiro Yamashita’s recently published articles below:

A three-dimensional network of two-electron-transferred [Ru2]2TCNQ exhibiting anomalous conductance due to charge fluctuations
Hitoshi Miyasaka, Takaumi Morita and Masahiro Yamashita
Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 271-273

Tuning of the ionization potential of paddlewheel diruthenium(II, II) complexes with fluorine atoms on the benzoate ligands
Hitoshi Miyasaka, Natsuko Motokawa, Ryo Atsuumi, Hiromichi Kamo, Yuichiro Asai and Masahiro Yamashita
Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 673-682

Surface morphologies, electronic structures, and Kondo effect of lanthanide(III)-phthalocyanine molecules on Au(111) by using STM, STS and FET properties for next generation devices
Keiichi Katoh, Tadahiro Komeda and Masahiro Yamashita
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 4708-4723

		Professor Yamashita is one of three new additions to the Dalton Transactions Editorial Board this year – we’ve also welcomed our new Chair, Professor Philip Mountford (University of Oxford), and Professor Jennifer Love (University of British Columbia). There are also a number of new faces on our Advisory Board too. See here for the complete list of our Board members. We are delighted to have such an excellent Board and thank them for all their hard work in making Dalton Transactions a world-leading journal in its field.
Jennifer Love	Philip Mountford

Our Editorial Board member, Professor Ian Manners from Bristol University has been made a fellow of the Royal Society. The Royal Society is the oldest scientific academy in the world, and being elected as a fellow is a great honour.

Professor Manners was recognised for his contributions to inorganic and materials chemistry. Read the full citation at the Royal Society’s webpage, or find out more about his research at the University of Bristol.