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Call for Papers: Contributions of Inorganic Chemistry to Energy Research

17 Aug 2010

Dalton Transactions is delighted to announce an upcoming themed issue entitled Contributions of Inorganic Chemistry to Energy Research, with guest editors Duncan Wass and Neil Robertson. It is our pleasure to invite you to contribute to this themed issue.

Developing new sustainable sources of energy is the most pressing of all objectives for the scientific community, driven by finite fossil fuel resources and the need to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. This has been recognised by both industry and the major funding councils who have signposted energy research as a priority area. The research highlights in this area are big news, and attract the biggest headlines for the scientific and technological community. This themed issue will focus on the inorganic chemistry that lies at the heart of many sustainable energy technologies, including themes such as solar energy conversion, hydrogen storage, fuel cells, batteries, nuclear chemistry, biomass conversion, CO2 conversion and other aspects of catalysis for energy.

Deadline for Submission: 8th October 2010

The manuscript should be prepared according to the format for regular articles and will be subjected to the normal refereeing procedure. Manuscripts should be submitted no later than 8th October 2010 by using the web submissions service or as an email attachment to the Dalton Transactions Editorial Office. Please indicate on submission that your manuscript is intended for this themed issue.

The issue will include articles from the following people:

Robert Crabtree
Graham Hutchings
Fraser Armstrong

If you are interested in contributing to this themed issue or if you would like any further information, we would be delighted to here from you – please contact us at Dalton-rsc@rsc.org.

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Electrochemical sensor for toxic compound

16 Aug 2010

By Ruth Doherty, Deputy Editor.

Carbon-modified zinc nanorod array has impoved sensing ability

Chinese scientists have developed a highly efficient and chemically stable hydrazine sensor using carbon modified zinc oxide nanorods. Hydrazine is highly neurotoxic and carcinogenic and can cause severe damage to the liver, lungs and kidneys. It is used extensively in industry, and for safety considerations a reliable hydrazine sensor is highly desirable.

To find out why this new sensor is special, read Jacob Bush’s news article at Highlights in Chemical Science or access the full article:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c0DT00258e nanorod array-based hydrazine electrochemical sensor with improved sensitivity and stability
Jinping Liu, Yuanyuan Li, Jian Jiang and Xintang Huang, Dalton Trans., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00258E

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New RSC Book: Nuclear Analytical Techniques for Metallomics and Metalloproteomics

15 Aug 2010

By Jamie Humphrey, Editor.

This authoritative book from the RSC , edited by Chunying Chen, Zhifang Chai and Yuxi Gao, offers an insight into nuclear analytical techniques for researchers working in the fields of metallomics and metalloproteomics.

Further information is available via the RSC Books Blog.

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Asian Lectureship Award nominations now open!

12 Aug 2010

By Ruth Doherty, Deputy Editor.

We are delighted to announce that Dalton Transactions is introducing a new Asian Lectureship Award to accompany our already existing American and European/African Lectureship Awards. The call for nominations for this prestigious award is now open!

We already have in existence two Lectureship Awards spanning the Americas and Europe and Africa, and this new award will cover all of Asia and Australasia:

Call for Nominations!

Nominations are invited for the Dalton Transactions Asian Lectureship, given to recognise the achievements of an emerging Asian/Australasian inorganic chemist.

Key features of the prize

–The recipient of the award will be asked to present a lecture.
-The award will be presented to the recipient at the award lecture.
-They will also be asked to contribute a Perspective article to the journal and will have their work showcased on the back cover of the issue in which their article is published.
-The Dalton Transactions Editorial Office will provide the sum of £1500 to the recipient for travel and accommodation costs.
-The award will be made once a year.
-There will be one recipient of the award per year.

Nomination
Nominations should consist of a nomination letter, a letter seconding the nomination, a CV (maximum 5 pages) and a statement from the candidate (not more than one page) describing their most significant research contributions. Those wishing to make a nomination should send details by email to the Dalton Transactions Editorial Office by 15 September 2010.

Qualification
The recipient of the award should should be in the earlier stages of their scientific career, i.e. in the first 12 years of receiving their doctorate or equivalent degree.

Previous winners of the European/African Lectureship include:

2010 Karsten Meyer (Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)
2009 Simon Aldridge (University of Oxford)
2008 Kay Severin (EPFL, Switzerland)
2007 Andrew Weller (then University of Bath, since moved to the University of Oxford)

Previous winners of the American Lectureship include:

2009 Francois Gabbai (Texas A & M University)
2008 Dan Mindiola (Indiana University)
2007 Geoff Coates (Cornell University)
2006 John Hartwig (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

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HOT article: ferrocene as a sensor

11 Aug 2010

By Ruth Doherty, Deputy Editor.

