We invite you to read the latest issue of NJC. The 21 original research papers cover a wide variety of topics, amongst them: click chemistry applied to polymers, activation of fluorophores, correlation of weak bonding and antioxidant/anticancer activity, bimetallic nanoparticles on MWCNT with high catalytic activity, AIE-based fluorescent metal ion probes, energetic ionic liquids, hapticity in sandwich compounds, catenated macrocycles, and much more.
The outside front cover illustrates the hydration of metal ions, studied in the gas phase by tandem mass spectrometry, and which can provide insights into chemical behavior in solution. The group of Scott McIndoe (University of Victoria, Canada) has found a strong correlation between solution acidity of lanthanide ions and the degree of hydration at which charge reduction occurs.
Blurring the line between solution and the gas phase: collision-induced dissociation of hypersolvated lanthanide trications provides insights into solution acidity
Jennifer Pape, Keri McQuinn, Fraser Hof and J. Scott McIndoe
New J. Chem., 2011, 35, 1582–1587
DOI: 10.1039/C1NJ20105K
A polymer fiber functionalized with a phthalocyanine complex (inside front cover) shows promise as a material for self-disinfecting wound dressing. Tebello Nyokong and her coworkers at Rhodes University (South Africa) show that the lutetium complex incorporated into the fiber maintains its photoactivity and produces the very reactive singlet oxygen species.
Photophysical and photochemical behavior of electrospun fibers of a polyurethane polymer chemically linked to lutetium carboxyphenoxy phthalocyanine
Ruphino Zugle, Christian Litwinski, Nelson Torto and Tebello Nyokong
New J. Chem., 2011, 35, 1588–1595
DOI: 10.1039/C1NJ20126C
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