This hot article describes highly sensitive ferrocene-based chemosensors, capable of detecting both lead and mercury:

Ferrocene-based multichannel molecular chemosensors with high selectivity and sensitivity for Pb(II) and Hg(II) metal cations
María Alfonso, Alberto Tárraga and Pedro Molina, Dalton Trans., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00450B

READ NOW! Free to access until the 8th of September.

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New HOT article on a silicon-silicon triple bond precursor

11 Aug 2010

By Ruth Doherty, Deputy Editor.

In this hot article David Rankin and co-workers synthesise a possible precursor to the elusive silicon-silicon triple bond:

The gas-phase structure and some reactions of the bulky primary silane (Me₃Si)₃CSiH₃ and the solid-state structure of the bulky dialkyl disilane [(Me₃Si)₃CSiH₂]₂
Sarah L. Masters, David W. H. Rankin, David B. Cordes, Karin Bätz, Paul D. Lickiss, Neil M. Boag, Alan D. Redhouse and Stephen M. Whittaker, Dalton Trans., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00100G

This article is to be published in the upcoming themed issue entitled ‘New Horizon of Organosilicon Chemistry‘, which has been Guest Edited by Mitsuo Kira (Tohoku University, Japan) and is due to be published online next month.

Read this hot article for free until the 8th of September.

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HOT Article on Uranyl Clusters

11 Aug 2010

By Ruth Doherty, Deputy Editor.

In this Hot article Mark Ogden (Curtin University of Technology, Australia) describes cluster control in oligouranyl complexes:

Cluster control in oligouranyl complexes of p-t-butylcalix[8]arene
Jack M. Harrowfield, Mark I. Ogden, Brian W. Skelton and Allan H. White, Dalton Trans., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00667J

READ NOW! Free to access until the 8th of September

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New HOT Article on Polycationic Clusters by Lars Kloo

06 Aug 2010

By Ruth Doherty, Deputy Editor.

Dalton Transactions Editorial Board Member Lars Kloo (KTH, Sweden) describes the synthesis of polycationic clusters with a new solvent in this Hot article:

Dichloromethane as solvent for the synthesis of polycationic clusters at room temperature – a link to standard organometallic chemistry
Josefin Åkerstedt, Riccardo Zaffaroni and Lars Kloo, Dalton Trans., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00769B

READ NOW! This article is free to access until the 1st of September.

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New HOT Article on Triangular Lanthanide Complexes

06 Aug 2010

By Ruth Doherty, Deputy Editor.

In this hot Communication article the synthesis and magnetic properties of triangular nickle/lanthanide complexes are presented:

Initial employment of di-2-pyridyl ketone as a route to nickel(II)/lanthanide(III) clusters: triangular Ni2Ln complexes
Constantinos G. Efthymiou, Anastasia N. Georgopoulou, Constantina Papatriantafyllopoulou, Aris Terzis, Catherine P. Raptopoulou, Albert Escuer and Spyros P. Perlepes, Dalton Trans., 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0DT00493F

READ NOW! This article is free to access until the 1st of September.

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Call for Papers: Radiopharmaceuticals for Imaging and Therapy

05 Aug 2010

By Ruth Doherty, Deputy Editor.

Dalton Transactions is publishing a themed issue dedicated to the inorganic contribution to radiopharmaceutical chemistry entitled “Radiopharmaceuticals for Imaging and Therapy”. This issue is to be Guest Editored by Professor Stephen Faulkner (Oxford University) and Professor Nick Long (Imperial College London).

Radiopharmaceuticals have already made an enormous contribution to the diagnosis and therapy of disease. Rapid development of the field continues, with important new approaches to targeting, bioconjugation and control of biological kinetics as well as through the application and purification of new radioisotopes, the development of new experimental techniques and the application of radioisotopes in multimodal imaging.

The time seems right to highlight and review these developments, and to present them in a single issue to the wider community of inorganic chemists. With this themed issue on radiopharmaceutical chemistry, we are aiming to highlight contributions from leading experts of the field, illustrating the scope of these new developments and analysing their potential in detail.

Submission Deadline: 15 October 2010

Submissions, either communications or full papers, should be high-quality manuscripts of original, unpublished research. To submit a manuscript for this themed issue please use our online submission service.

For further information about this issue please contact us at Dalton@rsc.org.

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Dalton Transactions Blog

Call for Papers: Contributions of Inorganic Chemistry to Energy Research

Electrochemical sensor for toxic compound

New RSC Book: Nuclear Analytical Techniques for Metallomics and Metalloproteomics

Asian Lectureship Award nominations now open!

HOT article: ferrocene as a sensor

New HOT article on a silicon-silicon triple bond precursor

HOT Article on Uranyl Clusters

New HOT Article on Polycationic Clusters by Lars Kloo

New HOT Article on Triangular Lanthanide Complexes

Call for Papers: Radiopharmaceuticals for Imaging and Therapy

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